Medano Pass Open

[TK470]

I know it’s a favorite road of ours, but it looks like Medano Pass Primitive Road is open now!

Medano Pass Primitive Road (4WD Only) - Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)

Updates and conditions on the Medano Pass Primitive Road in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

www.nps.gov

 

[Manitou Decline]

Usually the end of May/beginning of June is when the stream is flowing enough to tube. Always a good natural event to see.

 

[TK470]

Usually the end of May/beginning of June is when the stream is flowing enough to tube. Always a good natural event to see.

Like taking an inner-tube and flowing down the stream?? That sounds like an awesome time.

 

[Manitou Decline]

Exactly what you're picturing is spot on. It's really cold because it is from the snow melting in the mountains behind the dunes. Thats why its only in that window that you can tube.

 

[Manitou Decline]

Flows at the seasonal creek at Great Sand Dunes National Park are half of where they should be

Blame a dry winter in the Sangre de Christos for Medano Creek’s lackluster spring.

www.cpr.org