Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Nothing I say about this place would do it justice. This canyon is up to 1/2 mile deep, and so narrow in places between near-vertical cliffs that you can’t see the bottom, even standing almost directly above it. They say some areas on the floor of this canyon only get a maximum of 3-1/2 hours of sunlight a day. That is some seriously deep canyon. No wonder they call it “Black.”

Unfortunately, recent wildfires
have destroyed most of the trees
at the top of the canyon’s south rim

This is Pulpit Rock

and this is the view from there.

We saw Painted Wall, the tallest vertical cliff in the U.S.

We even got to see bighorn sheep!