Bonne Terre Mines MO.

[EHowe]

Does anyone have any experiance diving at Bonne Terre Mine? A local dive group is planning a trip in Jan. It may be one my only chances to dive over the winter unless it's as mild as last year was. Of course if I go, I will want to dive my Phoenix HPR but, from what I have read about the managment of the mine on another board it may be an issue.

[swimjim]

Don't know about Bonne Terre other then what I've read about in other forums. But in winter, the only change is in the approach. You need a bunch of divers, an ice saw and some ropes. Don't forget the hot chili and cold beer for after the dives. We dive 12 months up here. No sweat...... literally.

[USdiver]

I took my Phoenix there in January of 2010, and dove it throughout my trip. No problems as long as you have an octo and a spg. There was a diver from Chicago using a modern Mistral the same trip, and neither of our rigs raised an eyebrow. I dove with a drysuit and power inflator equipped bcd so I was utilizing the Phoenix to the max. I also took along a similarly equipped single hose as backup but did not dive it.