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    The ultimate adventure guide

    Kevin Murray
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    Most of the hike is simply walking up a gravel path through bushes.
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    The creek can freeze over due to the shade, so be extra careful if this happens.
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    The rocky crevice where the falls reside.
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    Deeper into the cavern-like alcove to view the falls.
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    Looking up makes you feel like you're in a slot canyon.
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    Zapata Falls.
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    You can see above where the rock funnels the water into this narrow chamber.
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    Leaving the canyon.
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    Make your way back to the trail.
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    Sangre de Cristo range above the Dunefield to the north.
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    Close up of Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle.
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    Mount Herard guarding the eastern edge of the Dunefield.
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    The edge of the San Juan Mountains to the south.
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    Looking up toward one of the many high ridges towering over the trailhead.

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