Colorado Summer Ski - Sept'09 (a photo TR)

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[Patrick]

=D> =D> =D>

I am a fan.

 

[skibum4ever]

That's great!!! =D>

I'm so glad the snow has started to fall; I think we're all going a little crazy right now. ](*,)

 

[Admin]

=D>

 

[Tony Crocker]

Is that the Sand Dune National Monument? Little known fact Colorado has the highest sand dunes in the US, something like 700 vertical. World record is ~1,100 in Namibia.

 

[Patrick]

Is that the Sand Dune National Monument? Little known fact Colorado has the highest sand dunes in the US, something like 700 vertical. World record is ~1,100 in Namibia.

La dune du Pilat near Bordeaux (France) is pretty impressive. I just read the vert was only 104 meters, but it's much more impressive that the dunes I've skied on the shore of Lake Erie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Dune_of_Pyla

 

[EMSC]

Is that the Sand Dune National Monument?

Great Sand Dunes National Park now. About 4-5 years ago they significantly expanded it and renamed it (feds and Nature Conservancy bought a huge ranch or two and put much of it into the park, with some into nat'l forest). Tallest dune in the field is ~750 feet. The tallest dune over my shoulder (to the left) in the last pic of my TR is ~650 feet tall. The below might add some perspective...