West Elk Wilderness
West Elk Wilderness within Gunnison National Forest is 176,412 acres, the fifth largest Wilderness in Colorado. Elevations range from 7,000 to over 13,000 feet. This Wilderness is a large untamed area with little visitation. Only during fall hunting season do the trails and campsites fill with people. Elk and deer number in the thousands. Here you’ll find mountain passes leading to secluded valleys filled with beaver ponds and lined with trembling aspen that turn gold in September. Past volcanic activity has produced long lava flows in the area.
Grand Mesa National Forest
This is the Grand Mesa
The Lands End
Lands end is a outcroping of the Grand Mesa