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![Colorado State Road 92](../../images/roads/co092-01.jpg)
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Laccoliths and ash flows of West Elk Mountains; north rim of Black Canyon
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![CO 92](../../images/roads/co092-02.jpg)
US 50 at Delta
NW end of CO 92
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![San Juan Mountains](../../images/roads/co092-03.jpg)
Looking back at the San Juan Mountains
Mar 03 2018 - 2:06 pm
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![West Elk Mountains](../../images/roads/co092-04.jpg)
Looking ahead to the West Elk Mountains
Mar 03 2018 - 2:07 pm
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![Mancos Shale](../../images/roads/co092-05.jpg)
Colorful Mancos Shale
Apr 13 2017 - 2:45 pm
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![Mancos Shale](../../images/roads/co092-06.jpg)
Pediment weathering zones (yellow oxidation)
Apr 13 2017 - 2:48 pm
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![Lands End Peak](../../images/roads/co092-07.jpg)
Lands End Peak (10,806', center right) and Mt. Lamborn (11,396', center left) in April
Apr 13 2017 - 2:50 pm
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![Mt. Lamborn](../../images/roads/co092-08.jpg)
Lands End Peak and Mt. Lamborn on a November morning, both laccoliths
Nov 12 2021 - 9:34 am
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![Coal Mountain](../../images/roads/co092-09.jpg)
(laccoliths from left) Lands End Peak, Coal Mountain (11,750'), Big Sand Mountain (10,452'), and Saddle Mountian (10,075')
Nov 12 2021 - 9:38 am
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![End of Black Canyon](../../images/roads/co092-10.jpg)
The downstream end of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River exiting Fruitland Mesa
Apr 13 2017 - 2:53 pm
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![Mt. Gunnison](../../images/roads/co092-11.jpg)
(from left) Lands End Peak, Mt. Lamborn, Mt. Gunnison (12,719')
Nov 12 2021 - 9:45 am
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![Castle Rock](../../images/roads/co092-12.jpg)
A peek at Castle Rock (11,079') just before Hotchkiss;
Nov 12 2021 - 9:43 am
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![Hotchkiss, CO](../../images/roads/co092-13.jpg)
Approaching Hotchkiss
Apr 13 2017 - 5:06 pm
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![Dancing Elephants](../../images/roads/co092-14.jpg)
Dancing Elephants in downtown Hotchiss
Jun 04 2017 - 6:08 pm
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![Turn at Hotchkiss](../../images/roads/co092-15.jpg)
Turn right just beyond downtown
Nov 12 2021 - 9:49 am
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![Castle Rock](../../images/roads/co092-16.jpg)
Castle Rock NW densely welded ash from West Elk volcanic field centered at West Elk Peak
Apr 13 2017 - 3:38 pm
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![Castle Rock](../../images/roads/co092-17.jpg)
Castle Rock in November
Nov 12 2021 - 9:55 am
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![Framed](../../images/roads/co092-18.jpg)
Framed by a ranch gate
Nov 12 2021 - 9:58 am
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![West Elk Peak](../../images/roads/co092-19.jpg)
West Elk Peak (13,035')
Nov 12 2021 - 9:59 am
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![Black Canyon](../../images/roads/co092-20.jpg)
Black Canyon of the Gunnison River
Nov 12 2021 - 10:05 am
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![Crystal Resevoir](../../images/roads/co092-21.jpg)
Reflection of clouds off Crystal Resevior, first dam in Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 5:38 pm
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![Black Canyon](../../images/roads/co092-22.jpg)
Middle of the Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 4:00 pm
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![Colorful Granite](../../images/roads/co092-23.jpg)
Colorful Granite walls of Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 4:25 pm
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![Fractured Granite](../../images/roads/co092-24.jpg)
Fractured Granite
Apr 13 2017 - 4:26 pm
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![Scarred Aspen](../../images/roads/co092-25.jpg)
Scar on Aspen Tree
Apr 13 2017 - 4:08 pm
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![Cimarron Ridge](../../images/roads/co092-26.jpg)
Cimarron Ridge (back side)
Apr 13 2017 - 5:06 pm
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![Cimarron Ridge](../../images/roads/co092-27.jpg)
Cimarron Ridge (front side) from US 550 at Ridgeway
Mar 02 2017 - 5:16 pm
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![Sawatch Range](../../images/roads/co092-28.jpg)
Brief view of the Sawatch Range
Nov 12 2021 - 10:19 am
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![Cimarron Valley](../../images/roads/co092-29.jpg)
San Juan Mountains above Cimarron Basin
Nov 12 2021 - 10:29 am
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![Telephoto](../../images/roads/co092-30.jpg)
Telephoto of Cimarron Valley
Nov 12 2021 - 10:30 am
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![Lava Flows](../../images/roads/co092-31.jpg)
Nuee ardentes (hot ash flows) from West Elk volcanic field
Nov 12 2021 - 10:39 am
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![Ash Falls](../../images/roads/co092-32.jpg)
Including ash falls
Nov 12 2021 - 10:41 am
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![Lahars](../../images/roads/co092-33.jpg)
Lahars (hot mudflows)
Nov 12 2021 - 10:45 am
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![Welded Tuff](../../images/roads/co092-34.jpg)
and moderatly welded tuff hoodoos below densely welded tuff cliffs; ash fall between
Nov 12 2021 - 10:52 am
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![Ranch Gate](../../images/roads/co092-35.jpg)
Ranch gate
Apr 13 2017 - 5:23 pm
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![Aspen](../../images/roads/co092-36.jpg)
Aspen without leaves (white pillars)
Nov 12 2021 - 10:48 am
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![Curvy Road](../../images/roads/co092-37.jpg)
Highway has many 10 MPH curves and is about same elevation along Black Canyon therefore curvy
Nov 12 2021 - 10:51 am
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![Curecanti Creek](../../images/roads/co092-38.jpg)
Curecanti Creek before plunging into Black Canyon
Nov 12 2021 - 11:01 am
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![Black Canyon](../../images/roads/co092-39.jpg)
The plunge
Nov 12 2021 - 11:09 am
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![Welded Tuff](../../images/roads/co092-40.jpg)
South side of welded tuff
Nov 12 2021 - 11:07 am
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![Morrow Reservoir](../../images/roads/co092-41.jpg)
Morrow Point Reservoir; second dam on the Gunnison River through Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 5:30 pm
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![Morrow Reservoir](../../images/roads/co092-42.jpg)
Another view of Morrow Point Reservoir
Nov 12 2021 - 10:38 am
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![Migmatite](../../images/roads/co092-43.jpg)
Colorful Granite (called by geologists migmatite gniess)
Apr 13 2017 - 5:43 pm
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![Flat Surface](../../images/roads/co092-44.jpg)
Black Canyon is cut into flat pre-Cambrain surface
Apr 13 2017 - 5:40 pm
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![Gunnison River](../../images/roads/co092-45.jpg)
Morrow Point Reservior (wide as the Gunnison River in Spring floods)
Apr 13 2017 - 5:41 pm
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![CO 92](../../images/roads/co092-46.jpg)
Road Cuts along 92 coming out of Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 5:40 pm
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![Welded Tuff](../../images/roads/co092-47.jpg)
North side of welded tuff showing flow field
Nov 12 2021 - 11:10 am
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![CO 92](../../images/roads/co092-48.jpg)
Approaching Blue Mesa Dam (buildings are on other side of Black Canyon
Nov 12 2021 - 11:09 am
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![Blue Mesa Dam](../../images/roads/co092-49.jpg)
Third dam of the Gunnison River at the start of Black Canyon
Apr 13 2017 - 5:51 pm
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![Start of Black Canyon](../../images/roads/co092-50.jpg)
Start of Black Canyon; power lines leaving the dam (from one-lane bridge on dam quarter mile off US 50)
Apr 13 2017 - 5:54 pm
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![Blue Mesa Reservoir](../../images/roads/co092-51.jpg)
Blue Mesa Reservoir in the Gunnsion Valley above canyon (West Elk volcanic hoodoos in midground; Sawatch Range in backgound)
Nov 12 2021 - 11:22 am
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![Colorado State Road 92](../../images/roads/co092-52.jpg)
US 50 to US 50
SE end of CO 92 at Blue Mesa Dam