Quarry open in St. Cloud

[mcdiver]

Regarding diving in the quarries in Waite Park, the "pits" are in Quarry Park. As of today, the "pits" are not open to public diving. I take my students there for their "check out" dives and was there last weekend.

The plan is to only open 3 of the pits. The one we use for training is small and max depth is around 65', but you really have to hunt for it, a lot of underbrush is on the bottom. This pit is referred to as #18.

They will also open pit #13, which is just south of #18, we did a "cleanup" on it back in May. I have never made a dive in #13, so I can not relay any info on it. These pits are about a 1/4 mile hike from the parking lot.

Pit #2 is a hike though, I am not sure of the distance, it is the next pit past the "swimming" pit. One would be best to use some type of 4 wheel trailer to haul the gear on. Once again, this pit has never been dived, as far as I know. I hiked to the "swimming" pit last summer in July, was eaten by misquitos along the way since you go through a swampy area along the way, very heavily wooded. I would guess that it is well over a mile hike.