Seize your trusty snowboard
and accompany the Shredder on an exhilarating journey
from the Waters of the Great Divide
to the Colorado Springs Courts of the Xeriscape.
You will pass through the massive mountains of the West,
climb high ridges, and traverse long miles of open country.
Our Journey begins northwest of Land of Leadville,
Colorado,
about 200 miles west of Colorado Springs.
As the snow melts , streams feed
small reservoirs
like this one high in the mountains.
An outlet under the rocks near the shore allows water out to travel
7000' through the mountain in the Missouri Tunnel.
..
...to Homestake Reservoir.
Some of this water belongs to the Citizens of Colorado
Springs,
but some will go to the Aurora People of the North.
The water then flows through the Homestake Tunnel
-- over five and a half miles through
the Continental Divide to Turquoise Reservoir.
The Mt. Elbert Conduit then carries the water
...to the Twin Lakes Reservoir . Here the water
might be used
to generate electricity before continuing its
journey.
At the Otero Pumping Plant water is boosted for
travel
to Colorado Springs and Aurora
After a 50 mile journey in a 66" concrete pipeline,
the water for the Aurora People of the North is divided out.
Colorado Springs water flows onward for 26 additional miles
through a 48" diameter pipeline...
...to a storage reservoir in the
Rampart Range.
Here the water will await the call from the Finishing Fortress
to serve the needs of the Courts of the Xeriscape.
Click on the Shredder
to enter the Finishing Fortress