Dune Life Nature Trail in White Sands National Park, NM

Hike Dune Life Nature Trail White Sands National Park, NM

Class 1 1.1 miles Minimal gain <1 hr Loop Oct 14, 2018
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Solitude

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I visited White Sands National Park years ago, and since I was a bit under the weather today I thought an easy walk through a beautiful place was in order. The Dune Life Nature Trail follows a series of liberally placed blue stakes through a more vegetated section of the park, the trail also well-defined by footprints. The trail winds around the white sand dunes and visits some of the trees that somehow grow here. While I saw no wildlife, it was really pretty and sort of surreal to see foliage in this seemingly unhospitable sandscape.

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Starting from the Dune Life Nature Trail trailhead.
Starting from the Dune Life Nature Trail trailhead.
Headed along the Dune Life Nature Trail.
Headed along the Dune Life Nature Trail.
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Some pretty foliage in the otherwise totally white landscape.
Some pretty foliage in the otherwise totally white landscape.
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Completed the loop, looking toward the trailhead.
Completed the loop, looking toward the trailhead.

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