Category: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
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Mosca Pass Trail
June 26, 2022 50 degrees at dawn with a high of 61, probable rain. The Mosca Pass Trail is an out-and-back hike of 6.4 miles with moderate difficulty, rated 4.5. Since the elevation is already over 8,000’ and the hike gains 1,459’, we took it very slow with frequent stops to catch our breath. A…
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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Reserve
Saturday, June 25, 2022 Saturday, June 25, 2022 50 degrees as dawn. Maybe a high of 65. I didn’t know what to expect when I booked Great Sand Dunes other than there were massive sand dunes with a stream running along the edge. But we are here to see national parks and monuments and this…
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Dodge City to Great Sand Dunes National Park
Friday, June 24, 2022 There are three routes to Great Sand Dunes National Park. We took 56 southwest to 160 because I had never traveled it. This was the last big travel day getting to the southwest for our extended tour. As we drove through working communities of Ensign, Montezuma, Hickok and Ulysses, we drove…