Gross Reservoir
Gross Reservoir is located 10 miles west of Boulder.  The reservoir
is fed by the South Boulder Creek.  
Map of the Gross Reservoir
The Dam is 340 feet high
The dam is 1050 feet across.
South Boulder Creek downriver
from the dam
05/2009
A March 2009 look at the
reservoir from the west end
Sideview of the dam from the south.
Taken in
May of 2009
In March 2009 before spring
runoff starts the reservoir level
is 30 feet low
The reservoir covers 440
acres.
05/2009
Panoramic of the reservoir in February of
2014.
Sideview of the dam from the north
in February of 2014.  
The west side Trail Head to Gross Reservoir is located where
county road 68 meets 359.  County road 359 is closed during the
winter.  Hiked  on 04/14/2015
Panoramic of the reservoir in April of 2015. (large)
The parking lot at the trailhead
on County Road 359.
The trailhead to Gross
Reservoir.
The stream feeding into the
north fork of the reservoir.
In April the melting snow
creates a substantial flow.
The trail has some obstacles.
After about a mile we reach the
reservoir.
There are many tree stumps left
from before the dam.
The water is low before the main
snow melt arrives.
We now have to make our own trail as this portion is under water
much of the year.
The dam comes into view just as the side becomes too steep to follow.
The reservoir looking west on
05/05/2016
The reservoir on 05/05/2016.  The
runoff was still filling the
reservoir.