Pavillion Lake is FREAKIN' nice!

[iceselkie]

Did I mention how clear this lake is, with the cool stolomites that are being studied by NASA? Trout swimming everywhere. Makes for good photos!
Check out my DB gallery http://gallery.deeperblue.net/showgallery.php/ppuser/1855/cat/500

Willer and I will post more about this later. Must run!

 

[JPPLAY]

Did I mention I am up for a dive in the afternoon on the 26th when I reach Kamloops?

 

[iceselkie]

26th I will be working from 10am-1pm and then from 4-8:30pm. I don't think I can, unless I call in sick, same with the Thursday. 28,29,30th I'm free.

 

[freedivechicago]

Nice pics. Where is Pavillion Lake located? Is spearfishing for trout allowed there?

 

[efattah]

What was the water temperature, surface and bottom?

Anything to see down there?

 

[Amphibious]

Great Pics Bri I can;t wait to see the videos! I'll try to upload some of my pics tonight, they're all surface pics though.

Eric: lots to see - http://supercritical.civil.ubc.ca/~pavilion/index.php

Surface temp in low 60's, 15ft 56F. 35ft 50F. 103ft 48F.

 

[Fondueset]

Looks really nice! The bottom in the aspetto shot looks alot like lake michigan here offshore. Those formations look fascinating.

 

[efattah]

Did you guys actually see the stolomites? Or anything else?

 

[Amphibious]

yup, they go from 30 to 90ish feet. saw lots and lots and lots of them. and quite a few trout.

 

[tylerz]

Geez, why didn't you tell me you guys were going there!!! I was trying to arrange some people to go, and I decided not to go the last 2 weeks because there was nobody available. Argh. Anyhow, I wrote to those involved in the study after hearing about it for the first time a few weeks back from a CBC "The National" broadcast. No response so far. I want to go there this summer, so if anybody is interested in another trip, let me know and lets arrange it.

Cheers,

Tyler

 

[feign]

Looks cool. Give us some driving times/distances, so we can make future plans.

 

[iceselkie]

Ideally, if we can arrange to meet there for the first weekend in August..!
I'll call the local scuba shop, maybe a few there would be interested in joining us. We'll try to get access to a boat because there is a nice wall of stolomites on the side opposite the highway- otherwise there is quite a lot of accessible formations near the campground itself (lakeside). 17$ per tent at the Sky Blue Resort. Trout is not legal to spearfish, but some people bring their fishing rods

Pavillion Lake: 115 km (71.5 mi) from Kamloops via Hwy 99 north of Lillooet. [Troll for] rainbow up to 1.5 kg. Marble Canyon Provincial Park is located at the south end of the lake (where that waterfall pic was taken- tho we didnt dive there). http://www.tourismkamloops.com/index.asp?p=44