Echo Lake sits at the base (10,600 ft) of the Mt. Evans Scenic Byway - the highest paved road
in North America. The road increases an impressive 7,000 ft in 28 miles to the summit of Mt. Evans - 14,264 ft. This image was taken from the Echo Lake
Lodge which sits at the entrance to the Scenic Byway.
Echo Lake is a shallow, oligotrophic lake formed during the lastest period of glaciation - roughly 10,000 years ago. The ecosystem around the lake is
dominated by Engleman Spruce and Sup-Alpine Fir with some Limber Pine on exposed sites. There is a park here providing a stone shelter with picnic tables
and barbecue grills on one end of the lake and a campground on the other.
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