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Tundra on Mount Herard
 
Tundra on the shoulder of Mount Herard. Photo courtesy of NPS.

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Music Pass
 
Photo courtesy of NPS.

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Crestone Needles
 
Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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Upper Sand Creek Lake
 
Native Rio Grande cutthroat trout live in Upper Sand Creek Lake. Photo courtesy of NPS.

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Tijeras Peak
 
At 13,604 feet, Tijeras Peak is the high point of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve. Photo courtesy of NPS.

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Tijeras Peak from Music Pass
 
A view of Upper Sand Creek Basin. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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Upper Sand Creek Lake
 
Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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Autumn
 
Looking west from Great Sand Dunes National Preserve. Photo courtesy of NPS.

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Mosca Creek in October
 
Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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Dollar Lake and the Star Dune Complex
 
Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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Tundra and Dunefield
 
Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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A Beaver's Lodge in the Dunefield
 
Interdunal ponds may be home to many species of animals—including beaver. Photo courtesy of NPS.

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Interdunal Pond
 
Read about interdunal ponds. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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Shockey's Cabins
 
Shockey's cabins are found along the Medano Pass Road. Photo courtesy of NPS.

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Grasslands
 
Deer, elk and antelope are a few of the species that depend on the grasslands that surround the dunefield. Photo courtesy of NPS.

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Aspen Forest
 
Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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Mosca Pass in Fall
 
The historic Mosca Pass Trail was long used by early settlers and Native Americans to cross the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
 
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