Most people never think of beaches and Colorado going hand in hand. These are the same people who don’t have a clue about the world’s tallest dunes, either.
Located in central Colorado, the Great Sand Dunes National Park is home to a springtime phenomenon where melting snow breaths life into a seasonally dead creek bed.
Medano Creek Comes to Life Every Year from Colorado Snow Melt
As winter melts away and spring arrives in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains new life begins to sprout. The annual snowfall flows to Medano Lake sitting about 11,600 feet on Mt. Herard.
Medano Lake feeds Medano Creek as it meanders its way down mountainous valleys. The creek breathes new color among the alpine trees before it makes its way around another Colorado wonder, the Great Sand Dunes…