CENTRAL COLORADO, BUENA VISTA TO GUNNISON NATIONAL FOREST

We find we have parked in front of a river outfitter and now there are river rats everywhere trying to get ready.  We move to the county park put-in where we try to wear out the dogs in the cold Arkansas River.

After a patio lunch we follow Cottonwood Creek up to Cottonwood Pass, elevation 12,126ft.  We go for a hike and bag an unnamed peak.  We name it Cache la Poudre Dixie Doodlebug Sky Blue Mountain.  The road turns to gravel as we drop into the Gunnison National Forest and take a campsite along the Taylor River.

Cottonwood Pass, elevation 12,126ft, at the Continental Divide.

View from Cottonwood Pass.

Mitch hiking up the Cache la Poudre Dixie Doodlebug
Sky Blue Mountain at Cottonwood Pass

Another view from the Cache la Poudre Dixie Doodlebug Sky Blue
Mountain at Cottonwood Pass

Mitch on top of Cache la Poudre Dixie Doodlebug Sky Blue Mountain

Looking down from the Cache la Poudre Dixie Doodlebug Sky Blue Mountain
at the RV

Peggy and Sky Blue