hey guys welcome back to my channel check it out we are visiting for the very first time black
canyon of the gunnison national park it's the end of april it's a beautiful beautiful day to
be exploring so we're gonna do a little hiking and go check out this national park so we are
entering from the south rim you can enter from the north rim as well but south rome is considered the
more popular entrance area we will not be going to the north rim we're just going to be exploring
the south rim i have heard this is one of the least visited national parks in colorado but
sometimes that's the best right so i can't wait to go check out the black canyon of gunnison let's go
so we are on our little weekend getaway here in colorado
yesterday we were over at colorado national monument
um all day and stay in grand junction it was amazing if you're interested go check out
that vlog that was a great day the two parks are only like an hour and a half from each other so
if you're in this area of colorado i highly recommend checking out both parks that you can
this is gunnison viewpoint it's right by the visitor center don't miss a step
down there you can see the river that flows through the canyon it's like a
dark teal blue color it's so pretty i'm so not gonna lie i have like vertigo feeling
from being here like it's kind of like if you get close to the edge i kind of get like oh crap
so crazy how like deep this is or maybe it's my husband who keeps freaking me out
he keeps going on the edge no stay put oh my god you guys if we make it out here live i swear
pulpit rock overlook oh this park is kind of you go in and you go back out and i don't
remember how long the road in on the south rim road is i think maybe 12 know i'll put
it here on the screen um i don't remember how long it is total but you just go along and
stop at a lot of overlook so a lot of overlooks at this point you just stop go see little looking out
park is like moody it's like i don't know there's like a vibe about this park i really like it
i think moody's a good word
guys one thing i wanted to talk about is see the side of the canyon how it's really rocky and rigid
looking and then this side is really like eroded looking it's because of the sun the sun is always
hitting the side of the canyon so it dries it out and erodes it this side never gets the sun so it
stays really rocky now that's really interesting it's amazing how the sun can alter it so much we
literally like almost have this park to ourselves we've seen maybe like four people four people this
whole time this is like crazy like more people need to visit this park because it's gorgeous
you can see the snow-capped mountains in the distance
so most of the points along the road you have to walk out a little bit
um to get to the viewpoint so each each viewpoint's a tiny itty-bitty little hike
nothing crazy though and it's beautiful the whole way so enjoy
at the chisholm viewpoint area and you can see the the river down here really good
um you can't really get footage of it but it's a pretty good decent because you have to like lean
out really far to see it but the echo throughout the canyon it's like raging it's so moody
alright we're at the painted wall it's a good representation of how tall it is here's the
empire state building here's the top of the canyon wow i got a name of the mountains that
we've been watching in the distance during our time here that's called the west elk mountains
they look beautiful dang there's a good view of the river it echoes hold out i
wish you could hear it it's just it's so loud in this canyon the tallest canyon in colorado
we're getting to the end of our time here at the black canyon of gunnison national park
and before we leave we're gonna have lunch where we found some cute little picnic tables right here
and that's sunset view it's like a little point here on the map so we're the only ones here it's
gonna be a nice spot for lunch here's sunset point view that would be absolutely gorgeous
to see a sunset right here unfortunately we won't be here we'll be on our way back home
sandwiches got some boulder chips and cheez-its you know the essentials it's a lunch but let's eat
all right you guys that is wrap here at black canyon of Gunnison national park awesome day
you guys this blew us away the dramatic moody park out of this world so highly recommend
the least visited park in colorado isn't that insane if you like this
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oh look at these little guys