While Colorado’s winters are famed for ski runs and its summers prized for mountain biking and alpine hiking, the spring shoulder season is often overlooked, and that’s a shame (but also an opportunity). Alongside Great Sand Dunes, Medano Creek gets flooded by snowmelt from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, resulting in a landscape that can be best described as a
beach vacation in the mountains. “Surf” the undulating dunes while they aren’t too hot for your bare feet to bear, followed by a refreshing dip in the creek; rinse and repeat.