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Great Dune, Colorado

Prominence: 290 ft, 88 m

Elevation: 8690 feet, 2649 meters

True Isolation: 1.64 mi, 2.64 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 8694 ft / 2650 m
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Alternate: High Dune
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 44' 54'' N, 105° 31' 59'' W 37.748454, -105.532966 (Dec Deg) 453047 E 4178040 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Alamosa
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 202 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 190) Selected Trip Reports: 2007-06-09 by Richard Oestreicher 2008-06-17 by James Benz 2011-09-13 by Dave Dunham 2013-05-26 by Dennis Stewart 2013-08-25 by Shane Kramer (GPS Track) 2014-08-09 by William Musser 2015-07-05 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track) 2016-05-20 by Rob Anthony 2016-06-24 by Dennis Stewart 2016-08-26 by Stav Basis 2016-12-17 by Gustav Sexauer 2017-05-31 by Daniel Neustadt (GPS Track) 2017-07-05 by Zack Lewis (GPS Track) 2017-08-11 by MB Hansen 2017-12-02 by Scott Nolan 2017-12-12 by Jon Pilarski (GPS Track) 2018-06-02 by Zackary Michek (GPS Track) 2018-09-07 by William Chen (GPS Track) 2018-09-21 by Rusty Shackleford 2019-05-11 by Wesley Barry (GPS Track) 2019-06-20 by Matt Culpepper 2019-07-10 by John Franklin Crenshaw 2019-08-26 by Dylan Fowler (GPS Track) 2020-09-01 by Earl Beam 2020-12-16 by Janos Arnosky 2021-05-07 by Chris Denu 2021-07-28 by JohnE Sarna (GPS Track) 2021-09-21 by Steven Wagoner 2022-07-04 by Kyle Booth 2022-09-19 by Justus Cöster (GPS Track) 2022-09-23 by Stan Barlow (GPS Track) 2023-04-22 by Trevor Butcher (GPS Track)
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High Dune, the most commonly hiked dune in Great Sand Dunes National Park

Next to the mighty 14,000 peaks of Blanca and Ellington, the great dunes have very tall sand formations to climb (hikers in background) (2014-08-09). Photo by William Musser. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 290 ft/89 m Optimistic Prominence: 330 ft/101 m Key Col: 8400 ft/2560 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 1.64 mi/2.64 km Isolation Limit Point: 37.7692, -105.5183 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Carbonate Mountain (NNE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sangre de Cristo Range Range5: Northern Sangre de Cristo Range Range6: Great Sand Dunes Area
Drainage Basins	Rio Grande Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Great Sand Dunes National Park Wilderness/Special Area: Great Sand Dunes Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Zapata Ranch O37105f5 1:24,000
Route #1	Scramble Trailhead: Great Sand Dune Visitor Center 8060 ft/2457 m Vertical Gain: 630 ft/192 m Distance (one way): 0.9 mi/1.45 km
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

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Andrew at the top of High Dune, the second highest sand dune in North America, with a spectacular view of GSDNP on a clear morning (2018-07-08). Photo by Jordan Johnston.
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Top of Great Dune, 1-30-22 (2022-01-30). Photo by Jason Crane.
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Sunrise on top of Star Dune, North America's tallest dune. A majority of the Great Sand Dunes are visible when looking to the east, with Great Dune in the centre and the Sangre de Cristo Range in the back. With a backcountry permit, visitors are legally allowed to camp here (2022-09-20). Photo by Justus Cöster.
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