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Virtual Guidebook to Western Colorado
Grand Mesa
Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado
 
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Pastureland on the high northern slope of Grand Mesa. (7-6-07)

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Mesa Lake just below the north rim of the mesa. (7-7-07)

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Alpine wldflowers on the mesa top. (7-7-07)

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Shallow ponds used to store irrigation water dot the summit of Grand Mesa. (7-7-07)

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Mountain meadows and tarns on Grand Mesa, over 10,000 feet elevation. (7-7-07)

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Groves of Engelmann spruce and quaking aspen alternate with meadows on the mesa top. (7-7-07)

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The abrupt western edge of Grand Mesa. (7-7-07)

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The amazing CCC-built Lands End Road switchbacks 5000 feet down to Highway 50. (7-7-07)

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Lands End Lookout, another Civilian Conservation Corps project. (7-7-07)

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The view from Lands End over the Gunnison River Valley, with Grand Junction in the distance. (7-7-07)

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