Shadow Mountain Dam is a zoned earthfill dam on the Colorado River in Grand County Colorado. Constructed between 1944 and 1946 the Shadow Mountain Dam creates the Shadow Mountain Lake with a structural height of 63 feet (19 m) and a drainage area of 187 square miles (480 km2). Shadow Mountain Lake is a holding reservoir for water pumped up from Lake Granby just to the south through the Granby Pumping Plant and Canal.
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