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.. . . . . <':' ;;.) .. 2213 recreation purposes. Gf the remaining Six, the variations in levels would h~ve been too wide to have been of much value from a recreation standpoint. A~t Reservoir~ is located on the Taylor rtiver, a short distance above the resort village of Almont where the ~st and Taylor ~ivers meet to form the Gunnison rliver. This site is about 12 miles north of Gunnison, Colorado, and is reached by way of State high- way l35 to Almont and thence over State highway 306 which continues to Taylor Park Ileservoir about 21 miles upstream. For about a mile above the dam, the Almont Reservoir is confined to the narrow canyon and then widens out over the meadows below the mouth of Spring Creek. . Above these meadows the reservoir is again confinAd to 3 narrow canyons. The proposed dam will be approximately 415 feet high and will create a reservoir about 7 miles long and 1.5 miles wide at its widest point. Water regulation and power are the.purposes for which this reservoir is intended. The proposed water surface 010- v~tion, with corresponding capacities and area acres of the various pools as planned for the o~eration of the reservoir are shown on the accompanying operations chart. Had the reservoir been in operation during the period 1930-1941, the proposed operation reveals that there would have been considerable variation in the water surface elevation from year to year. During a few of these years some fluctuation would have occucred during the months of July, August and September. A portion of State highway306 along Taylor River will be inundated by the reservoir. Relocation will be necessary to allow access to the reservoir shore line and perhaps to the Taylor l'ark Reservoir site. 29