Any Interesting Diving in Colorado?
My family and I are considering relocating to Colorado in the near future. I know there are a lot of quarries and lakes out there but does anyone know of any interesting diving in the state? Last time I was out there I saw what appeared to be an open water class going on in a lake in Loveland. I am trying to decide if its worth moving all my cave gear out there or leave it here in Florida for trips home. Any one with some info???
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SSI's home is twenty miles north of Loveland so you might want to call and ask them.
But I can tell you this: in August it had been over 90° every day for weeks and the swimming pool was like ice, so the aquifer/ground temperature must be colder than rip.
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This group might be of some useOriginally Posted by Signal 20
http://www.unifiedteamdiving.com/group/utdcolorado
Yes, it tells me that all their trips are out of state.
I was in Colorado in July, and wanted to dive, but all the cavediving was on National Forest land, and was closed due to White Nose Syndrome. Unless you are interested in "dry" caving, you probably wouldn't be interested in diving those caves anyway.
I believe there are sumps, but I haven't really looked into that very much. It's mostly just lakes, which are nice to get wet. In August, some of us dove at Turquoise Lake, which was 48 degrees at depth. Most of my Colorado dive buddies dive in a spring called Rock Lake - on a piece of private property in New Mexico. There are some overhangs, some spring outlets, and some swim throughs there, but there aren't any large enough to get into, that we've found.
not sure about diving but I heard of a place in Co. where you can get an Aligator Wrestling Cerification.
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I live in western Colorado and other than a few lakes that we dive just to get wet there really isn't much. As amascuba said we go to New Mexico with some regularity, about six hours drive from Denver.
I live in Loveland, Co. The best use of your cave diving gear would be to leave it in Florida for visits home. But good luck with the moving. It is like living in a picture postcard out here!
Yeah, no cave diving in Colorado to speak of. Of course you're only a 3.5-hr direct flight from Cancun.
I heard that there is cave diving in Utah... cold and strong flow. It's about an 8hr drive from Denver. DOn't know any details.
I live near Colorado Springs, and travel quite a bit to do any decent diving. I have done Rock Lake and Blue Hole in New Mexico a few times, yet no caves to dive there (Rock Lake kind of "bells" out as you go deeper and I think there are a few articles on these diving forums about someone doing a UTD Overhead Protocols class there). The cold weather here presents the opportunity to go ice diving in quite a few different areas if you are inclined to do so.
I dove the Pueblo Reservoir last weekend to check out a new (to me) drysuit with 27 degree outside air temp, 45 degree water, and 12 to 18 inch visibility. That was the best I could manage without driving more than two hours from home or getting into a heated pool.
What part of CO are you planning to relocate to?
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