Exclamation Point is a hike located on the North Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Hike #89 in the Plateaulands section of the hiking guide. I did this hike by myself on September 20, 2009. Black Canyon of Gunnison is a beautiful park which was perfect in September. Exclamation Point is a three mile loop though I continued the hike to the top of Green Mountain which added another 4 miles.
The scenery is amazing with the steep canyon walls with the Gunnison River 1800 feet below. The steep walls are lined with igneous intrusions and it is amazing to see.
It was amazing how resilient trees are. You can see them growing on the sides of the cliffs.
I thought I was alone hiking up the mountain, but then I saw this track. It is kind of hard to see in this light, but it looked huge to me. I have no idea what it is a track of - bear, mountain lion. I decided to sing out loud for the rest of my hike so I wouldn't surprise anybody (or bear) going around the switchbacks. Of course if it was a mountain lion then I was just telling him where his lunch was :)
The scene from the top - it was a great hike with beautiful weather and amazing geology.
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