"Virtual Hike" page 7:
View to the southwest from Headwaters Hill

This is the view to the southwest from the summit of Headwaters Hill. That's Windy Peak behind us: 11,862' above sea level. The town of Sargents is about 10 miles on the other side (see map). The Continental Divide follows the ridge between Headwaters Hill and Windy; in this photo, the Rio Grande basin is to the left, and the Gunnison/Colorado basin is on the right. If you have a decent monitor, you can probably just make out the Colorado/Continental Divide Trail behind my elbow (the guy on the left), making its way across the south shoulder of Windy Peak.

From Windy Peak, the Continental Divide continues west and a little south, over the Baldys in the Cochetopa Hills. I think that tall mountain on the horizon (a little left of Windy) is Long Branch Baldy. Basically everything left (south) of there drains into Saguache Creek, while everything right (north) of there flows into Tomichi Creek - a tributary of the Gunnison.

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