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<br />e <br /> <br />Appendix F: Visitor comments <br /> <br />Comments from the trailhead register June 1 - 19, 1996 <br /> <br />Many comments were just single words and include; awesome, excellent, <br />beautiful, spectacular, glorious, fantastic, unbelievable, wonderful, <br />outstanding, speechless, breathtaking, amazing, wow, fabulous, great, and <br />bodacious. <br /> <br />Other comments include: <br /> <br />lIThe lake is worth the hike.", "spectacular in spring", IIgorgeous-worth the <br />effort", "well worth the trip", "under the waterfall is the bestn, "no more <br />unnatural alterations", IICan't say enough good things", IIwe ran out of film! <br />darn it! II, "go stand under spouting rock'!, "kids really liked it 3 1/2 & 6 <br />Great!", "great, my 8 yr old daughters 1st hike", "must see! no words to <br />describe! ", "one of the most beautiful places ,. . <br /> <br />Excerpts from recent newspaper clippings describing Hanging Lake. <br /> <br />From the Associated Press <br /> <br />".. . emerald- and sapphire-dappled lake,..." <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />liThe trail ends at an Elysian scene --. a long, wide wall of waterfalls that <br />tumble into a quarter-acre of blue-green lake. Trout swim in the crystal <br />waters, protected by a nO-fishing rule. In July, columbines, asters, harebells <br />and a host of other wildflowers complete the idyllic scene." <br /> <br />UIn the winter, the falls freeze into big blue icicles and cover the rock face <br />above the lake." <br /> <br />From Roaring Fork Sunday <br /> <br />"Oddly enough, the coolness of the water radiates up to the path in the shady <br />places and the trail can be a Ii ttle chilly in places." <br /> <br />"When you make the final ascent up some steep, natural steps with a well-worn <br />handrail, you will round the corner to what looks like the Bahamas meet <br />Colorado. II <br /> <br />1I...the teal-colored water <br />that is fed by waterfalls. <br />to the sky, the lake is an <br /> <br />is positively startling in this gorgeous, <br />With the canyon walls cont~nuing to rise <br />anomaly in ordinary Colorado landscape. <br /> <br />small lake <br />dizzingly <br /> <br />Summary by Greg Kuyumjian, Forest Hydrologist <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />25 <br />