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Spot de Lake Frances

Lake Frances

Lake Frances

United States

48.30 | -112.26

Overview

Lake Frances is an irrigation reservoir at 1,164m on the Rocky Mountain Front in northern Montana. Spot exposed to powerful Chinook winds descending from the Rockies. Good-sized body of water with generous fetch in a wind-swept plains landscape.

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Spot functioning

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Good-sized freshwater reservoir. Good fetch. Cold water. Can develop significant chop in Chinook winds. Level varies with irrigation.

Required level

Intermediate

Spot opening date

Open all year round

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Hazards

Extremely powerful Chinook winds — violent and sudden gusts. Grizzly bears on the Rocky Mountain Front. Cold water — wetsuit recommended. Violent thunderstorms. Isolation — distant services.

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