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Posted by: danohhh2/24/2007
A brief summary of visiting Hanging Lake, a side trip located within the "Glenwood canyon" of the Colorado River, a few miles east of Glenwood Springs Colorado

I read a recent article lamenting about how many local parks and attractions in Georgia (where I now live) are often taken for granted by locals, and it reminded me of several places in Colorado (where I used to live) that I also took for granted for far too long.  One of them was a locally famous hike to a place called "Hanging Lake", the trailhead was located next to Interstate 70 as it passes thru one of the more spectular canyons on the Colorado River, called "Glenwood Canyon". 

Well for many years as I lived in Glenwood Springs,  I would drive by the trailhead many times a year, and I would see the cars parked by the trailhead, and often think "someday" I would check it out.   Not too long before I moved out of Colorado, I did the short (but pretty steep!) hike from the trailhead to the lake, which is truly a very beautiful scenic experience, with its waterfall, and the small very scenic lake (a very small micro lake!) perched out on a rock shelf.  Well it was absolutely worth the experience, and if you are ever traveling thru this area, I would highly recommend taking a couple of hours to take the hike up to the lake, and enjoy both the scenery once you get there, but also the adjacent scenery of Glenwood Canyon.

A short distance to the west along I-70, is also some additional hiking trails that lead up Grizzly & NoName Canyons that are also very worthwhile.  If you are into fishing, some small cutthroat and brook trout are in both creeks also, although NoName is a bit more confined with vegetation, and harder to fish until you get higher up.

I have attached some additional web links with additional information about Hanging Lake, including several detailed descriptions about the hike that I think will provide you with more information about Hanging Lake, and the hike.

http://www.hikingincolorado.org/hang.html

http://hike.mountainzone.com/hotw/co/hanging/index.html

http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/HangingLake_0000.asp

http://www.webshots.com/g/33/617-sh/55690.html

The truly amazing point of this is that I lived within 15 miles of this place for more than 10 years before I actually did the hike, but it has left a lasting impression.......highly recommended!!

 

   

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