From the top of the Great Sand Dunes you get a great view of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. It takes a hell of a hike to get to this point, but it also gives you a hell of a view. Lots of great views of mountains out west. This is one of the top ones to see. We hiked for about 90 minutes, with lots of time to rest up a sand dune that was about a mile high. From here it looks like an easy walk to those foothills, but that is up and down more sand dunes and the foothills are probably a couple of miles away at best. Would be an interesting hike....for a 20 year old. We were happy just to get to this point. Took only about 30-40 minutes to get back down. Much easier. Here is the view looking the other way, where you can just see my camper down where we started:
