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Poudre Lake

Coordinates: 40°25′19″N 105°48′31″W / 40.422018°N 105.808636°W / 40.422018; -105.808636
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Poudre Lake
Poudre Lake
Poudre Lake
Location of the lake in Colorado.
Location of the lake in Colorado.
Poudre Lake
LocationLarimer County, Colorado
Coordinates40°25′19″N 105°48′31″W / 40.422018°N 105.808636°W / 40.422018; -105.808636
Typealpine lake
Surface elevation3,278 m (10,755 ft)

Poudre Lake is an alpine lake and a main source of Poudre River. It is located just a few feet East of the Continental Divide in Larimer County, Colorado.[1]

U.S. Route 34 passes the lake and crosses the Continental Divide at Milner Pass at the southwest end of the lake.[2]

It is a "dead lake", as fish cannot survive in it because it freezes completely during the winter months.

References

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  1. ^ "Poudre Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
  2. ^ Fall River Pass, Colorado, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1958 (1985 rev.)