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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)
A Massive Plumbing System Moves Water Across Colorado s Mountains But This Year, There s Less To Go Around
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Water in Lost Man canal passes underneath Highway 82 on Independence Pass. It’s a small part of a massive plumbing system that carries high-altitude snowmelt and rainfall through Colorado’s mountains to its populated cities.
High up on Colorado s Independence Pass, a narrow, winding road weaves through the evergreens and across mountain streams, up and over the Continental Divide at more than 10,000 feet. At one point that road crosses a canal.
It’s easy to miss if you’re not looking for it, but that canal is part of water infrastructure that makes life on Colorado’s Front Range possible.