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Medano Pass 070826

August 26, 2007 by Matt Kuczborski

Medano Pass

Trail Run on August 26, 2007
Report and photos by Matt K., Trail Leader
View trail information for Medano Pass

Matt K.
White 2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
Steve B.
Green 2000 Jeep Wrangler

It was a beautiful, warm and sunny day. We had just come down from camping at Lake Como on the Blanca Peak trail, so our day had really started out well. We headed up Highway 150, topped off our fuel tanks, and then proceeded on to pay our way at the Great Sand Dunes park entrance. We soon started down the trail of sand.

We both enjoyed driving through the sand. It doesn't happen too often in Colorado. There were a few families and groups of people walking around, enjoying their day on the dunes.

We passed through many water crossings, all with a lot of water. We noted that the pass was closed earlier in the month due to high water levels from heavy rainfalls. It was fine when we went through them, though.

We stopped and took pictures of a group of Big Horn sheep that showed no fear of us being about 30 feet away. We continued into the forest and stopped to have lunch in a valley of aspens where an old log cabin once stood.

We went down the rest of the trail and never had to use 4-wheel drive, but it was a fun and pleasantly relaxing trail after doing Blanca Peak. We aired up just before Highway 69 and headed for home after a fantastic weekend.

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Reports from Other Days: 3

Use the arrows or dots to flip through the previews of the other reports for Medano Pass. Click one of them to read more and see all of the photos from that day.

August 20, 2006

Led by Monica I.
We were going to run Medano Pass on the way home, and we got lucky and had spectacular weather. Walt was going to check out Hermit Pass the day before but the weather was too rainy and he got a late start, so he ended up coming all the way…
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