Montrose, CO
July 2, 2015
Happy 4th of July to all...God Bless America!
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| Entrance station to Black Canyon... |
At the top of our list this year was a visit to Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP right here in Montrose.
This NP offers a view of some of the steepest cliffs and oldest rocks in North America. It has taken the Gunnison River over two million years, along with forces of weathering, to sculptor a "verticle wilderness" of rock, water and sky.
Breathtaking...exhilarating...invigorating...spirituous...
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| At it's narrowest point, the canyon is only 40 ft. wide. |
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| The Black Canyon is so named because of it's steepness which makes it difficult for sunlight to penetrate into it's depths making the cliff walls appear black. |
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| Cross Fissures |
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| Rapids from a swiftly flowing river... |
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| In some places, the river only receives 33 minutes of sunlight a day. |
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| I wish you could hear the sound of the river... |
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| The Painted Wall...the tallest sheer cliff in Colorado at 2,250 feet. |
HAPPY TRAILS!
Up next...a jaunt into the San Juans.
