There’s lots of scenery and parks here on the western slope of the Rockies. We’re in Montrose, CO and our humans went for another drive to see some more of it. Today they went to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. They took the 8 mile drive along the rim of a gorge created by the Gunnison River over the past 2 million years. The river drops an average of 96 feet per mile which has created a narrow (9 miles at the widest point) but very deep (over 2000 feet) canyon. By contrast, the Grand Canyon is 21 miles wide and the Colorado River which runs through it drops only about a foot per mile. Mom says it was difficult to get pictures that really portray the beauty of the park, but we got some idea from these.


The Gunnison River at the bottom of the Black Canyon


The "Painted Wall" display the bands formed by the different layers of rock that make up the canyon walls.


Sunset Point near the end of the drive along the rim of the canyon