Diving in the Rockies

[Saito]

I found some of the best diving I've done right here in the Rocky Mountains! I've dove Canada, the Pac NW, SOCAL, the Arabian Gulf and the Maledives/Indian Ocean. Anyhow, I live and work in the Rockies now and hadn't dove a whole lot for too long. I had all the gear but the only guys I knew here that dove as well were VERY fair weather. I finally got a hold of a couple college/diving buddies who weren't pussies and we dove Fremont Lake just North of Pinedale, WY this last weekend. Water there is frigid but crystal clear with visibility exceeding 60ft in places. Fish are abundant and LARGE. If there are any experienced divers here in the vicinity that would like to hook up and dive Fremont next month shoot me a PM. Water temp @ 40ft was 39-40 degrees so a drysuit or heavy wetsuit is a must. I'm wearing a semi-dry 7mil with a 7mil Farmer John over the top. Got this Laker with a spear gun right behind the gills

We loaded our gear in a kayak and canoe, paddled across the lake for an hr and dove the side of the lake opposite the campground from the shore. Outfreakinstanding day!

 

[pickpick]

Re: Diving in the Rockies

That's awesome. I haven't been in my gear in way too long. I have had all of the equipment for years and can't seem to find the time to use it. We have freshwater lakes around here that get stirred all summer by boaters and skiers. I think I'm going to try a little fall diving this year.

 

[Rhys]

Re: Diving in the Rockies

That would have been great. I'm the dive captain for our fire department's dive recovery team, and the 3 call outs we've had this year were in better than normal water conditions. Water in the low 60's with viz from 10-15 feet. Most of the time around here the tem is the same but viz is under 2 feet.

The year before last we had a call out where the viz was zero. Literaly ran into a submerged tree trunk and never saw it. Temp was 4 degrees in short it sucked.