1 / 60 (CO 141)

Escalante Canyon (slides 17-25), Black Canyon (slides 26-60)
Mar 02 2017 - 1:11 pm
2 / 60 (CO 141)

Dakota Sandstone caps flat surfaces between canyons (as this northeast entry to Unaweep Canyon along West Creek, Book Cliffs in background)
Jun 10 2017 - 6:49 pm
3 / 60 (Divide Road)

Switchbacks on Divide Road through Triassic Red Beds, Grand Mesa in the background
Jun 10 2017 - 6:12 pm
4 / 60 (Divide Road)

pre-Cambrian granite cliffs
Jun 10 2017 - 6:06 pm
5 / 60 (Divide Road)

Ranch in Unaweep Canyon
Jun 10 2017 - 6:08 pm
6 / 60 (CO 141)

Knob of Triassic red beds directly on pre-Cambrian granite with a billion years in between
Mar 02 2017 - 1:16 pm
7 / 60 (CO 141)

Colorful granite cliffs
Mar 02 2017 - 1:13 pm
8 / 60 (CO 141)

"X" marks the spot
Mar 02 2017 - 1:23 pm
9 / 60 (CO 141)

Thimble Rock behind Drigg's Mansion
Mar 02 2017 - 1:39 pm
10 / 60 (CO 141)

Drigg's mansion rebuilt
Mar 02 2017 - 1:43 pm
11 / 60 (CO 141)

In the middle of Unaweep Canyon
Mar 02 2017 - 1:22 pm
12 / 60 (CO 141)

Deep in Unaweep Canyon
Mar 02 2017 - 1:26 pm
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Deeper still
Mar 02 2017 - 1:33 pm
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The Citadel
Mar 02 2017 - 1:54 pm
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Granite spire
Mar 02 2017 - 2:03 pm
16 / 60 (CO 141)

SW face of the Uncompahgre Plateau over Triassic red beds
Mar 02 2017 - 2:18 pm
17 / 60 (US 50)

Grand Valley from Grand Mesa (left) to the Uncompahgre Plateau (right) (flat slope of plateau is deceptive, numerous canyons cut the Dakota Sandstone surface of the plateau)
Jun 10 2017 - 11:42 am
18 / 60 (Escalante Creek Road)

Such as Escalante Creek Canyon which cuts through the Dakota Sandstone and underlying Mesozoic rocks
Jun 10 2017 - 12:40 pm
19 / 60 (Escalante Creek Road)

Life-blood of the west, irrigation ditches
Jun 10 2017 - 12:27 pm
20 / 60 (Escalante Creek Road)

Next to an abandoned stone ranch house
Jun 10 2017 - 12:27 pm
21 / 60 (Escalante Creek Road)

Granite potholes attract many people
(despite drownings each year in this and the similar Little Dolores River site in Glade Park)
Jun 10 2017 - 1:25 pm
22 / 60 (Escalante Creek Road)

The road deterioated upstream from the potholes
Jun 10 2017 - 3:04 pm
23 / 60 (Escalante Creek Road)

I pushed on, stopping often to check road conditions (ample time to photograph blue and gold flowers, 6 of 15 states with official colors list blue and gold)
Jun 10 2017 - 3:39 pm
24 / 60 (Escalante Creek Road)

Ranch at top of the Uncompahge Plateau
Jun 10 2017 - 3:54 pm
25 / 60 (Divide Road)

San Juan (left) and San Miguel Mountains (right) from Divide Road (finally made it back to an improved road)
Jun 10 2017 - 4:04 pm
26 / 60 (CO 92)

Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 4:01 pm
27 / 60 (CO 92)

NW end of Black Canyon trapped behind Fruitland Mesa uplift
Apr 13 2017 - 2:53 pm
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To the SE end of Black Canyon along the north rim and CO 92
Apr 13 2017 - 5:54 pm
29 / 60 (CO 92)

Colorful pre-Cambrian granite in walls of deepest Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 4:00 pm
30 / 60 (CO 92)

Uncompahgre Group of the San Juan Mountains over Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 4:00 pm
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Gniess (nice) rock
Apr 13 2017 - 4:25 pm
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Cimarron Ridge of the San Juan Mountains
Apr 13 2017 - 5:06 pm
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Cimarron Valley along the Black Canyon uplift
Apr 13 2017 - 4:50 pm
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Black Canyon cut into a stripped granite surface reminescent of Royal Gorge
Apr 13 2017 - 5:30 pm
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Clouds reflected in Morrow Reservior (Gunnison River northwest of the park is a series of reservoirs used to power and irrigated the Uncompahgre Valley)
Apr 13 2017 - 5:38 pm
36 / 60 (CO 92)

Close up of the stripped pre-Cambrian granite-gneiss surface covered by Mesozoic rocks (an example of 109 year hiatus)
Apr 13 2017 - 5:40 pm
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Upper end of Morrow Reservoir
Apr 13 2017 - 5:41 pm
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Banded gneiss, geologists call the swirls "migmatite" Who need microscopes? Weather and life (lichens) bring out the faintest details of fractal patterns
Apr 13 2017 - 5:43 pm
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Coming out of the upstream end of Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 5:40 pm
40 / 60 (US 50)

Blue Mesa Reservoir at the upper end of Black Canyon
Dec 07 2020 - 2:31 pm
41 / 60 (CO 92)

Blue Mesa Dam, CO 92 goes over the dam
Apr 13 2017 - 5:51 pm
42 / 60 (CO 92)

Across the road, the start of Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 5:54 pm
43 / 60 (CO 349)

North on CO 349 to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (south rim)
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San Juan Mountains from CO 349
Nov 14 2021 - 4:08 pm
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Telephoto of San Juan Mountains centered around Mt. Sneffels (14,150')
Nov 14 2021 - 4:08 pm
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CO 349 follows dip slope of Dakota Sandstone (shown in road cut) to the Black Canyon National Park
Nov 14 2021 - 5:35 pm
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Nov 14 2021 - 4:17 pm
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History of Black Canyon
Nov 14 2021 - 4:31 pm
49 / 60 (CO 349)

Black Canyon
Nov 14 2021 - 4:38 pm
50 / 60 (CO 349)

Gunnison Point Overlook
Nov 14 2021 - 4:30 pm
51 / 60 (CO 349)

Well marked overlooks (yards to the overlook posted)
Nov 14 2021 - 4:40 pm
52 / 60 (CO 349)

First view of the Painted Wall
Nov 14 2021 - 4:31 pm
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Painted Wall
Nov 14 2021 - 4:48 pm
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Plants live on the Painted Wall
Nov 14 2021 - 5:10 pm
55 / 60 (CO 349)

Gneiss rock type (close up and on the far side of the canyon)
Nov 14 2021 - 4:48 pm
56 / 60 (CO 349)

Landsend Peak (10,806', center) and Coal Mountain (11,705', right) of the West Elk Mountains
Nov 14 2021 - 4:46 pm
57 / 60 (CO 349)

Gibbous moonrise over Black Canyon
Nov 14 2021 - 4:50 pm
58 / 60 (CO 349)

Gunnison River deep in the canyon
Nov 14 2021 - 5:11pm
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Road to north rim of the Black Canyon through Grizzly Gulch (Landsend Peak Coal Mountain, and Mt. Gunnison (12,719') in background)
Nov 14 2021 - 5:20 pm
60 / 60 (CO 349)

Back to US 50 (Horsefly Peak high point on Uncompahgre Plateau over irrigated Uncompahgre Valley)
Nov 14 2021 - 5:42 pm