Mount Storm

[brutus_scuba]

P.S. We lost a weight belt. Well a kid with us lost a weight belt. He earned the nick name "buoyant" for the weekend. I know chances of a SBer finding it are rare but if anyone does I would be tickled to hear about it.

 

[aquaman_06]

I enjoyed my dive up there this weekend as well Brutus, it is too bad we didnt get to meet up. Next time your coming out let me know and we will exchange numbers. What did you hear about the plant shutting down? Is it for good or just temporary? I will have to contact my Dad's friend and try to get some details. If the power plant stops cycling the water chances are, with current air temps at 22 today the lake will be too cold for divers in no time.

Glad to hear you guys enjoyed your dive. Where did buoyant lost his weight belt. Chances are if it's in water that isnt so deep you cant see it'll turn up.

As for getting in the lake it has always been a major pain. I have been told by more seasoned divers who have been diving Mt. Storm for years that the walk into the lake used to be nice. I have contacted the Power Plant about letting us build a nice walkway in and they dont seem interested in allowing it. I figured that if overall the local diving community pitched in some time and money we could make something fairly nice, though if they wont allow it there isnt too much that can be done.

Strange how the Boat ramp area is so nice and the scuba access is horrible! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

 

[JayJudge]

Glad to hear you had a good time. When next I go, I'll look for the weight belt- if there was lead on it, it will still be there. In 20 inches of West Virginia's best silt. Stained Glass is a great way to acclimate to the altitude (we all remember pressure groups). Any idea where bouyant lost it? How was the parking lot-passable? Or ice?

 

[brutus_scuba]

I enjoyed my dive up there this weekend as well Brutus, it is too bad we didnt get to meet up. Next time your coming out let me know and we will exchange numbers. What did you hear about the plant shutting down? Is it for good or just temporary? I will have to contact my Dad's friend and try to get some details. If the power plant stops cycling the water chances are, with current air temps at 22 today the lake will be too cold for divers in no time.

Glad to hear you guys enjoyed your dive. Where did buoyant lost his weight belt. Chances are if it's in water that isnt so deep you cant see it'll turn up.

As for getting in the lake it has always been a major pain. I have been told by more seasoned divers who have been diving Mt. Storm for years that the walk into the lake used to be nice. I have contacted the Power Plant about letting us build a nice walkway in and they dont seem interested in allowing it. I figured that if overall the local diving community pitched in some time and money we could make something fairly nice, though if they wont allow it there isnt too much that can be done.

Strange how the Boat ramp area is so nice and the scuba access is horrible! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

It sounded like just a few weeks for maintenance. It sounded like the plant was not shut down all together but certain portions would be for maintenance.

From the scuba entrance we went straight out when bouyant lost his weight belt he says he lost it at 50 feet but it's hard to say that's wehre it's at now. He fought with it for a lil bit and thinks it may be closer to 60 feet. His dive buddy and him ran into me when it was happening as I was on my way back up from about 70 feet. I tried to asscend with him but with all his neoprene and no weight belt he was more like a life raft. He's lucky today he didn't get hurt.

The road down to the water wasnt' to bad once you turn off the main road. The middle parts were icy but if you stuck to the side it was no problem. The van I took was an absolute mamoth of a van and it had no problem getting back up on the main road.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

If he lost it after going straight out and said it was at 50 ft there should have been a platform at 50 or the top of the wall. If he lost it in 60 ft of water then he was over the top of the wall and unless it hung up on a ledeg which is possible it's now in 90 plus feet of water. I had to map the scuba area for my DM class. I know what's out there. And if it did go over the wall 20 inches of silt sounds about right. PM me a compass heading and when I go down hopefully later this month or on Good Friday for sure I'll give a looksee. What kind of belt was it and what color. If anybody wants to join me on good friday April 6th give a shout. Also I've decided that from now on until the entry gets fixed I'm going in at the ramp and swimming over. Gonna start diving doubles shortly and I'm not gonna try going in with that much on my back down that path. We have also talked about building steps or ramps in cooperation with other shops or even indivduals but can't seem to get everyone together to talk about it at one time. I think some are worried about the liability issues if we do it ourselves. I don't think the plant would care one way or the other but WVDNR who manages the area may have some issues to deal with. And maybe I missed it but what was the water temp? Jim

 

[brutus_scuba]

If he lost it after going straight out and said it was at 50 ft there should have been a platform at 50 or the top of the wall. If he lost it in 60 ft of water then he was over the top of the wall and unless it hung up on a ledeg which is possible it's now in 90 plus feet of water. I had to map the scuba area for my DM class. I know what's out there. And if it did go over the wall 20 inches of silt sounds about right. PM me a compass heading and when I go down hopefully later this month or on Good Friday for sure I'll give a looksee. What kind of belt was it and what color. If anybody wants to join me on good friday April 6th give a shout. Also I've decided that from now on until the entry gets fixed I'm going in at the ramp and swimming over. Gonna start diving doubles shortly and I'm not gonna try going in with that much on my back down that path. We have also talked about building steps or ramps in cooperation with other shops or even indivduals but can't seem to get everyone together to talk about it at one time. I think some are worried about the liability issues if we do it ourselves. I don't think the plant would care one way or the other but WVDNR who manages the area may have some issues to deal with. And maybe I missed it but what was the water temp? Jim

Water Temp was 57. I forget the compass heading but we did not see the 50 foot platform. Although we could have been right by it. We did go past the pvc piping used as like a bouyancy obstacle or whatever. I"ll see if my dive buddy remebers the compass heading when I talk to him tonight and if he does I'll send it to you. I'm not sure what color the weight belt was but I should talk to the kid who lost it tommorow night. I do know that he borrowed it from a friend of mine who puts the initials AGS on almost everything.