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	Black Canyon of the Gunnison
		The extraordinary Black Canyon of the Gunnison (BCG) is a prime example of the latter pathway, and "extraordinary" hardly does it justice.
		Black Canyon Gneiss: The dark wall rocks seen here are the Black Canyon Gneiss, a suite of 1.78-1.65 Ga quartzitic gneisses, mica schists, intruding granites and migmatites, the last with the swirling banded pattern of light and dark taffies pulled together.
		Everywhere, the canyon walls are laced with white and pink veins of granite and pegmatite related to 1.4 Ga and later intrusions particularly well displayed in the Painted Wall.
	www.cliffshade.com /colorado/black_canyon (3243 words)

	Colorado Guide - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
		Though the 6 mile drive that leads to the south rim of Black Canyon is unassuming, one quick glimpse over the edge of this magnificent, precipitous gorge will give anyone a tremendous appreciation for why the area was set aside as a national monument.
		Black Canyon, one of the most astounding canyons in the world, is as narrow as 1,100 feet across in places, yet its walls plummet 2,900 feet down to the Gunnison River far below.
		Water continues to be an issue in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
	www.coloradoguide.com /nparks/blca/index.cfm (817 words)

	RoadTrip America® - Black Canyon of the Gunnison
		Gunnison was established in 1874 at the confluence of the Gunnison and Tomichi Rivers.
		Often nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the Colorado," The Black Canyon of the Gunnison became America's 55th national park on October 21, 1999.
		For those who travel with their own animal companions, Black Canyon is one of the few national parks that permits pets on the paths to scenic points along the cliffs.
	www.roadtripamerica.com /places/gunnison.htm (961 words)

	BLACK CANYON ANGLERS: Wilderness Fly Fishing and Whitewater Rafting Trips through the Gunnison River Gorge, Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The steep and narrow walls of the famous Black Canyon section of the Gunnison River hold spectacular scenery and offer world class wilderness fly fishing and whitewater rafting trips to the experienced and novice alike.
		Black Canyon Anglers is recognized as the largest permitted outfitter in the Gunnison Gorge.
		The Gunnison is the second largest river in the state of Colorado and, according to the Division of Wildlife, has more fish per mile than any other river in the state.
	www.blackcanyonanglers.com (307 words)

	Climbing Older - Photo Gallery - Colorado - Black Canyon of the Gunnison
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison is one of the deepest, narrowest canyons in North America.
		This picture was taken at the Black Canyon National Park South Rim Visitor Center, from the viewing platform near the start of the Oak Flat Trail, November of 2002.
		Of the three trails descend down to the bottom of the canyon though, this is considered the easiest.
	home.att.net /~stacy.bender/Black_Canyon.html (382 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a fantastic place for climbing some of the world's foremost wild canyons.
		The North Rim of the Black Canyon National Park and the East Portal road in Curecanti National Recreation Area are closed during the winter.
		Twelve of the most spectacular miles of the canyon are preserved as part of the 31,000 acre Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
	www.adventure-crew.com /parks/BlackCanyon.asp (6460 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a United States National Park located in western Colorado.
		The Precambrian gneiss and schist that makes up the majority of the steep walls of the fl canyon formed 1.7 billion years ago during a metamorphic period brought on by the collision of ancient volcanic island arcs with the southern end of what we now know as Wyoming.
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison is also a symphonic composition by Frank Erickson, which has been performed on the rim of the canyon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Canyon_of_the_Gunnison_National_Park (1211 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
		The canyon walls are composed of volcanic schist, predominantly fl in color, and as the gorge reaches depths of over 2,000 feet while often being only 1,500 feet across, sunlight illuminates the walls only briefly, hence the name 'Black Canyon'.
		However, all the canyon overlooks are found along the main entrance road, which continues alongside the canyon rim for 8 miles.
		Black Canyon: As with some other canyons, seeing many viewpoints of the same feature can become a little repetitive, although here the character of Black Canyon does change along the river.
	www.americansouthwest.net /colorado/black_canyon_gunnison/national_park.html (776 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park has been carved by the Gunnison River in its headlong rush to join with the Colorado.
		The canyon is 53 miles long but only the deepest, most spectacular 14 miles of the gorge lie within the National Park.
		Although the Hayden Expedition and survey parties for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad all pronounced the Black Canyon "inaccessible," by the end of the 1800's there was a lot of interest in tapping the Gunnison River as a source of water for the Uncompaghre Valley.
	www.sangres.com /np/gunnison.htm (504 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Black Canyon National Park, Colorado
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a small park that encompasses the steep-walled canyons of the Gunnison River, which drains snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains in western Colorado.
		Although the elevation of canyon top is roughly level from the park’s eastern to western ends, the river drops about 300 meters (984 feet) from one end of the park to the other.
		Among the interesting geologic features of the Black Canyon is that a number of apparent “feeder canyons” actually stop and run dry, or in some cases slope in the wrong direction for water to flow into the canyon.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17051 (475 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument at Epinions.com
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison has only recently been upgraded from a National Monument to National Park.
		The canyon is quite spectacular, especially when you drive around the last corner in the road and see the earth open underneath you.
		The sides of the canyon are made out of a dark metamorphic pegmatite (hence BLACK canyon) and often jut out in spires and crags.
	www.epinions.com /trvl-review-723D-DCFB8F7-38EBF39C-prod2 (617 words)

	Colorado's Black Canyon of the Gunnison
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison lies hidden from drivers cruising Highway 50 between Gunnison and Montrose on the Western Slope.
		Black, white and gray-speckled, the blue grouse refuses to budge in mid-road.
		The Black Canyon lies between the Blue Mesa Reservoir upstream and the Gunnison Gorge downstream.
	www.frontrangeliving.com /outdoors/Blackcanyon.htm (1779 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - 1883 - Bryant Expedition (U.S. National Park Service)
		One choice was to continue the tracks down the canyon and the town of Delta.
		He received a telegram in December to explore the "Grand Canyon of the Gunnison," as it was known then, from Cimarron to Delta.
		A description of his near the end of the letter reveals values in the canyon beyond what could be found for commercial gain and suggest that preserving the canyon for its wonder would be of greater benefit.
	www.nps.gov /blca/historyculture/explorer_bryant.htm (821 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - The Colorado Directory
		No other canyon in North America combines the narrow opening, sheer walls, and startling depths offered by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
		Hiking in the inner canyon is also possible, though you must obtain a permit from the visitor center before trying this.
		Near Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Ouray and Telluride.
	www.coloradodirectory.com /nationalparks/blackcanyon.html (1026 words)

	Exploring the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park
		This is surprising because the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, with its combination of sheer walls, narrow openings, and extreme depths, is one of the most unique canyons in North American.
		The deepest point of the 27,705-acre Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is 2,722 feet.
		The Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park is a national treasure to be cherished.
	www.dating.tc /exploringtheblackcanyonofgunnisonnationalpark.html (741 words)

	Howstuffworks "Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Visitor Information"
		Located about 250 miles southwest of Denver, Black Canyon is one of the newer national parks, created in 1999.
		The Black Canyon is one of the most spectacular gorges in America.
		The waters now known as the Gunnison River eroded desert rock for millions of years, slowly chiseling the walls of this spectacular canyon.
	travel.howstuffworks.com /black-canyon-national-park-ga.htm (371 words)

	Wildernet - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
		Description - The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock.
		The reward, of course, is a campsite on the shaded banks of the rushing Gunnison River, embraced by the sheer walls of the Black Canyon.
		It is the namesake of Captain John W. Gunnison, a surveyor for the U.S. Geological Survey, who was killed after scouting the area in 1853.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=NPBLCA&CU_ID=1 (653 words)

	Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park - Areaparks.com
		Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park - Areaparks.com
		Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park Weather
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock.
	blackcanyonofthegunnison.areaparks.com (141 words)

	GORP - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sheer fl walls of schist and gneiss plummet as much as 2,700 feet along the 53-mile stretch of narrow gorge known as the Black Canyon.
		On the canyon floor, the Gunnison River rips through the gorge as it did 30 million years ago, when it began carving a chasm into the hard fl rock of the Gunnison Uplift.
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is our newest national park —; its status changed from monument to park on October 21, 1999.
	www.gorp.com /gorp/resource/us_nm/co_black.htm (747 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
		Then about two million years ago, the Gunnison, now deeply commited to a course between the mountain ranges, was forced to start cutting through the top of a 65 mile long metamorphic blister which had intruded under the softer sediments 60 million years previous.
		Narrower and deeper than any canyon in the country for the twelve miles that it passes through the park 1750 to 2200 feet deep, 1150 feet across the canyon, from rim to rim at the Narrows.
		On the eastern end of the Canyon, the water is impounded behind three dams.
	members.tripod.com /thssite/shel2/gunn.html (815 words)

	Golden Gate Photo - Black Canyon of the Gunnison Gallery
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison was a national monument until October of 1999, when it was elevated to national park status.
		The sheer gray walls of the canyon are formed by the erosion-resistant metamorphic rocks, gneiss and schist, of the Precambrian Era.
		Stratigraphically, the Black Canyon is the equivalent of the gorge at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
	www.goldengatephoto.com /WestUS/gunnison.html (295 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Fly-Fishing (Colorado) \| Colorado Fly Fish Waters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison Fly-Fishing (Colorado)
		Indeed, there are points at which the depth of the Black Canyon exceeds the distance between its rims, and even in summer direct sunlight penetrates long reaches of the canyon only briefly each day.
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison Fly-Fishing (Colorado) Topo Map
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=FGR030-023 (515 words)

	Luca's Blog Archives
		The river that carved Black Canyon is now controlled by a dam just upstream of the national park.
		The glowing amber light and pitch fl shadows are punctuated by the bright blue sky.
		Inside the fortress of the sheer canyon walls, it was hard for me to imagine the political and legal circus that controls the fate of this place.
	blog01.kintera.com /troutunlimited/archives/2006/07/black_canyon.html (1159 words)

	Cyberwest - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
		One of three inner-canyon "hikes" departing from the south rim of the Black Canyon, the Gunnison Route drops a precipitous 1,800 feet in one mile.
		About 10 miles east of the town of Montrose and six miles north of U.S. 50, the south rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a hidden oasis that cascades down to the waters of the Gunnison River.
		The Black Canyon is the result of volcanic activity, steady downcutting over millions of years by the Gunnison River, and the geologic activities of the Gunnison Uplift and Sawatch and West Elk Mountain ranges.
	www.cyberwest.com /cw17/black.html (1026 words)

	Gunnison, Colorado \| Crested Butte \| Black Canyon of the Gunnison Area Tours
		Gunnison County is home to nearly 100 miles of the West Elk Loop, one of 21 scenic byways in Colorado- the closest you can come to a wilderness experience in a passenger car.
		The Black Canyon of the Gunnison, one of our country’s newest National Parks is just a one hour ride from the City of Gunnison and, Curecanti, a National Recreation Area is 15 minutes away.
		Gunnison County’s numerous pristine fishing spots are visited by lake and fly fishing anglers from around the world and are easily accessible by car just off the main roads
	www.gunnisoncrestedbutte.com /pages/areatour (552 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ParkThe Black Canyon is another favorite place of mine.
		Though it was certainly a cool canyon to look at, it really didn't strike me as a place that I would really need to spend a lot of time time at, and it seemed some what uninteresting to photograph.
		all the canyon overlooks are found along the main entrance road, which continues alongside the canyon rim for 8 miles.
	www.mycolorado.org /black_canyon/destinations.html (381 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness Area - Colorado
		The United States Congress designated the Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness Area in 1976 and it now has a total of 15,599 acres.
		In what's now known as the 53-mile-long Black Canyon, the gneiss was worn away with unimaginable slowness by the Gunnison River, creating the deepest narrow canyon in America, a moody terrain where lack of sunlight shrouds the bottom in almost perpetual shadow.
		The most scenic 12 miles of the canyon, which has been designated Wilderness from rim to rim, is included in the 20,766-acre Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
	www.coloradowilderness.com /wildpages/blackcanyon.html (299 words)

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