The San Juan Mountains are considered one of the finest sporting destinations in the West, and the Alpine Triangle lies at the heart of the San Juans. Three of Colorado’s top trout rivers have their headwaters in the Triangle – the Animas, the Lake Fork of the Gunnison and the Uncompahgre – and two more, the Rio Grande and the San Juan, begin their journeys in valleys adjacent to the Triangle. Anglers can fish for native Colorado River cutthroat trout in the high, cold streams of the Alpine Triangle, and catch native Rio Grande cutthroats just a few miles away on the other side of the Continental Divide.  If you’re a small creek fanatic, the Alpine Triangle has miles of creeks that support abundant populations of brook trout.

A nice Cunningham Creek brookie

The high alpine tundra and remote forest cover in the San Juan Mountains offer some of the best summer range for elk, deer and bighorn sheep to be found anywhere in the state, and hunting opportunities abound. The Alpine Triangle is the epicenter of Colorado Division of Wildlife game management units 65, 66, 74, 75 and 76.   The Alpine Triangle is one of the top bighorn sheep hunting destinations in Colorado.

A big 393 Lake City bull

Protecting this habitat, and ensuring that the sporting opportunities hunters and anglers enjoy in the Alpine Triangle today are conserved for future generations, is one of the best reasons to support and join the Alpine Triangle Coalition.

Colorado's state animal, the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

A monster downtown Durango brown