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Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Sangre de Cristos
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Almost 20 million years ago, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains began their precipitous uplift into the Colorado sky. With peaks over 14,000 feet, they collect moisture which feeds the sand sheet and dune system with surface and subsurface water.

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