Mt Zwischen (to gaze down upon The Great Sand Dunes)
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The Great Sand Dunes is one of my favorite places in Colorado. The dunes are utterly majestic and magnificent. I’m in love.
Whenever I’m there, I always gaze up at the surrounding nearby mountains and wondered what the view must look like from up there! I’ve climbed a few of them, but this one (while a difficult and long wilderness trek) is supposed to have the KING of all views of looking down on The Great Sand Dunes.
It’s a long no-route bushwhacking adventure, I won’t kid you on that. It begins with a defined path, then we kinda “take a left” and descend into the woods. Eventually we follow a clear ridge line for an entire day’s journey… but the view of the Sand Dunes will only keep getting cooler as we go!
It’s a 12er. Maybe 16-18 miles or so. Long day.