Exploring Colorado's "Alpine Triangle"

“As for the Animas River itself, I’ll say for the record that I think it is the most underrated trout river in the West. And when conditions are right and the hatches are ‘on,’ the Animas is one of the top five rivers in Colorado.” Kirk Deeter and photographer Kevin Cooley fly in to southwestern Colorado to explore an area that is at once far-removed and endangered by the long-term effects of mining. The first in a three-part series in Field & Stream.