Overview

Lemon Reservoir is a mountain lake at 2,492m altitude near Durango, in the San Juan Mountains. Versatile spot used for kitesurfing in summer and snowkiting in winter. Pristine alpine setting with valley and mountain winds. Ice-cold snowmelt water.

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Spot forecast for Lemon Reservoir

Sunrise 07:23 · Sunset 18:27

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Lemon Reservoir: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

134h

in April · 19 rideable days

The season runs from March to June, peaking in April: 18 rideable days a month and 134 hours of usable wind, at 16 °C. The low point is December, at 5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 93%13-20 knots · 7%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 93% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 2 °C. The wettest month is October, with 89 mm.

Monthly averages: Lemon Reservoir

Monthly averages — Lemon Reservoir — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	8.0	33 h	2 °C	5 mm
February	11.5	67 h	5 °C	18 mm
March	15.5	108 h	7 °C	5 mm
April	19.0	134 h	13 °C	5 mm
May	19.0	147 h	17 °C	12 mm
June	16.5	113 h	25 °C	14 mm
July	12.0	59 h	26 °C	2 mm
August	13.0	67 h	25 °C	21 mm
September	9.0	52 h	21 °C	17 mm
October	12.0	48 h	15 °C	89 mm
November	7.0	36 h	8 °C	15 mm
December	5.0	27 h	8 °C	2 mm

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Technical details of Lemon Reservoir spot

The spot works with winds from S, SSW, SW, WSW, W.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Advanced

On the water

Very cold freshwater (snowmelt). Moderate-sized mountain reservoir. Short chop channeled by terrain. Variable water level by season. Freezes in winter for snowkiting.

Hazards

Altitude 2,492m — altitude sickness and dehydration. Ice-cold water — thick wetsuit mandatory. Violent afternoon thunderstorms with lightning from June to August. Black bears in the area. Very intense UV. In winter: avalanches, hypothermia, unstable ice.

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