It's that time of year again when Medano Creek starts flowing in the Great Sand Dunes National Park. It has a shallow, gentle flow right now and it's flowing with small, braided channels with a ...

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve were established ... Star Dune, the tallest dune in North America is about 2 ...

when the Medano Creek flows highest and children can ride its pint-sized waves. July and August are the warmest months — the creek has typically retreated or disappeared, days are in the 80s and ...

May 27 - Six weeks after a wind-whipped fire consumed 3,000 acres of grass, brush and forest at the Great Sand ... willow stems along Medano Creek, a snowmelt-fed stream that flows around the eastern ...

9 - GREAT SAND ... movement of sand in and out of the dunes is dependent on the natural processes within all sand deposits and the watershed, and disruptions could diminish the dunefield as well as ...

Try Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ... When the afternoon sand heats up, head down to Medano Creek, where mountain snowmelt creates a natural beach for swimming and building sandcastles.