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Alternate Summer Trail Adventure – Part 1 – Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in Colorado

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
The Sand Ramp Trail wanders from Great Sand Dunes to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains As I mentioned in my previous blogs, we saw our plans to tackle both the John Muir Trail or the Long Trail scuttled due to health concerns. But we both still liked to backpack and wanted a one to two day adventure during our trip out west this summer. A fellow hiker, Mags with ultralight backpacking, told us

Alternate Summer Trail Adventure – Part 1 – Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in Colorado

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
The Sand Ramp Trail wanders from Great Sand Dunes to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains As I mentioned in my previous blogs, we saw our plans to tackle both the John Muir Trail or the Long Trail scuttled due to health concerns. But we both still liked to backpack and wanted a one to two day adventure during our trip out west this summer. A fellow hiker, Mags, told us of the beautiful and quite