A small waterfall on the Monarch Lake trail.
Trailhead Location: From Granby take U.S. Highway 34 to County Road 6 (Forest Service Road, FSR 125 or Arapaho Bay Road). Follow this road for 10 miles to the Monarch Lake parking area.
Monarch Lake just outside the northwestern boundary of the Indian Peaks Wilderness.
Lake Statistics:
| Area: | 142 acres | ||
| Shoreline: | 2.6 miles | ||
| Elevation: | 8,340 feet | ||
| Maximum depth: | 8 feet | ||
| Fish species: | Cutthroat trout | ||
| | Rainbow trout | ||
| | Brook trout | ||
| | Brown trout | ||
| | Arctic Grayling | ||
| | Sucker |
A Canadian Geese family on the Arapaho Creek.
A Calypso Orchid off the Monarch Lake trail.
The remains of a "steam donkey" on the Monarch Lake Loop Trail.
Used in the late 1800's by loggers to haul logs out of the forest
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