Welcome to GreatSandDunes.info

Your source for information about
Great Sand Dunes
National Park & Preserve

and beyond

Great Sand Dunes and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains viewed from Medano Ranch Visit the Winger Bookstore for autographed copies at discount prices - buy directly from the authors

Home

Guidebook

The ESSENTIAL Guide to
GREAT SAND DUNES
National Park & Preserve

Sample Pages

Video / Music

Table of Contents

Bookstores

 

More Info

What's there to do at Great Sand Dunes?

Images from Great Sand Dunes & surrounding area

Books, Maps & Photography

Remarkable Trees

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Local Weather 

News updated 5/28/07

Calendar updated 12/5/06

Links

Authors

Charlie & Diane Winger

_________________

 

 

 


Beyond GREAT SAND DUNES
National Park & Preserve

More books and other goodies related to travel & outdoor activities in Colorado (and beyond)


We hope you've enjoyed learning about Great Sand Dunes. After you take a look at
The Essential Guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, you may want to browse some other interesting books, maps, and other fun stuff.

Buy books directly from the authors, Charlie & Diane Winger

Support us "little guys" by buying our titles directly from the authors through The Winger Bookstore
We'll even autograph your books for you!

 

 

Great Sand Dunes Books

Hiking/Climbing Books

Magazines

Camping

Photography - these books make great gifts!

Maps

 


 

Great Sand Dunes

The Essential Guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

(Winger)

Everything you'll need to know to plan a trip to the region:  lodging, restaurants, trails, nearby activities, natural history, and much more.  Includes hundreds of photos of the region.

The Essential Guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light & Shadow (Weller)

Beautiful photos and essays featuring the extraordinary landscapes of the Dunes.

Great Sand Dunes National Park - Between Light and Shadow

Valley of the Dunes

(Shatill/Rozinski/Benedict)

More spectacular photos of the Dunes and the surrounding Sangre de Cristo mountains and the San Luis Valley.

Valley of the Dunes

 

 

Top

 


 

Hiking/Climbing

The TRAD Guide to Joshua Tree - 60 Favorite Climbs from 5.5 to 5.9

(Winger)

A fun, varied, and challenging "tick-list" of 60 great Trad climbs at Joshua Tree for moderate climbers. Trip-planning information, a new guidebook, and helpful links.

The Trad Guide to Joshua Tree

Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs (Roach)

Gerry Roach is well-known for his precise, accurate descriptions of routes, as well as being famous for being the 2nd person to complete the 7 summits, along with numerous other mountaineering achievements.

Colorado's Fourteeners - From Hikes to Climbs

Highpoint Adventures - the Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints

(Winger)

A unique way to see the USA!  Climb, hike, stroll, or drive to the highest spot in each of the 50 states.

Highpoint Adventures - the complete guide to the 50 State Highpoints

Colorado Scrambles: A Guide To 50 Select Climbs In Colorado's Mountains (Cooper)

Outstanding photography and route descriptions make this a "must" for experienced hikers/scramblers!

Hiking Colorado's Summits (Mitchler/Covill)

See parts of Colorado you may never have thought to visit.  The highest point in each county takes you to the top of many Fourteeners, but also to the highpoint of several wheat fields.

The Colorado Trail: The Official Guidebook (Gaskill/Colorado Trail Foundation)

Everything you need to hike the Colorado Trail or any segment of it.

The Colorado Trail - the Official Guidebook

 

 

Top


Magazines

 

Adventure

From National Geographic -- so you know it's got to be good! Adventure offers an exciting mix of great photography, features and service articles, written for readers with multiple interests and varying skill levels.  This magazine is our personal favorite!

Backpacker

If you like to get away from it all, here's the magazine for you! It's filled with trip ideas, practical tips, gear reviews, backpacking recipes, and real-life adventures.

Rock & Ice 

Rock climbing, ice climbing, and mountaineering

Rock & Ice

Outside

Feature articles devoted to outdoor activity, it contains photography and literary pieces by award-winning photographers and writers. Also covers travel, sports, adventure, people, politics, the environment, art, literature.

 

Top


 

Camping

Colorado Campgrounds: The 100 Best and All the Rest (Folsom/Bonebrake)

If you are looking for a good campsite, look here first!  Full of photos and detailed information (especially for the top 100 campgrounds).

 

Colorado Campgrounds - The 100 Best and All the Rest

 

 

Top


 

Photography

Colorado, 1870-2000 (Jackson/Fielder)

A fascinating comparison of "before" and "after" photos.  John Fielder located the exact spots where many of William Henry Jackson took photos in the 1870s, and presents a side-by-side view of then and now.

Colorado 1870 - 2000 (photography by Jackson & Fielder)

John Fielder's Best of Colorado (Fielder)

Kind of a cross between a coffee-table book of photography and a guidebook -- buy it for the outstanding photography.

John Fielder's Best of Colorado (photography)
Mountains of Colorado (Wunrow, Lamm)

Beautiful photography of well-known and remote areas of Colorado, accompanies by thoughtful essays by our former (and often controversial) Governor.

 

 

Top


 

Maps

Sangre de Cristo Wilderness & Great Sand Dunes National Park Map (Schulte)

An excellent map of the region, including brief descriptions of hikes and recreational features.

Sangre de Cristo Wilderness & Great Sand Dunes National Park Map

National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map Sangre De Cristo Mountains: Great Sand Dunes National Monument & Preserve, Colorado, USA
A high-quality map as you'd expect from National Geographic/Trails Illustrated

 

   (no image available)

Colorado Atlas and Gazetteer

Hit the road anywhere in Colorado and find your way with this detailed, large-format book of maps.

Colorado Atlas and Gazetteer (maps)

National Geographic TOPO Colorado mapping software

This software will let you print your own Topographical maps off your PC before heading out on a camping or hiking adventure.

National Geographic TOPO Colorado mapping software

 

 

Top

 

Top


 

 

For more information on books by Charlie & Diane Winger, please visit our sister sites:

HighpointAdventures.com and JoshuaTreeTrad.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All photos and text on this site copyright 2002-2007 Winger & Associates, Inc.

No photos or text may be reproduced, copied or distributed without written permission.

 

Last updated:  07/16/2007