Hiking Colorado's Sangre de Cristos and Great Sand Dunes: A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures (2nd Edition)

Explore the spine of soaring peaks that stand more than a mile above the San Luis and Wet Mountain Valleys. You'll discover plunging creeks, gorges cut from chunky conglomerate, and valleys where elk, bighorn sheep, coyote, and cougar live. Climb Kit Carson Mountain, Crestone Needle, or Blanca Peak; hike Black Canyon or Wild Cherry Creek. Wander the Great Sand Dunes National Park, which has the tallest dunes in North America and explore the length of the range and it's geology, history, and wildlife. Wtih up-to-date trail information, accurate directions to wilderness trails, difficulty ratings, topographic trail maps, and zero-impact tips for a day hike or an extended backpacking trip; you'll find trails suited to every ability and interest in one of the most beautiful regions of Colorado.