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| That cliff is about the size of 2 empire state buildings on top of each other!!! Painted Wall, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO |
Day 10: Tuesday, 6/21: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Fly Fishing
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a must see if you’re
ever near it. The Gunnison River has
carved a 2300 foot deep sheer cliff along abnarrow canyon. At the Painted Wall overlook, the canyon is
almost 2 empire state buildings tall. In
many places, the canyon is deeper than it is wide. It’s awesome to see that the opposite edge is
closer than the bottom. It is such a
sheer canyon that sunlight only hits the bottom in many places when it is
directly overhead—hence the name black canyon.
We had fun driving to about 5 overlooks.
If you come here, you must drive down the East Portal road to the bottom
of the canyon to the gold ribbon trout stream/river below. The road is steep (16% grade) and has
hairpin turns with big drop-offs. We brought
our lunch and picnicked along the beautiful river. Then all 4 of us tried our luck fly-fishing.
We had no luck but had fun trying. Sarah
and Andrea took a walk down the river deeper into the incredible canyon and Sam
and Ryan kept trying to fish. A thunder
storm started rolling in so we packed up our stuff in the late afternoon and
headed back to camp.
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| East Portal road takes you down to the Gunnison River at bottom of canyon. Gorgeous and great fishing. |
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| Ryan fishing at bottom of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison |
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