The Gateway to Fun

A new multi-purpose recreation site southeast of Delta serves as a major gateway to the 64,000 acre Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (NCA).  The site can be accessed by turning east on Falcon Road, about a mile south of Olathe on Hwy. 50.  Amenities include picnic tables, restrooms, informational kiosks, vehicle and trailer parking, loading ramps, and an OHV training area.

Delta County Road 2200, located about 10 miles east of Delta on Hwy. 92 near Austin, provides access to the NCA from the north.  Follow the signs south to Peach Valley Road.

The Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (NCA) is noted for its diverse landscapes including the spectacular Gunnison Gorge Wilderness river canyon that offers outstanding wilderness recreational opportunities such as world-class trout fishing, whitewater boating, and backcountry hiking and camping.  Large expanses of adobe hills and Pinyon-juniper canyons and uplands along the western portion of the NCA are accessed from this site in the Peach Valley Recreation Area.  These "badland" areas provide scenic settings and trail systems for a multitude of motorized and non-motorized activities including mountain biking, hiking, bird watching, horseback riding, hunting, and OHV riding.

"Western Colorado's public lands are special places shared by many different user groups.  We're excited to have this great facility completed for the use of all public land visitors looking for some great trail opportunities in the Delta-Montrose area," said Gunnison Gorge NCA manager, Karen Tucker.

For information about fees and regulations, visit the Gunnison Gorge web page at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/ggnca/gorge.html.