South San Juan Wilderness, CO 2001 Photo Gallery by Jim Larkey at pbase.com

South San Juan Wilderness, CO 2001

Created on December 22, 1980, when President Carter signed Public Law 96-560, the 127,721-acre South San Juan Wilderness is a geographically remote and primal territory. On September 23, 1979 a sow grizzly was killed near Blue Lake by a bow hunter. This was the last documented grizzly in Colorado. It is still possible that grizzlies inhabit remote areas of the South San Juan Wilderness. A thorough search in 1990 by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and local residents failed to confirm the grizzly with sightings, but scat and other evidence was found.

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Blue Lake	Burnt Out Cabin, Blue Lake	Jim & Linda's Camp, Blue Lake	Just West of Blue Lake
Looking up To the Continental Divide	Conejos Peak, in the Distance	Another Shot Of Conejos Peak Over Blue Lake	Blue Lake Camp Below
Linda & Jim	Early Morning Calm on Blue Lake	Shrooms	Navajo Valley
The Last Griz Was Killed in The Basin of The Navajo Valley, Near Blue Lake, In 1979	Navajo Valley	Blue Lake, A Remote Glacial Cirque	Blue Lake, Headwater of S. Fork on Far (S.) Side

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Jim Larkey		29-Jul-2012 20:49
Right you are Rick. Thanks for the correction. Yep, it's one of my favorites too...can't believe it's over a decade ago.

Kent Morgan		05-Oct-2009 20:31
Thank you so much for these wonderful images. They evoke numerous memories. I grew up spending a whole lot of my youth in the South San Juan Wilderness Area. My dad's sheep pastured in the Middle and North Forks of the Conejos River. Oftentimes dad would take us fishing at the high lakes after tending to the sheep business.

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