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Byers Canyon

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Byers Canyon, looking upstream. The poles adjacent to the tracks on the left carry alarm wires that stop train traffic in the event of a rockslide
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passes through the canyon between Hot Sulphur Springs and Kremmling. The
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Gorge on the upper Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado
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within the canyon providing a winter foraging area for
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Byers Canyon is located in Colorado
Grand County
Colorado
Grand County, Colorado
Coordinates
40°04′10″N 106°07′59″W / 40.06944°N 106.13306°W / 40.06944; -106.13306
Colorado River
gorge
Colorado River
Grand County
Colorado
United States
Hot Sulphur Springs
Kremmling
U.S. Highway 40
Union Pacific Railroad
Byers Canyon Shooting Range
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Wildlife Area
big game
Gore Canyon
"Hot Sulphur Springs SWA - Byers Canyon Rifle Range"
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
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Colorado River
Arizona
California

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