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Crane Lake & geese from the south side trail near the dam. This image was taken approximately one mile from the trailhead.
The trail is officially known as the Crane Lake National Recreation Trail.
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Approaching the dam from the south side trail.
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View back to the dam from below the impoundment.
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View at the brink of the spillway.
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View from below the spillway looking down into the drainage. The concrete fin directs the water from the spillway into the drainage.
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Approaching the shut-ins from just beyond the dam spillway.
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View looking down stream at Crane Pond Creek Shut-ins from just beyond the spillway.
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View looking up stream toward the dam with human scale figures.
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Boulder hoping down stream in the shut-ins.
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Continuing farther down stream with ice in view on the rocks beyond.
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A nice pool just ahead of a bend in the shut-ins.
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View looking through first bench growth toward the melting ice on the rock bluffs beyond.
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View looking across the shut-ins to the granite cliffs that squeeze this area into a narrow gorge.
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Shut-ins open up downstream after passing the granite bluffs.
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Continuing downstream in the shut-ins.
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Starting to bushwack out of the shut-ins to the Ozark Trail above the bluffs.
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Climbing north through the surrounding granite bluffs above the shut-ins.
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Looking down to the shut-ins from the bluffs.
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Looking downstream from the north side bluffs.
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Looking west from the Ozark Trail to Crane Lake from above the north side bluffs.
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Continuing west on the trail with the dam now in view.
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View looking east from the picnic area at the west end of the lake.
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