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Southwest USA 2001
Colorado
(Page 3 of 6)
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
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The Gunnison River has
carved a deep gorge, between 1000 and 2200 feet deep, in southwest
Colorado.
This quiet National Park is well worth the visit.
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The canyon is very narrow, about 1100 feet. In many
places it is actually narrower than it is deep.
In this picture you can just see the river at the
bottom.
Note the precipitous walls of the canyon. There are
actually places that you can hike down, although we didn't.
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The north rim (on the
left) is much steeper than the south rim (on the right).
The river is visible in this photo, about 1700
feet below.
I mentioned that there are places that you can
hike down...well that would involve scrambling down the a trail as
steep as the slopes that you see on the right.
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Here the canyon is at its
deepest. This spectacular wall is over 2000 feet high! |
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