Sangre de Cristo Wilderness & Great Sand Dunes National Park Trail Map 3rd Edition (Map)

~ Kent Schulte (Author)

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Product Description

The original trail and terrain map of Colorado's Sangre de Cristo mountain range & the Great Sand Dunes is now updated with a 3rd edition. Printed on waterproof, tear-tough material. Two maps, at 1:60,000 scale cover the area from Hayden Pass in the north to Blanca Peak in the south. Notable features mapped include Crestone Pk, Crestone Needle, Humboldt Pk, Little Bear Pk, Huerfano Basin, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Electric Pk, Horn Pk, Music Pass, Medano Pass, San Luis Valley, Wet Mountain Valley, Valley View Hot Springs, and much, much more.

Terrain is represented by contours, shaded relief, and color tints. All trails, roads, and historic routes shown. Also mapped: Forest, National Park & Wilderness boundaries. Streams and lakes; newly mapped waterfalls. 8 14,000ft pks, 53 13,000ft pks, numerous other geographic features. Full 5km UTM grid for GPS, Latitude & Longitude as well. Trails rated. Access highlighted with trialheads and gates. Trail descriptions, including location, milage, and elavation gains.

This is a top quality map, the best trail and topographic map of Colorado's Sangre de Cristo. Please note this map does not cover the far northern part of the Sangres near Salida.

About the Author

Kent Schulte lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he continues to hone his cartographic skills and strives to produce the best trail and terrain maps possible.

Product Details

• Map: 2 pages
• Publisher: Sky Terrain; 3rd edition (May 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966550838
• ISBN-13: 978-0966550832
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 3.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #871,317 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat disappointing, April 10, 2006

By	Richard Eltzroth (Cotopaxi, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I got this map based on the Amazon reviews and found that it was less than what I had expected. It is a large scale map of the Colorado Sangre de Cristo mountains printed on good quality paper. But... it doesn't even show the northern 30 square miles of the Sangre de Cristo wilderness despite claiming to show the "Northern Sangre de Cristo" mountain area. It doesn't differentiate between public and private land. It doesn't accurately show where motorized vehicles are prohibited. The trail desciptions are very brief and basically just summaries.
For the price of this one map you could do about as well getting maps from the US Forest Service (San Isabel National Forest) and the US Bureau of Land Management (Canon City and Blanca Peak), although they aren't as large a scale and not as thick paper.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent quality, September 19, 2003

By A Customer

We've used this map extensively as we've explored Great Sand Dunes and vicinity, and found it to be accurate, easy to read, and durable. The mini-descriptions of numerous hikes are quite good (after all, there isn't much room on a map to go into tremendous detail). We spent over 2 years exploring the Park, Preserve, and surrounding Sangre de Cristo Mountains while doing research for a guidebook for Great Sand Dunes and vicinity, and this was our map of choice (even better than that name-brand map that came out more recently).

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Map, May 4, 2003

By A Customer

Fantastic map of the Sangres. Definately recommended.