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The Uncompahgre Gorge is a deep mountain canyon formed by the
Uncompahgre River 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 Nation ...
and Red Mountain Creek in the Uncompahgre National Forest. It is located just south of Ouray, in Ouray County, Colorado. At the north end of the Gorge the Uncompahgre River flows into a deep
box canyon A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''caƱon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cu ...
which is home to Ouray Ice Park.Ouray Ice Park
/ref> Access to the gorge is via U.S. Highway 550 along the
Million Dollar Highway U.S. Route 550 (US 550) is a spur of U.S. Highway 50 that runs from Bernalillo, New Mexico to Montrose, Colorado in the western United States. The section from Silverton to Ouray is frequently called the Million Dollar Highway.
which is cut through the steep cliffs high above the river. Several waterfalls fall into the canyon, including Bear Creek Falls, right under a bridge on Highway 550 about 3 miles (5 km) south of Ouray.


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* Canyons and gorges of Colorado Landforms of Ouray County, Colorado San Juan National Forest {{Colorado-protected-area-stub