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(Day 611 TG) 28°F. 7:00 am, sunny
About noon, I take down all of my window shades, started the jammer and drive out of Pagosa Springs east on US 160 following the San Juan river up into the San Juan Mountains towards Wolf Creek pass. As I get closer to the pass, more and more snow begins to show itself. I arrive at the pass and the highway is dry and clear. I do stop and take a photo of the sign saying Elevation 10,856 feet.
Crossing the continental divide again, I begin to follow Pass Creek down stream but it is not long before I come upon the South Fork of the Rio Grande river, a river that I did not get to travel one year ago during the time I traveled nearly the entire length of the Rio Grande River. However, when I traveled the Rio Grande and came to the South Fork, I decided that I would return to do the traverse along the South Fork of the Rio Grande at a later time. When I created a page for the Rio Grande river, I South Fork back then.
Now, I can fill in this page with the photos taken today as I travel down this river from Wolf Creek Pass.
Coming down from Wolf Creek, pass, I begin to see water flowing alongside US 160 but know this is Pass Creek, not the South Fork, however, Pass Creek is a tributary of the South Fork and as soon as I drive through Wolf Creek Pass Tunnel, I come upon the South Fork.
Not long after seeing the South Fork, I stop along side US 160 for a few photos of the river and see that the river has begun to cut a canyon out of the mountain.
I continue further down stream and watch how the canyon is cut deeper and deeper with each stop I make for photos.
Too, I check my GPS and find that the elevation here where I have the jammer parked is 8764 feet.
The next stop, the canyon has become much deeper with rock walls on either side some reaching as much as fifty feet.
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