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What's there to do at Great Sand Dunes? Images from Great Sand Dunes & surrounding area Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) News updated 5/28/07 Calendar updated 12/5/06
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Images from GREAT SAND DUNES National Park & Preserve and the surrounding area "Ski the Dunes" Just for fun: Skiing on the Moon - Science@NASA's Apollo Chronicles
Now this is
a ski report: Clear skies, no wind, sweet slopes and deep powder--not expected
to melt for at least five billion years. Grab your poles and pack your bags.
All you really need to play on the Dunes is a playful spirit. Most visitors simply walk up a dune of their choice, and walk, run, roll, or somersault down again. However, some of us look for creative ways to ride down on some sort of contraption. For those visitors physically unable to walk out on the Dunes, ask at the Visitor Center about borrowing a specially-designed wheelchair that can open up access to the sandy terrain to you and an assistant. The Dunes Wheelchair is not designed to handle steep ascents or descents. What can you use to slide down a dune or two? Cardboard covered with duct tape seems to be a popular choice. However, it doesn’t seem to hold up too well. Saucer-style plastic “sleds” are also popular, and work well for little, light-weight people. Most adults seem to bog down in the sand after sliding a short distance. And then there are the downhill skis, telemark skis, and snowboards. We discovered that it is very important to thoroughly remove all wax from the bottom of our skis before trying to slide on the sand. Silicon spray or WD-40 liberally applied made the run down the sand slope feel a lot more like a run down a groomed snow slope. The good news: no lift lines. The bad news: no lifts. So get on up there and enjoy the trip back down!
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