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Boss Lake Reservoir

(Boss Lake - Located Near Garfield, CO and Monarch Mountain In Chaffee County - August 16, 2007)

Boss Lake Trailhead The Boss Lake Trailhead is located approximately one mile from Garfield on Highway 50. If you have a high clearance 4-wheel drive vehicle, you can drive up to the trailhead, or you can do as I did: Park along Highway 50 (across from the Monarch Lodge) and hike one mile up the road. The actual trail is only maybe 0.5 miles to the lake.
Boss Lake Reservoir
Boss Lake Reservoir		 I am not necessarily much of a lake enthusiast, but I was curious to hike the trail and see a new place in Chaffee County.

I also figured this would be a decent and simple hike to keep me in shape with my plans to take on Mt. Sneffels next Monday morning. ;)
View at Boss Lake At the lake, here is the view looking back downhill (relatively east) towards the canyon that leads to Maysville, Poncha Springs and Salida.
Boss Lake Reservoir An old structure.
Boss Lake Reservoir
Boss Lake Reservoir		 The lighting was a little difficult at time. I did, however, think this photo with all the green was kind of nice.

Here are some other lake-related pages:

  • Lost Lake (Near Cottonwood Pass)
  • Cottonwood Lake
  • Kite Lake
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    Mt. Aetna I zoomed-in on Mt. Aetna. Now there's a Colorado "13er" that doesn't got a lot of respect!
    Boss Lake Reservoir I think this is my favorite picture of the lake.

    Here are my other pages in the Monarch Pass and Salida area:

  • Monarch Pass Web Cam
  • Bike Monarch Pass
  • Old Monarch Pass
  • Poncha Springs
  • Miniature Golf in Salida
  • Bike Poncha Pass
  • Arkansas River Web Cam (Salida)
  • "S" Mountain
    • Boss Lake One photo of myself.

    Again, this was one of those times where I was intentional in spending some quality time with God. I am thankful that I seemed to have the entire reservoir to myself! You can read my "Christian story" here: My Story. Or, you can read a little more about what I'm taking on spiritually from my introductory excerpt at a Gunnison County Overlook.

    Thanks so much for visiting my site! -Steve

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