Eleven-plus miles is a long hike, but seeing the largest dinosaur trackway in North America in the Comanche National Grassland in remote southeastern Colorado had been a goal for a while. (via thknwco)
Interpretive signage states that while today’s Purgatoire River winds through a rugged and arid landscape at the time several different types of dinosaurs left their mark, the land was a vast shallow lake with a conifer forest and ferns. Those dinosaurs included the plant-eating Brontosaurus and meat-eating Allosaurus.
The herds left their footprints in mud, which was later sunbaked and then turned to stone. The river’s waters revealed the tracks and now those same waters are starting to erode them, but the Forest Service uses erosion control structures to preserve the site.“I’m wondering what else is under there that they haven’t exposed because it’s a pretty large site but you know if you keep digging you are going to find more. But I think they have left it that way to preserve them.
Sky Tallman of Trinidad explores the largest dinosaur trackway in North America in southeastern Colorado. The Picket Wire Canyonlands is a serious place as the warning signs indicate. Two people died here in 2017 within a half-mile of the trailhead. “Turn around before your water is one-half gone,” states one sign. “Hiking into the canyon is OPTIONAL, hiking out of the canyon is MANDATORY,” says another.“I advised against going in the summer months. It’s way too hot down there,” she said. “When you get into that canyon it can get really warm really fast and there is not a lot of tree cover, there is not a lot shade.”The Forest Service advises to leave early and take at least gallon of water per person.
A dinosaur track from a group of about 1900 comprising the largest dinosaur trackway in North America located in southeastern Colorado. Fishers Peak Outfitters, Trinidad; fisherspeakoutfitters.com; 719-422-8223; 304 Main St., Trinidad, CO. Comanche National Grassland administered by the U.S. Forest Service; 1420 East Third St., La Junta, CO.; 719-384-2181. Hiking, biking and equestrian use but no overnight camping in the canyon.
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