High Dune Trail, Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

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5.0

• By dmurray713

  This is *the* experience of the Great Sand Dunes park. It is about 3 miles roundtrip, and took us a little under 3 hours (about 1 hr 45 minutes just to get to the top because of the resistance of...  more »

• By Melanie F

  This is such a cool place! We visited in Oct and it was in high 50s when I started the hike up the High Dune! It was the hardest and most rewarding hike I’ve ever done. I hiked for an hour from the...  more »

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• By SandwichSlayer Official

  You can actually summit this barefoot! I did, it was fun, until it started raining.

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• By Ken and Alicia Lund

  Incredible hike to get here. Don't underestimate how taxing it is hiking in the sand, but it really is impressive.

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