Slamfire
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Sure. It's a Saturday, so we could combine in some afternoon dives into the day.
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Pavillion: USUALLY ice-up at that elevation around here is mid-November and it melts, yes, late March to April. Having said that, this was an unusually mild October, and I just can't see that whole lake dropping to near-freezing temps in two weeks, from 41 degrees! So you may have more than two weeks left. The bay where you put in, at the the little island, it pretty shallow and has rocks sticking out of it and trees shading it, so I'm sure that will freeze first, when the rest of the lake is still doable. If that's the case, you may want to try the first pull-out coming from Cache Creek, the southern-most one, that should be better, I think, being all unobstructed shoreline. That pull-out has a 2' high stump at the end of it, watch for that stump. Access is real easy there.
If you want to come soon, you can make a weekend of it, and go to the Pumpkin dive on Saturday first. The Vernon divestore is organizng it, Innerspace Watersports|Scuba Gear|Kayak|Snorkeling|Rentals|Diving Training|Vernon & Kelowna BC. It happens at Ellison Park, Western Canada's first freshwater dive park, which has several sunk boats etc, sounds like a mini-Porteau. Haven't been there myself but will go on Saturday.
Gimme a shout if you decide to come to the Interior! Pavillion is about 100 km from me, but at the same elevation and in the same weather zone, so I can probably extrapolate how the ice situation is from here.
At last my husband and I are able to go to Pavilion Lake this weekend. Maybe somebody told me earlier, I don't remember anymore so could you remind me where is the nearest place to get tanks re-filled? Is there somebody who plans to be there Sunday and/or Monday September 4/5?
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