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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2007, Christmas: Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping / Day 6: Late-morning hike up Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve /

The Kelso Dunes sand is soft, and one does sink in with each footstep, but it's not as difficult as I thought it might be

07103-providence-mountains-800px.jpg There are a number of people hiking Kelso Dunes todayThumbnailsExcellent perspectives of the surrounding mountains come into view as one climbs higher up Kelso DunesThere are a number of people hiking Kelso Dunes todayThumbnailsExcellent perspectives of the surrounding mountains come into view as one climbs higher up Kelso DunesThere are a number of people hiking Kelso Dunes todayThumbnailsExcellent perspectives of the surrounding mountains come into view as one climbs higher up Kelso DunesThere are a number of people hiking Kelso Dunes todayThumbnailsExcellent perspectives of the surrounding mountains come into view as one climbs higher up Kelso DunesThere are a number of people hiking Kelso Dunes todayThumbnailsExcellent perspectives of the surrounding mountains come into view as one climbs higher up Kelso Dunes

The juxtaposition of the soft sand dunes and the rugged Providence Mountains in the background is striking.