A man stands near the Uncompahgre River and looks at a tunnel that has eroded through a pile of snow left from an avalanche near the Ouray-Silverton Toll Road in Ouray County or San Juan County, Colorado.
Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--1880-1900.
Men sit on the cowcatcher of a railroad locomotive possibly in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in either Gunnison or Montrose County, Colorado. A telegraph pole and canyon walls are nearby.