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6 week Dune Trip!
maddoggy:
--- Quote from: BDI on September 13, 2008, 10:57:07 AM ---Active sand feild :? Are there inactive sand feilds if so whats the difference. Whats the definition of an active sand feild :?
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bdi, yes there are inactive sandfields, but i don't have an example for you. inactive fields have grown to the size they are and the sand supply has run out. an active sandfield is one that is currently growing and has a ready supply of sand blowing into/onto the dunes making it constantly grow in size not just growing in acreage. wyoming has plenty of dry arid ground in the southwest part of the state making it the perfect sand supply for growing Killpecker dunes. the USGS states that it is the largest "living" dune system in the USA. i have not gotten to ride these dunes but i hope to this next summer. i've seen these dunes and they are HUGE. 10,500 acres. i don't think that they are nearly as tall as st. anthony though, just alot more acres to ride on. it's so big that the article on duneguide.com about killpecker states that they recommend utilizing a GPS to navigate with due to the size of the dunes. MADDOGGY
bigbellybob:
--- Quote from: maddoggy on September 15, 2008, 05:54:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: BDI on September 13, 2008, 10:57:07 AM ---Active sand feild :? Are there inactive sand feilds if so whats the difference. Whats the definition of an active sand feild :?
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bdi, yes there are inactive sandfields, but i don't have an example for you. inactive fields have grown to the size they are and the sand supply has run out. an active sandfield is one that is currently growing and has a ready supply of sand blowing into/onto the dunes making it constantly grow in size not just growing in acreage. wyoming has plenty of dry arid ground in the southwest part of the state making it the perfect sand supply for growing Killpecker dunes. the USGS states that it is the largest "living" dune system in the USA. i have not gotten to ride these dunes but i hope to this next summer. i've seen these dunes and they are HUGE. 10,500 acres. i don't think that they are nearly as tall as st. anthony though, just alot more acres to ride on. it's so big that the article on duneguide.com about killpecker states that they recommend utilizing a GPS to navigate with due to the size of the dunes. MADDOGGY
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would be better worded as actively forming dunes. i would also consider migrating dunes active too. 10,500 acres is hardly HUGE, its a little bigger than dumont. dunes like little sahara, UT 60,000 acres are BIG but HUGE should be something like glamis 150,000 acres. i looked at dune guide it states nothing about using a GPS to navigate the dunes. they do give GPS coordinates to find the dunes. link to dune guide/ killpecker
http://www.duneguide.com/sand_dune_guide_killpecker.htm
Danger4u2:
Let me get this right. You bought a TERYX to go 4 wheel'n but you have more fun 4 by 4'n the truck and trailer. I can poke fun at you because I've been stuck before. My brother and I got permission to cut fire wood from bulldozed trees near a bridge construction site. It was real sandy. We filled the truck and trailer with wood and got stuck in the sand. Unloaded half of the wood, got unstuck, reloaded the wood. Made it about 60 feet and got stuck again. Unloaded half the wood, got unstuck, drove home unloaded the half load of wood. Drove back to get the other half of the wood and someone had stolen it.
Hang in there, we'll watch for your next report.
Little Sahara Okla. moves a foot North each year. They built a new Northside perimeter fence because the old one was buried and people were driving past the boundary onto private property.
alan:
Well after 10 days and 2200 miles we finally it made to the dunes! We arrived the St. Anthony Dunes in Idaho. We took a short ride late this afternoon and are staying the next three nights at a great RV park, called Sandhill Resort right on the edge of the dunes. No cell phone , but my at&t air card is finally working!
Alan
Danger4u2:
Sure is a nice blue sky, kind of jumps out at you.
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