| Palmer Lake Reservoir Hike 04/12/2016 |
| Palmer Lake Reservoir is located just west of Monument and the city of Palmer Lake. The roundtrip hike is 4 miles with a vertical change of 640 feet. There are two dams and two lakes which make up the reservoir. |
| The loop trail is to the right of this boulder with the tree growing out of it. |
| We come to a split in the trail. Both trails take you to the west end of the Upper Reservoir. |
| A weather station is between the Lower and Upper Reservoirs. |
| The trail follows Monument Creek all the way to the reservoir. |
| The parking lot. |
| Near the dam of the Lower Reservoir the fisherman have come to try their luck. |
| Another trail splits off the main trail to go to the Ice Cave Creek but we continue on the main trail back. |
| We come out at the split where we took the left trail and start back downhill. |
| The trailhead for the Palmer Lake Reservoir hike. |
| We come to the first dam and Lower Reservoir. |
| The Lower Reservoir. |
| From the west side of the Lower Reservoir. |
| We come to the second dam and the Upper Reservoir. |
| Looking west at the Upper Reservoir. |
| We take the loop trail to the north which takes us into the forest. |
| Panoramic of the first dam. |
| We arrive back at the trailhead for the Palmer Lake Reservoir hike, four miles later. |
| The Upper Reservoir looking east towards the dam. |
| A fisherman has taken a position on the first dam. |
| The left trail goes directly to the west side of the Upper Reservoir and the furthest we go to the west. |
| The trail is very easy going back to the trailhead. |
| The loop trail is mostly in the forest with many new trees of growth. |
