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| Title: | La Ventana
[elevation 12,857']: "The Window," a notch on the Continental Divide
-- an old Spanish landmark deep in the Weminuche Wilderness, next to the
Rio Grande Pyramid. |
Date/circa: |
July 2003 |
Photographer: | Andrew
Gulliford |
![](../../SWimages/D00202002TN.jpg)
| Subjects: | San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.) |
Notes: | Inscribed
on the south portal are the words Stewart Gap, which could relate to a
Lt. Stewart who explored the area in the 1840s. (Source: Andrew
Gulliford) |
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| | Photo
to the left: Drs. Andrew Gulliford and Alfred Koumans approaching La Ventana
on horseback, 2003 July. |
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February 13, 2008