Trip Out West 2015: On the Way Home via Cochetapa Canyon

To see some new sights out of Gunnison on our way home, we took Highway 114 south through Cochetopa Canyon. The Cochetopa River, a typical western meandering stream, parallels the highway for a long distance and then out into the prairie away from the highway. I had read about this small stream in some of my flyfishing reference books, so was interested in seeing it. I hope that I am able to get back and fish this remote and beautiful stream some day. We saw only a couple other vehicles for most of the trip through this area.