In my 32 years of hiking, camping and searching the backcountry of Colorado, I must have encountered at least a dozen Lost Lakes, enough so that they often get confabulated in my mind into one solitary, gorgeous lake! So color me un-shocked when on a recent outing to Crested Butte we ended up hiking to two Lost Lakes on consecutive days. So for posterity’s sake and to have a little fun, I bring you the Battle of the Lost Lakes. Here’s a chance to see a couple of these beauties in all their unique glory and a chance for you, for the first time, to vote on which one you think is more beautiful.
So while we are gearing up for Election Day, let’s vote! Though I could set up a widget to record votes, it’s probably easier to just take your vote as a feedback in the comments below. Enjoy!
6 replies on “Battle of the Lost Lakes, Crested Butte, Colorado”
I vote for Lost Lake B, because Lost Lake A seems quite barren of surrounding vegetation. “B” is more beautiful.
Any idea why “A” has an island? That is, perhaps some waning volcanic vent activity occurring eons ago? I know for the island in Lake Tahoe, it is written that at least part of the lake “was carved by glaciers, something about the granite of the island resisted those tremendous forces to rise from the bay’s floor and 150 feet out of the water.”
As for the dual-selfie, looks like that is “A” in the background.
Correct, it is Lake A we are in front off. As for the island, geologically it looks much like the surrounding rock, so I take it that it may be a chunk of the surrounding mountains that sloughed off the side and fell into the cirque forming the island. This area doesn’t look volcanic at all.
Aha! A trick question! You and Suzie are standing in front of Lake B—my favorite—which cleverly disguised itself to look exactly like Lake A.
My question is: Who “lost” these lakes, and now that you’ve found them, are we required to continue calling them “lost”?
Ha! How did you figure that out? :-} My feelings exactly on the Lost Lake moniker. I scream out every time I get to a Lost Lake, “Found It!”, but nobody seems to take note of that though. I guess they are lost to anyone who hasn’t found them yet, no?
Ok am going with B cause I’m in the pic!
Yeah, but you are a biased party!