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Uncompahgre River

River in Dennis Weaver Memorial Park, Rollans Park, Ridgway State Park, Uncompahgre NF, Rocky Mountains in Colona, CO

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79mi

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The Uncompahgre River is a tributary of the Gunnison River, approximately 75 mi (121 km) long, in southwestern Colorado in the United States. Lake Como at 12,215 ft (3723m) in northern San Juan County, in the Uncompahgre National Forest in the northwestern San Juan Mountains is the headwaters of the river. It flows northwest past Ouray, Ridgway, Montrose, and Olathe and joins the Gunnison at Confluence Park in Delta. The river forms Poughkeepsie Gulch and the Uncompahgre Gorge. The major tributaries are all creeks draining the northwest San Juan Mountains. There are two dams on the Uncompahgre River, a small diversion dam in the Uncompahgre Gorge, and Ridgway Dam below the town of Ridgway which forms Ridgway Reservoir. The river is used for irrigation in the Uncompahgre Valley.…

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Yellow Perch Perca flavescens (species)

Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus (species)

Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides (species), “Black Bass”, “American Black Bass”

Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (species)

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Uncompahgre River near Ridgway, CO.

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Sunset Ridge Trail

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Trailheads (18)

Engineer Pass OHV Staging Area

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Ice Climbing Spots (15)

Stump Wall Ice Climbing Area

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Confluence Picnic Area

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Uncompahgre River

Uncompahgre River

Uncompahgre River