While in Kanab, we visited the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. The dunes are housed in one of many of the State Parks managed by Utah. It’s an OHV (off highway vehicle) paradise.

That’s not really our thing. But this park is full of activity for those who love off roading.

Should you visit the state park for a camping excursion, you must know, during the peak seasons, you are going to be listening to OHV noise sun up to sun down.

The dune fields are huge, that’s for sure, so there’s ample space to get away from it all.

However, should you choose to go on a stroll while out there, you must be watchful and keep an eye and ear open to make sure you remain out of the way of these vehicles adventuring in the sand.

They also offer sled and board rentals at the park. A frequent activity within the park is sand sledding and boarding. The main dune is very steep and folks love to take the discus style snow sleds as well as snowboard style board and head down the dunes.

I love snow sledding and remember it well as a kid. One of my least favorite things was wiping out and filling my snow pants or jacket with snow. Brrrrr.

However, the water from the melted snow eventually warms up after it’s initial shock of cold.

In the sand sledding, however, as anyone will attest who’s visited a beach, sand gets in your pants, shoes if you wear them, shirts, car, bags, blankets, towels, you know…everywhere.

Talk about uncomfortable. I have never tried this activity and don’t think I will. I’ve never been much of a beach guy anyway; because of the sand. It just gets into everything.

We were there about 3 weeks ago. We spent a few hours doing drone video and photography in the dune fields and I am STILL dealing with coral pink sand showing up in my shoes, the truck; just all over.

No thanks.

I do, however, love the drama the dune fields provide at low light times. Early mornings, late evenings. It’s a beautiful landscape to photograph in the golden hours. Tip; If you are planning photography, aim for sunset, as opposed to rise. The Mesa range on the sunrise side of the dunes means the sun is up for a bit before striking the dunes. This limits the length of shadows you can expect. Sunset side is clear of any obstacles on the horizon.

I don’t like to take my DSLR out there because, again, of the sand. However, I will take the drone. Still messy, but not as likely to get sand in places it shouldn’t be.

The area leading into the Coral Pink dunes is full, and I mean full of places to “Boondock” or dispersed camp. If you are set up for and fully capable of off grid style camping for a week or two, you won’t go wrong heading down either of the entry roads into the Coral Pink Dunes. Both are full of boondocking opportunity.

The area surrounding the region is also full of opportunity to hike and explore. There are the Sand Caves, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the Red Canyon Slot (Peekaboo Kanab), The Moqui Caves and of course Zion National Park is just around the corner.

The shots in this post are from our little adventure there and at some point, I plan to release a video which will contain some great footage from the area.

Thanks for dropping in and reading.

I hope you are having a great life.

rob out