• Day Trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park
  • Driving south out of Westcliffe
  • We took a dirt road shortcut to get to Route 160 at NLA Veta Pass
  • First sight of dunes driving up Route 150
  • Explanation of how the dunes formed here
  • Importance of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in forming the sand dunes
  • Climbing up High Dune
  • A sunny start to our hike
  • Looking back to the east and the Sangre de Cristo Mtns
  • Steep dune formed by the winds
  • Hiking up the ridge lines toward the high point
  • A storm rolling in from the NW
  • Walking through the dunes
  • Highest point we found along High Dune
  • Standing atop High Dune
  • My mountain girl
  • The storm catches up with us - snow and hail!
  • It quickly fills in the footprints in the sand -cool!
  • Maybe I should put my shoes back on?
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