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As your rolling through the flat landscape to the national park you can spot the sand dunes from miles away. Quite amazing how where the grasslands of Colorado meet the mountains. This mound of brilliant golden sand piles for miles and meets half the height of the surrounding mountains.

Here is the site to the National Park that you’ll find helpful

https://www.nps.gov/grsa/index.htm

The dunes lie north of Alamosa, CO. We camped right outside the park at the former San Luis State Park. Its FREE to camp here and although is pretty barren its got an amazing view of the mountain range surrounding the sand dunes and has a little lake. Due to the prevailing winds that keep the dunes in check its contently windy here so keep that in mind!

The best part of this place? Climbing the dunes of course! You feel like a child in an adult sandbox. You can of course slide down the dunes but they do not supply any sleds at the national park. Besides the dunes there are some amazing hikes on the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. Here you’ll find strenuous hikes to alpine lakes and waterfalls.

Please message me with any question you may have about this park.

Photos to be posted.

Adventure on!