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Hanging Lake, Colorado
Hanging Lake looks like someone dropped a piece of the Caribbean into Colorado’s mountains. Just 10 miles from Glenwood Springs, this crystal-clear pool sits at the end of a steep mile-long hike, perched on the edge of a cliff where waterfalls spill over travertine beds.
You can look but you can’t touch, and even Hollywood can’t get past the strict rules that protect Hanging Lake.
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The Log That Has Stayed Put for Half a Century
That log you see stretching across the water has stayed put for over 50 years, making it through floods and debris flows that should have washed it away. Ute legends say mountain spirits protect it…