Penitente Canyon is located in the

San Luis Valley The San Luis Valley is a region in south-central Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico. The valley is approximately long and wide, extending from the Continental Divide on the northwest rim into New Mexico on the south. It co ...

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

, USA. It was once a refuge for the Penitentes. The area, located on the lands of the Bureau of Land Management, offers

rock climbing Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

and a campground.Penitente Canyon Campground
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- article * {{authority control Canyons and gorges of Colorado Bureau of Land Management areas in Colorado Protected areas of Saguache County, Colorado Landforms of Saguache County, Colorado