The Sawatch Cowpoke

To foreword the rest of whatever this becomes below, I would like to note a few key things. First and very foremost, I am not a good person. I am not an example of stewardship for the environment, or love for another. I am not sharing my ideas in this fashion out of a mission for self-righteousness. I am simply sharing my own observations in efforts that my voice, along with the culmination of the whole, will be able to resonate among the others and make a resounding sound that will finally be heard. Second of all, the information that is cited within this short excerpt is as accurate as me, a regular person searching information from scholarly sources on the internet and whatnot, is able to do. There may be information used from sources that will become or have recently become deemed “less credible” due to the turbulent nature of the global media industry and popular culture. Lastly, my words are not meant to be a warning, nor are they made to be that of admonishment for the human rac

About 35 miles south of Leadville, and 50 miles south of Copper Mountain, Buena Vista does not attract very many climbers from outside the state, let alone the region of southern intermountain central Colorado. It is not a “lifetime” climbing destination for most people, if anyone at all. That’s the best part about it. Buena Vista lays at the start of the highest and largest valley of it’s kind, being at the front doorstep of the southern Sawatch range, and nestled in the area between the western-most parts of the Sangre de Cristos and the eastern terminus of what could be considered the San Juans. Where it lay at the northernmost area of the San Luis Valley, BV hosts a variety of rock. It’s unique crystalline features being the best part of climbing in the area. While many people skip over the area while heading south to Penitente Canyon, east to Shelf Road, or other similar San Luis destination climbing areas, Buena Vista hosts its own plethora of wonderful secrets. From the middle o