| Heavy snow accumulates on the heights of Eagles Nest Wilderness Area in the Gore Range, providing a major contribution to the waters of the Colorado River. Melting snow in spring plunges from the heights to create marshy meadows and sloughs, as well as turbulent thundering creeks when temperatures soar abruptly.This is an area more vertical than horizontal, with sheer rock faces, keen-edged ridges, deep valleys, jagged peaks, and dense forests lower down, and foot travel can be strenuous. Rock climbers have been increasingly drawn to some portions of this wilderness, especially the southern region around Red Buffalo Pass and Uneva Pass.Approximately 180 miles of trails provide access to Eagles Nest, most of them dead-ending at a radiant gem of an alpine lake. Two trails, at the northern and southern extremes, cross entirely from one side of the wilderness to the other side. |
|
