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Gunnison
Trip Pictures Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park contains some of Colorado's most rugged scenery. Lannette and I camped there over Labor Day Weekend. We drove to the park Saturday and set up camp in the late afternoon, then cooked and ate yummy burgers that Lannette had prepared for the trip. A sudden storm kicked up after we ate dinner, and sent us running for the tent. Wind, hail, and rain pelted the tent, and thunder and lightning crashed close by. At 8,300 feet, on top of a mesa with nothing taller than Gambel Oak all around, that can be a little unnerving! When we woke Sunday morning, we found 1/4 inch of ice on our tablecloth and thick, beautiful frost patterns on the car's windshield and bumpers. A neighboring camper's thermometer registered 34°, but it had certainly been colder than that before the sun came up.
When
we woke Sunday morning, we found 1/4 inch of ice on our tablecloth and
thick, beautiful frost patterns on the car's windshield and bumpers. A
neighboring camper's thermometer registered 34°, but it had certainly
been colder than that before the sun came up. The Black Canyon
itself was breathtaking, and I'll let the following images speak for
themselves, with minor annotation.
View
from Tomichi Point
A
professional photographer checking his lens prior to capturing a shot
Another
view from Tomichi Point
Pulpit
Rock
View
from Pulpit Rock. Note the difference in erosion between the north
and south rims of the canyon. The south rim (right) has more
exposure to the sun, and therefore more erosion.
View
from the edge of Pulpit Rock
Looking
north from Pulpit Rock
A
composite shot of the north rim wall, showing gargantuan diagonal
fractures in the 1.7 billion year old metamorphic rock.
View
of the distant San Juans from the Warner Point Nature Trail
Zooming
in on the San Juans, looking toward Ouray, Colorado. Click here to go to the home page.
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