Arizona PBS
By Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio
July 22, 2021
High-mountain snowmelt is collected in the Lost Man Reservoir, then channeled into a trans-mountain diversion by way of this canal. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
Water in Lost Man Canal passes underneath State Route 82 on Independence Pass. It’s a small part of a huge plumbing system that carries high-mountain snowmelt and rainfall through Colorado’s mountains to its populated cities on the Front Range. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
Water from the Roaring Fork River and high-mountain reservoirs combine before passing through this diversion tunnel. It will pass through two more reservoirs and the Arkansas River on its way to the Front Range. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)