Tag
sangre de cristo
6 Porch Notes tagged “sangre de cristo,” from counties across Colorado.
Outdoors and wildfire - Custer County
The Sangre de Cristo Wilderness rises right above Westcliffe
The high peaks west of Westcliffe sit inside a designated wilderness in the national forest, where the rules are stricter than on ordinary forest land.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Costilla County
Costilla County reaches from the Rio Grande to the Sangre de Cristo crest
Public land in Costilla County runs from valley floor near the Rio Grande up into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, managed mostly by the BLM and the Forest Service with their own access rules.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Custer County
The Rainbow Trail runs along the range just below the wilderness
The long Rainbow Trail traces the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range past Westcliffe, open to hikers, horses, bikes, and motorcycles but not full-size off-road vehicles.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Saguache County
The Crestone Group: a wall of serious 14ers above town
A tight cluster of fourteeners rises straight off the valley floor above Crestone, free to admire from town and a real objective for prepared climbers.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Alamosa County
Zapata Falls: a short hike, a rough road, and slick rocks
Zapata Falls is a waterfall tucked in the Sangre de Cristo foothills south of the Great Sand Dunes, reached by a rough gravel road and a short hike that ends with wading over slippery rocks.
Read note ->History and culture - Conejos County
Conejos County sits inside the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
Conejos County is one of three counties in the federally designated Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, a recognition of the San Luis Valley's layered cultural and natural history.
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