Black Canyon NP - 7/6
We only got to spend one night at the Black Canyon because we spent an extra night in Steamboat Springs. We got one of the last sites in the campground on the south rim
of the canyon. Had a few complaints about our campground selection because it didn't have water hookups nor did it have showers or flush toilets - my how we've been spoiled. The other problem was that we had very little water in the fresh water tank on the trailer. We did survive one night of roughing it, but like I said, not without complaint.
The Black Canyon is quite an amazing site to see. The Gunnison River has carved the canyon in spectacular fashion. It is very deep and rather narrow at the same time - which makes for sheer drops nearly straight down to the canyon floor. At one spot the canyon is over 2700 feet deep, maybe 30 feet wide at the bottom and only 1/4 mile wide at the top. For the spatially challenged, that's a hell of a long way down with only a little opening on the top. Standing on the edge gave me vertigo. The pictures we took don't do it justice.
We only got to spend one night at the Black Canyon because we spent an extra night in Steamboat Springs. We got one of the last sites in the campground on the south rim
of the canyon. Had a few complaints about our campground selection because it didn't have water hookups nor did it have showers or flush toilets - my how we've been spoiled. The other problem was that we had very little water in the fresh water tank on the trailer. We did survive one night of roughing it, but like I said, not without complaint.The Black Canyon is quite an amazing site to see. The Gunnison River has carved the canyon in spectacular fashion. It is very deep and rather narrow at the same time - which makes for sheer drops nearly straight down to the canyon floor. At one spot the canyon is over 2700 feet deep, maybe 30 feet wide at the bottom and only 1/4 mile wide at the top. For the spatially challenged, that's a hell of a long way down with only a little opening on the top. Standing on the edge gave me vertigo. The pictures we took don't do it justice.
standing on the cliff's edge
see the river at the bottom?
everyone still smiling....
1 comment:
Hey,
did you find my lost ice ax. climbed the San Juan peaks in the late '70s. sounds like not much has changed.
c u when u get back!
Steve
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