Hmm...

Up here in northern Ontario we have had fantastic weather. It was 3 degrees Celcius, snow was melting, but foggy.

No blizzards, whitouts, or anything. In fact, the last two winters have been annoyingly warm. No snow, just endless slush. We normally average about -25 on a winter day this time of the year, but it's been hovering around zero for the past week.

I flew my Escapade off the ice yesterday - today was too slushy. Everything went fantastic. No wind, wheels had no problem over the dead smooth ice, and the runway was practically unlimited!

One issue I had though, that might come in handy for others flying off of ice, was taxiing. As there was no snow, and the ice was smooth, at idle the plane reached takeoff speed before I could turn it around.
I ended up giving it power and taking off as it was going too quick to do anything else.

 It must be taken into consideration that there is almost no surface friction, and the model will accelerate very quickly.
Landing is also an issue. The model will slide forever! After two touch and goes with no sign of slowing down, I decided to land deadstick, which worked well. The stopping distance was still twice as long as on grass, though...If you have a limited ice runway, I'd pay attention on keeping the approach as slow as possible.

Happy flying! (or not)