Gunnison Gorge Wilderness
Bureau of Land Management

The Gunnison Gorge Wilderness is about 17,700 acres along the Gunnison River inside the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. The Wilderness begins at the northwestern boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and runs north through the double canyon of the Gunnison River to about 1 mile upstream from the confluence of the mainstem of the Gunnison and the Smith Fork (the Smith Fork flows westward through Crawford and along the northern base of the Fruitland Mesa before flowing into with the Gunnison). The Gunnison Gorge is known for its Gold Medal trout fishing and for its whitewater rush.