No roads, phone service, Internet, or campsites. That's how it is in Alaska's most remote national parks, and Kobuk Valley is no exception. The upside? No crowds, unless you count the half-million ...

Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our scientists do some measurements, and Hidden Dune is the tallest dune ...

The concepts also include a new multimodal trail that would follow Highway 150 on the wilderness boundary, connecting the Great Sand Dunes entrance sign to the visitor center and the Dunes.

The Great Sand Dunes and Medano Creek are the two primary ... If they want a remote experience, they can go further back into the wilderness area. That’s one of the things that’s special.

With Memorial Day marking the unofficial start of summer, a popular seasonal creek in Southern Colorado isn't doing so hot.

muktuk and dried caribou — after weeks guiding NASA and Southwest Research Institute scientists at the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes. In mid-March, we headed upriver with three snowmobiles and four ...

From multicolored rock cliffs to towering sand dunes, there's no shortage of beauty all around the Great Lakes ... as well as more than 160 miles of wilderness trails. Moose and wolves are ...

It’s a warm spring day in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, and I see no other hikers besides the two who joined me on this backpacking in Great Sand Dunes adventure. It’s just us and our ...

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located where the wide-open and dry expanse of the San Luis Valley and the towering Sangre de Cristo Mountains collide. At first glance, the Colorado ...