Everything about Grand Lake Colorado totally explained
Grand Lake is a natural
lake, one of the
headwaters of the
Colorado River in
Grand County, Colorado. On its shores is located the eponymous town of
Grand Lake. The elevation of the lake surface is 8,367 feet (2,550
meters). It is the largest natural lake in the state of
Colorado, formed by the damming of several streams by a
glacial moraine. It is adjacent to
Rocky Mountain National Park. Grand Lake was named Spirit Lake by the
Ute Tribe because they believed the lake's cold waters to be the dwelling place of departed souls and avoided it.
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Grand Lake forms a continuous body of water with the artificial
Shadow Mountain Lake, which then flows into
Lake Granby. Water collected in Lake Granby is pumped to Shadow Mountain and Grand Lakes, then under the
Continental Divide via the
Alva B. Adams Tunnel to the
Big Thompson River on the eastern slope of the
Rocky Mountains. From here, the water flows into the
South Platte River and is used for
agriculture, human consumption, and
industry. This is the first of many large-scale diversions of water from the
Colorado River Basin between Colorado and the
Gulf of California.
Image:0315200-R1-038-17A.jpg|Grand Lake, Colorado, with descriptive sign
Image:Mount_Craig_Grand_Lake_Colorado.JPG|Mount Craig - Grand Lake, Colorado
Image:Mount_Craig_Blue_Sky_Grand_Lake_Colorado.JPG|Mount Craig in Winter - Grand Lake, Colorado
Image:Mount_Craig_Summer_Grand_Lake_Colorado.JPG|Mount Craig in Summer - Grand Lake, Colorado
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