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13 <br />4) Red Rock Canyon section, reached via foot trail from <br />Bostwick Park. Public access by this trail is presently <br />limited because the existing road is usually chained on <br />the Sanburg property. Many people gain access to the Red <br />Rock Canyon area by one of two alternative routes: <br />a) via foot trail from the south rim at Warner Point <br />within the Monument or, b) by foot trail from the <br />"Chukar access road" below Red Rocks in the Gunnison <br />Gorge. The latter term is locally used to refer to the <br />Gunnison River section below the National Monument but <br />above the North Fork junction. The Chukar access road <br />is a 4-wheel-drive road recently opened by the Bureau <br />of Land Management, circumventing the chained-off road <br />on the Nicolas property. It originates on the east side <br />of the Peach Valley Road about 10 mi north of Montrose, <br />is unmarked, and terminates approximately 7.7 mi to <br />the east on the west rim of the Gunnison Gorge, about <br />1-1/2 mi below Red Rocks. From this rim, access is by foot <br />trail. <br />Access into the Gunnison Gorge between the Chukar access and the <br />Smith Fork is limited to two similar, unmarked roads terminating in <br />foot trails from the west rim of the gorge. Both of the roads originate <br />from the Peach Valley Road, and can be driven with a good pickup truck. <br />The first road, locally known as "Duncan" trail, "Bobcat" trail, or <br />"Olathe Gap" takes off of the Peach Valley road east of Olathe, Colorado, <br />about 3.6 mi north of the Chukar access. The road terminates on the <br />west rim about 2.2 mi from the Peach Valley road. From here a foot trail <br />leads to the canyon floor. Access on the gorge bottom is to some extent