Hanging Lake
This short, steep, scenic trail travels from the bottom of Glenwood Canyon up through Deadhorse Creek Canyon to Hanging Lake. NO DOGS are allowed on Hanging Lake Trail, NO FISHING and NO SWIMMING in Hanging Lake.
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The trail begins in oak brush, Pinon pine and juniper, then enters a Douglas fir forest with serviceberry and cottonwoods. The trail is well-maintained with many switchbacks to accommodate the rise in elevation. Cutting the switchbacks promotes severe trail erosion. There are several rest stops along the way. Some parts of the trail are rocky, especially in the beginning and at the end where the trail has steep stairs carved into the canyon cliff rock. The trail ends on a boardwalk around the lake. It is important not to walk off this boardwalk, because the fragile shoreline breaks easily; allowing more of the lake's water to flow away. There is a short offshoot from the trail, just before the boardwalk, which leads to Spouting Rock.
HANGING LAKE - This 1.5 acre lake was formed by a geologic fault which caused the lake bed to drop away from the valley floor above. Water flows into the lake over Bridal Veil Falls. The lake edge has built up from dissolved carbonates which are deposited on the shore as the water flows over. SWIMMING is PROHIBITED because body oils in the water stop this deposition. Trout are visible in the lake, but FISHING IS NOT PERMITTED.
SPOUTING ROCK - For centuries, water has dissolved a passage through the limestone to exit out of a sheer cliff wall as a spectacular waterfall.
* Information provided by the Forest Service
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