Black Canyon

Before the long Memorial Day weekend I took Friday off as well and we left for a small road trip to see the Black Canyon (B), the mountain town Ouray (C) and the Million Dollar Highway (C to D and then back again) right next to it. On the way back we headed north and saw the Colorado National Monument (E).



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Unlike the Grand Canyon, Black Canyon is, umm, less grand and more black. Well, it's not really black but it's so deep and narrow that much of the day it looks black since the sun's rays can't get down to the bottom.

Along the south rim road there were about a dozen lookout points, some right next to the road and to reach some you actually had to walk a bit

This gives you some idea how high the drop was. That's Empire State Building in the picture and it barely reaches the halfway point of the wall. The cliff is in fact massive 2250 feet (685 m) high.