Black Lake (Eagle County, Colorado)

Black Lake is a reservoir at Vail Pass in Eagle County, Colorado.

It lies at an elevation of over 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) and sits alongside Interstate 70.

Located at 39°32′53.86″N 106°13′23.16″W / 39.5482944°N 106.2231000°W / 39.5482944; -106.2231000 and at an elevation of 10,509 feet (3,203 meters), Black Lake #2 is smaller than Black Lake #1, with a storage capacity of 148 acre-feet (183,000 cubic meters) of water.

Its 30-foot (9.1-meter) high dam is owned by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and was built in 1957.

The reservoirs are stocked twice yearly with rainbow trout, so they are popular with anglers.

Black Lake #2