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Colorado
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Field Guide
A canyon so steep and shadowed that some walls see only 33 minutes of sunlight a day.
A complete planning guide to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Covers the South Rim and North Rim (and why there's no direct road between them), the sheer 2,700-foot depths carved by the Gunnison River through nearly 1.7-billion-year-old rock, the Painted Wall — Colorado's tallest cliff face — inner-canyon wilderness routes and big-wall climbing, the Gunnison Tunnel and Curecanti National Recreation Area, the park's International Dark Sky designation, the official NPS park map, and lodging and camping near Montrose.
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- Aug 2026
- last updated
What's inside
- 1The Painted Wall — Colorado's tallest cliff face at roughly 2,250 feet, banded with ancient pegmatite
- 2Two rims, no direct road: how to plan a South Rim and North Rim visit
- 3A gorge cut nearly 2,700 feet deep into some of the oldest exposed rock in North America
- 4Certified International Dark Sky Park with some of the darkest night skies in Colorado
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A 14-page print-at-home PDF field guide to Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado.
- 01Welcome to Black Canyon of the Gunnison
- 02Rules & basics
- 03First-time logistics
- 04A canyon carved by time and darkness
- 05Park overview
- 06South Rim overlooks & trails
- 07Best ways to explore
- 08North Rim & the inner canyon
- 09Weather & seasons
- 10Curecanti, the Gunnison River & dark skies
- 11Lodging & nearby services
- 12Pocket cards
- 13Visit quick-card
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