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The
ESSENTIAL Guide to
GREAT SAND DUNES
National Park &
Preserve
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News updated 5/28/07
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12/5/06
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Charlie & Diane Winger
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Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
In the News
The Nature Conservancy Partners with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado to Build
New Trail at the Medano-Zapata Ranch
More than 100 volunteers from across Colorado joined forces on May 5th and
6th, to build a new 1.2 mile public hiking trail on the historic
Medano-Zapata Ranch. The ranch, owned and managed by The Nature
Conservancy, spans some of the most biologically diverse and historically
significant land in the San Luis Valley. Adjacent to the Great Sand Dunes
National Park and Preserve, the ranch and this new trail are open to the
public from dawn to dusk.
May 22, 2006 - The Nature Conservancy
Access to dunes park
worries its neighbors
Proposals for new access roads into Great Sand Dunes National Park and
Preserve are worrying nearby residents.
On Tuesday, the directors of federal and state agencies in the San Luis Valley
appeared before the Saguache County commissioners and about 40 people to
discuss access issues.
Apr 7, 2006 -
Pueblo Chieftain
‘Pie in the Sky’ Master
baker shares recipes in cookbook
The tourists from around the world who stream into Great Sand Dunes National
Park some 20 miles east of here often stop for a piece of pie at the Great
Sand Dunes Oasis just outside the park.
The restaurant, open only during the summer tourist season, is owned by Mike
and Patti Vittoria. Mike’s mother, Diane Vittoria, who is known as the "pie
lady," is the drawing card.
Nov 16, 2005 -
Pueblo Chieftain
Neglected National
Parks
- Popularity up, Maintenance down - Our national parks - the crown
jewels of the nation's natural and cultural endowment - score highly with the
public as places of solace, inspiration and recreation. Indeed, our love for
them, as shown by the 277 million visitors in 2004, is outstripping our
ability to maintain their physical infrastructure, and we have yet to
inventory maintenance needs.
Aug 27, 2005 - The
Denver Post
Great Sand
Dunes Backcountry Camping Offers Solitude and Challenge -When
even your parking location has an intriguing and intimidating name like Point of
No Return, you know adventure is in store.
December 28, 2003 - Colorado Discoveries e-Magazine
New dunes'
guidebook a treasure for visitors - The recreational
spectrum at the Great Sand Dunes looks something like this: At one end,
there are toddlers building sand castles in the shallow, gentle waters of Medano
Creek; at the other end, there are intrepid mountaineers attempting technical
ascents of some the most challenging 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado....
The just-released publication - "The Essential Guide to Great Sand Dunes
National Park & Preserve” - is a 240-page beauty, written by the husband-wife
tandem of Charlie and Diane Winger and published by the Colorado Mountain Club
Press in Golden. It's one of those rare guides that is both attractive and
informative, and it does a splendid job of reflecting the area's dramatic
natural diversity.
Book Review - August 17, 2003 - Pueblo Chieftain
News Archive
 The Essential Guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
and other books may be ordered directly from the
Authors,
Charlie & Diane Winger.
We'll be glad to personally autograph your copy.
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