Missouri Lakes Hike... The day after the Fourth of July we embarked on a spectacular hike to the Missouri Lakes... The Missouri Lakes are a group of high alpine lakes in the Holy Cross Wilderness not far from Vail and Minturn Colorado. The Holy Cross Wilderness encompasses Mount of the Holy Cross, a Colorado 14er so named because of a cross formation especially visible when it is snow filled. The Missouri Lakes are south of Mount of the Holy Cross and sourrounded by 12,000 and 13,000 foot peaks, most notably Savage Peak. The trail we followed is shown in yellow in the above map and follows Missouri Creek which drains from the Missouri Lake group of lakes. There were numerous water falls, pristine ponds and creek crossings along the route. This is the top of the waterfall seen in the prevoius pictures... Geoff Hall Geoff Hall Looking down in the narrow rock canyon formed by this portion of Missouri Creek... Reaching the top of the narrow canyon... Spotting a rare black squirrel... The first of the two larger Missouri Lakes... First view of the largest of the Missouri Lakes...