>>leads me to wonder what temperature water are paddlewisers paddling in? It's 55*-60*F F (13*-16*C)right now on Flathead Lake, Montana (US), but it's warming quickly. One bay we practice on was over 60* two weeks ago (even down 5'!), but cooled to nearer the 55* number after a couple days of wind mixed things up. The Flathead River feeding it (composed of the North, Middle, and South Forks--individually popular whitewater floats) is at 55*F (13*C), so it's mostly runoff, or significantly warmed snowmelt. Smaller lakes can get close to 75*F by the end of August. Dressing for the water and not the air is very easy in September, when the water is warm, and the air is cool!! Shawn Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 08 2002 - 09:50:11 PDT
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