Doug, I lived in the area for a couple of years. The unique thing about that lake is how fast the wind comes up and can turn it from calm to extremely rough. At times it would be a great place to practice storm paddling. Stay close to shore and you shouldn't have any problems. BTW, If you haven't already done so, learn to reenter your kayak on the water. Also, start learning a roll. It's my opinion that without a roll to cool off now and then, that people will dress for the air, instead of the water. Welcome to the sport. It's the most enjoyable one that I can think of. If you get into the whitewater end of it, there is a great river close to your house (the Yuba, classIII, IV or V. take your pick, a half hour away). Regards, Bob > Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 06:58:10 -0700 > From: "B. Douglas Jensen" <bdouglas_at_joimail.com> > Subject: [Paddlewise] Pyramid Lake, NV > > I'm a newbie on this list, and a newbie in the kayaking world - sorta. I > just bought a Wilderness Tempest 170 and I'm loving it. > My question is has anyone kayaked Pyramid Lake in Nevada and do you have any > advise? > > Thanks, > > Doug Jensen > Nevada City, CA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Doug, I lived in the area for a couple of years. The unique thing about that lake is how fast the wind comes up and can turn it from calm to extremely rough. At times it would be a great place to practice storm paddling. Stay close to shore and you shouldn't have any problems. BTW, If you haven't already done so, learn to reenter your kayak on the water. Also, start learning a roll. It's my opinion that without a roll to cool off now and then, that people will dress for the air, instead of the water. Welcome to the sport. It's the most enjoyable one that I can think of. If you get into the whitewater end of it, there is a great river close to your house (the Yuba, classIII, IV or V. take your pick, a half hour away). Regards, Bob > Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 06:58:10 -0700 > From: "B. Douglas Jensen" <bdouglas_at_joimail.com> > Subject: [Paddlewise] Pyramid Lake, NV > > I'm a newbie on this list, and a newbie in the kayaking world - sorta. I > just bought a Wilderness Tempest 170 and I'm loving it. > My question is has anyone kayaked Pyramid Lake in Nevada and do you have any > advise? > > Thanks, > > Doug Jensen > Nevada City, CA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Bob, I opted out of Pyramid for just that reason - that the winds can be a bit scary. I used to camp out there when I was much younger and found it to be one of my favorite places to visit. I did visit the hot springs at the north end but I understand that area is now off limits thanks to vandalism. We ended up doing a two day paddle on Lake Spaulding instead. Set at 5000' feet with a fabulous backdrop of the Donner Pass portion of the Sierra, it really was quite magnificent. We had some wind on Sunday but no real challenges. There are a number of primitive boat in campgrounds with million dollar views. Where the Yuba River enters the lake you could see three falls and with the snow melt in full swing it was quite the show. There were more canoes on the lake than power boats also - another bonus. Doug Jensen *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Bob, > > I opted out of Pyramid for just that reason - that the winds can be a bit > scary. Here in NJ a popular paddling venue is Round Valley Reservoir which now fills what was a circular valley formed by a massive magma flow during the Triassic. You can do a 20+ mile circumnavigation of it. Because it is circular, storms or wind events moving into it become magnified and it can go from dead calm to raging fury in a matter of minutes. The state has installed three large strobe lights on towers around the lake to give some warning. You are required to get off or into shelter when they go off. There have been fatalities. Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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