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Black Canyon of the Gunnison South Rim Road, Colorado

The seven-mile rim road the park suggests, from Tomichi Point out to High Point. Two-billion-year-old rock, the Painted Wall, the men who swam the canyon in 1901, the tunnel that watered a valley, and the minister who got it all protected.

21 min of audio · 6 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Tomichi Point. Start while parked; the first story plays when you arrive.
    2. Let's hear itSelect this phone as the car's Bluetooth audio source and set a comfortable volume. Download the tour while you still have signal.
    3. Stories meet you thereYour phone's location starts each story automatically. Music flows straight into the narration. Keep this page open; it keeps the screen awake for GPS.
    4. You're ready to exploreDownload the tour before you go in case there is no signal. Drive to Tomichi Point, the first overlook on the South Rim Road past the entrance station, then press Start. The tour follows the road seven miles out to High Point, with nine stops. Past the visitor center, the road is usually open to cars only from late April to mid-November; the park entrance fee applies.

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    Facts from Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (NPS) history, geology, nature and visitor pages, the NPS Warner Point Nature Trail guide, and Wallace R. Hansen's USGS Bulletin 1191, The Black Canyon of the Gunnison: Today and Yesterday (1965). Music: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique", first movement, Musopen Symphony (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.