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A lake island or lake archipelago is any landmass within a lake. They are a type of inland island. Lake islands may form in numerous ways. They may occur through a build-up of sedimentation as shoals, and become true islands through changes in the level of the lake. They may have been originally part of the lake's shore, and been separated from it by erosion, or they may have been left as pinnacles when the lake formed through a raising in the level of a river or other waterway. Source
Box Canyon is
a Box canyon in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It was originally founded as a mining camp and
helped the city of Ouray establish itself as a permanent community. Box Canyon is home to Box Canyon Falls, a 285 feet waterfall, with quartzite walls that extend
almost one hundred feet past the falls. Access to
the canyon is through a short, 500 feet foot trail to the base of the falls or a steep
trail leading to the top of the falls. A fee is required to use the trails to the
canyon. Source
The Town of Vail
is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The
population of the town was 5,305 in 2010. Vail was incorporated in 1966, four
years after the opening of Vail Ski Resort. The ski area was founded by Pete
Seibert and local rancher Earl Eaton in 1962, at the base of Vail Pass. The
pass was named after Charles Vail, the highway engineer who routed U.S. Highway
6 through the Vail Valley in 1940, and eventually became Interstate 70. Source
The Rocky Mountains, commonly known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. Within the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are somewhat distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada which all lie farther to the west. Source
The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 5,305 in 2010. The town was established and built as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally conceived. Vail is served by Eagle County Airport near Gypsum, 30 miles to the west. Native Americans used to call the area near the airport the "hole in the sky" because storms seemed to avoid it. Source
Beaver Lake Trail is in the northwestern Sawatch Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness north of Grouse Mountain in Eagle County. Beaver Lake Trail is south of Interstate 70, near Avon and Edwards. Beaver Lake Trail is located at the northern edge of Holy Cross Wilderness Area, west of Grouse Mountain. The Beaver Lake Trail passes south up the valley of Beaver Creek to its destination, Beaver Lake. Source
