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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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Pinnacles on North Side of Blue Lake
Pinnacles on North Side of Blue Lake		 Just Above Timberline, Conejos Peak on the Horizon
Just Above Timberline, Conejos Peak on the Horizon		 Alpine Valley Flowers
Alpine Valley Flowers		 SE View of Blue Lake
SE View of Blue Lake
Alpine Valley Flowers
Alpine Valley Flowers		 The Magnificent Four, Dayhike On the Continental Divide Trail
"The Magnificent Four", Dayhike On the Continental Divide Trail		 Cairn on the Continental Divide Trail
Cairn on the Continental Divide Trail		 Jim, Supporting the Cairn on the Continental Divide
Jim, Supporting the Cairn on the Continental Divide
Navajo Valley
Navajo Valley		 Navajo Valley, Looking South
Navajo Valley, Looking South		 Navajo Valley, Looking North
Navajo Valley, Looking North		 Rock Formations, Navajo Valley Wall
Rock Formations, Navajo Valley Wall
Looking Toward Platoro
Looking Toward Platoro		 Looking North Toward Platoro, Blue Lake
Looking North Toward Platoro, Blue Lake		 Gunsight Pass, From the Continental Divide
Gunsight Pass, From the Continental Divide		 Jim's Sweet Feet
Jim's Sweet Feet
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Jim Larkey29-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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