America's National Parks
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (1999)
Directed by Dennis Burkhart, Rolf ForsbergS1 • E55 Jan 1, 2015
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, in western Colorado, is so named due to the canyon's steepness, making it difficult for sunlight to penetrate far into it. As a result, the canyon walls are most often cloaked in black shadow.
