Supercharger - Alamosa, CO

[dgpcolorado]

For those willing to venture to Great Sand Dunes National Park without the Alamosa Supercharger Station, Medano Creek was as wide as I've ever seen it yesterday:

More snow than average plus a later than usual melt has delayed peak flow from mid May to late May. The flow was surging as sand dams form and break, which is what Medano Creek is known for. The creek was numbing cold in early morning and rather pleasant by mid morning. By afternoon children are happily playing in the water as it has been heated by the sun while flowing around the dunes. Seeing the creek next to the gigantic dunes with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains behind is well worth doing! You can monitor creek flows on the National Park website.

This is a view of the creek and parking area from 500 feet up the dunes:

Hiking the dunes is best done in the morning before the sand gets hot and the wind picks up. Fair warning: hiking sand dunes at 8000+ feet starting elevation is a workout.

Made it to the top, about 650 feet:

These are the tallest dunes, over 700 feet:

The park rangers said that it is about a six mile hike to the tallest dunes, for those who want to give it a try.

 

[JamesEarl15]

Any updates on this?

 

[TexasDuke]

Any updates on this?

Has anyone been close by to obtain any progress?

 

[krsgio]

I told my mom to look when she was near there yesterday but she said she didn't notice anything but be curious if anyone has any better info.

 

[paxton135]

I drove by yesterday to check things out and saw no evidence of construction.

 

[Tectonic]

I drove by yesterday to check things out and saw no evidence of construction.

That's disappointing - I thought surely they would have started on it by now!

Oddly, Tesla recently updated the other uncompleted sites that had a target completion of Q2, to say "target opening 2023" (with no Q specified) - e.g., Albuquerque, Grants, and Las Cruces, NM. But Alamosa is still shown as Target opening Q2 2023. Guess they they just forgot to change it...

 

[AudreyHTX1]

I dont know any of the sites down there but all we need now is Pagosa or Durango and CO would be set

They are both listed on the Supercharger Voting site this quarter, so please vote!

 

[JamesEarl15]

They are both listed on the Supercharger Voting site this quarter, so please vote!

Already did… I have consistently been voting for those 2 lol

 

[thestral999]

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For those willing to venture to Great Sand Dunes National Park without the Alamosa Supercharger Station, Medano Creek was as wide as I've ever seen it yesterday:

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More snow than average plus a later than usual melt has delayed peak flow from mid May to late May. The flow was surging as sand dams form and break, which is what Medano Creek is known for. The creek was numbing cold in early morning and rather pleasant by mid morning. By afternoon children are happily playing in the water as it has been heated by the sun while flowing around the dunes. Seeing the creek next to the gigantic dunes with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains behind is well worth doing! You can monitor creek flows on the National Park website.

This is a view of the creek and parking area from 500 feet up the dunes:

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Hiking the dunes is best done in the morning before the sand gets hot and the wind picks up. Fair warning: hiking sand dunes at 8000+ feet starting elevation is a workout.

Made it to the top, about 650 feet:

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These are the tallest dunes, over 700 feet:

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The park rangers said that it is about a six mile hike to the tallest dunes, for those who want to give it a try.

Ventured out here on 6/16 through 6/18 charged at the Hampton inn then stayed at the Rustic Rook in Mosca CO about 18 miles from the park. They had an evconnect two charging posts.

 

[DrivingMsLady]

Really hoping this miraculously gets installed before we drive from Texas to South Fork end of August. Would like to not have to stop so long in Trinidad! Appreciate the updates here from those closer.

 

[AudreyHTX1]

Really hoping this miraculously gets installed before we drive from Texas to South Fork end of August. Would like to not have to stop so long in Trinidad! Appreciate the updates here from those closer.

Unfortunately if they haven’t even set up a construction fence yet, I would say no way.

 

[AudreyHTX1]

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For those willing to venture to Great Sand Dunes National Park without the Alamosa Supercharger Station, Medano Creek was as wide as I've ever seen it yesterday:

Wow, those are some impressive dunes! Thanks much for the great photos.

I’ve hiked the tall dunes near Florence OR and visited White Sands NM.

 

[DrivingMsLady]

Unfortunately if they haven’t even set up a construction fence yet, I would say no way.

Hey a man can dream!

 

[AudreyHTX1]

Hey a man can dream!

Sure thing. I’m dreaming about a couple of sites around San Antonio, one of which is well under construction.

 

[DrivingMsLady]

Father in law drove by today and still no activity at the site.

 

[DrivingMsLady]

We’ll be driving through on 8/25 and 9/4 and will report back

 

[DrivingMsLady]

Drove by yesterday - was only able to glance at a distance. Screaming kids in the car, etc. Feels like I saw a big green city electrical box next to the existing Level 2 charger there with construction tape over it, but perhaps it was a mirage. Maybe someone else who knows the site can tell me what I saw. No other obvious signs of construction.

 

[GoCanes]

Drove by yesterday - was only able to glance at a distance. Screaming kids in the car, etc. Feels like I saw a big green city electrical box next to the existing Level 2 charger there with construction tape over it, but perhaps it was a mirage. Maybe someone else who knows the site can tell me what I saw. No other obvious signs of construction.

 

[GoCanes]

We had lunch in Alamosa on 8/28 - no progress at the site. But the nearby pizza restaurant was great!

 

[krsgio]

Feel like this is the red headed step child of supercharger locations. I wonder if there's been any other charger that has had a target ETA slip for as much as this one has for several years now.