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Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

The Missouri Gulch trail that leads to the summit of Mount Belford and Oxford in Colorado
The summit of two 14ers Belford and Oxford can be combined on the same walk from the Missouri Gulch trailhead (9 miles return, 6000 ft gain)
View from the summit of Mount Belford in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness in Colorado
Fall colors in mid-September from Mount Belford

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Great Sand Dunes National park between the mountain ranges in Colorado
Afternoon thunderstorm from a roadside pulloff near the entrance of the park
Star dune hike in Great Sand Dunes national park in Colorado
There are backpacking opportunities in the park that I would like to explore. I hiked to Star Dune on a short visit.
Sunflowers in bloom in September at Great Sand Dunes national park
Sunflowers blooming on the dunes at the end of a rainy summer
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