Willow Lake (Saguache County, Colorado) Explained

Willow Lake
Coords:37.9941°N -105.6086°W
Inflow:Willow Creek
Outflow:Willow Creek
Length:0.26miles
Width:0.12miles
Elevation:11580feet
Pushpin Map:Colorado#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Willow Lake in Colorado, USA.

Willow Lake, also known as the lower Willow Creek Lake, is an alpine lake in Saguache County, Colorado, United States, located in the Sangre de Cristo Range within the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in Rio Grande National Forest. The lake is accessed from the Willow Lake Trail (trail 865) at the South Crestone Lake Trailhead east of Crestone, Colorado. Willow Lake is directly north of Challenger Point and south of Mount Adams. Willow Creek is both the inflow and outflow to the lake, and there are waterfalls at both lake's inflow and outflow.[1]

Notes and References

  1. National Geographic . Sangre de Cristo Mountains . 2004 . 1:75000 . Trails Illustrated.