Visit to Black Canyon

Black Canyon was the destination of the day. Black Canyon was another awe-inspiring landscape but again a little unnerving. The bus took roads that seemed narrow and very far from the ground. But at the end, we were able to experience the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. This is a very deep and sometime narrow canyon. We visited several places to look down at the canyon and to discuss the intrusions found throughout the canyon. Rick explained how the canyon developed and the significance of the morphologies.



After Black Canyon, we headed to Lake City. We stopped along the road to discuss several landslides that had occurred in the region.



We also stopped to take pictures of the hoodoos and retrieved some rock samples. Several of us found some peacock ore, welded tuff, gneiss, and sedimentary rock. Closer to Lake City, Rick explained the calderas found in this region.