From Salida, Colorado to New Mexico:
- This section is incredible, especially the Rainbow Trail. South of the Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a lot of road walking due to the old Spanish land grant process, making the lower Sangre De Cristo range generally private property. I enjoyed road walking here for some strange reason.
- Note, when the trail jumps on the west side of the Sangre De Cristo Range north of the dunes, there are fantastic hot springs, but it is also a nudist camp, which I found pretty fun to join people in their birthday suits!