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There are plenty of campsites near Bear Lake in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. You can fish from the shores of Bear and Blue lakes as well as along Cuchara Creek. (Photo by R. Scott Rappold/Special to The Denver Post)
There are plenty of campsites near Bear Lake in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. You can fish from the shores of Bear and Blue lakes as well as along Cuchara Creek. (Photo by R. Scott Rappold/Special to The Denver Post)
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Two distinctive mountains that tower over the prairie of southern Colorado have gone by many names.
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