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Great Sand Dunes National Park: Get Ready for Colorado’s Wildest National Surprise.
Colorado may be famous for its mountains. But The Great Sand Dunes flip your expectations completely. Here, the tallest sand dunes in North America rise against snowcapped peaks. Its beautiful, strange and memorable. This park is where nature shows off its creative side. First Impressions. The first glimpse stops you in your tracks. Gigantic dunes tower above the valley floor. They look smooth, golden and almost surreal. The Sangre De Cristo mountains rise sharply behind them. It looks like two worlds collided perfectly. Silence, mountains, desert and sky all meet here. You know straight away that this is a special place. You need to be in good shape for hiking.…
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Colorado’s Ancient Wonder: A visitors guide to the incredible Mesa Verde National Park.
If you love history, adventure and fantastic scenery, Mesa Verde National Park should be number 1 on your bucket list. Tucked in Southwest Colorado, this UNESCO world heritage site preserves some of the most amazing Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings in North America. Its more than a park-its a time machine carved into stone. A journey back in time. Mesa Verde means “green table” in Spanish, an apt name for its lush mesas and valleys. Over 700 years ago, the Ancestral Pueblo people built great communities here. They carved their homes directly into the sandstone cliffs which created villages suspended in time. When you stand underneath these towering alcoves, you feel…
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