Lake Granby is the third largest body of water in Colorado.
5-619: It was created by the erection of Granby Dam , completed in 1950, as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado-Big Thompson Project . Water from Lake Granby is pumped via the Farr Pump plant though a pipeline that empties into a canal connected to Shadow Mountain Reservoir. The Bureau of Reclamation owns Farr Pump plant while Northern Water operates it. On its own, Lake Granby contains approximately 40 miles (64 km) of shoreline. The lake
10-563: A subalpine climate ( Köppen Dfc ) bordering on a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ). This Colorado state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Granby Dam Granby Dam (National ID # CO01656) is an earthfill dam that dams the Colorado River 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Granby, Colorado in Grand County, Colorado . This 298-foot (91 m)-tall dam
15-516: Is popular with anglers and is continually stocked with rainbow trout and kokanee salmon . The Lake is also home to the Lake Granby Yacht Club . At 8,280 feet (2,520 m), LGYC is one of the highest-elevation yacht clubs in the world, slightly beating out Grand Lake Yacht Club on nearby Grand Lake . Grand Lake 6 SSW is a weather station on the north shore of Lake Granby at an elevation of 8288 feet (2526 m). Lake Granby has
20-798: The waters of the Colorado, water from Willow Creek just below the dam is pumped up 175 feet (53 m) to Lake Granby. Water from Lake Granby is pumped 125 feet (38 m) higher by the Granby Pumping Plant to the Granby Pump Canal, which extents 1.8 miles (2.9 km) to Shadow Mountain Lake , from which water is diverted through the Alva B. Adams Tunnel to the East Slope. This damsite does not generate any power directly; power
25-612: Was constructed between 1941 and 1950 and has a drainage area of 311 square miles (810 km ). The Granby Dam's reservoir is known as Lake Granby , the largest reservoir component of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project . Lake Granby stores Colorado River water that is diverted under the Continental Divide for agriculture and municipal use within north-eastern Colorado including the cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley. In addition to
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