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When people think of dunes they imagine small to medium size sand formations in the Sahara desert. Few people know that dunes can get really big, which is why most people are totally shocked when they see dunes the size of Dumont (400 vertical feet) or Great Sand Dunes in Colorado (700 ft). The tallest dune in Europe (Pilat dune), which is just 300 feet are small in comparison while Dunes in Peru are monstrous. I am serious. Lomo de Corvina in Lima This dune, which looks more like a mountain, was first sandboarded in 1987 by a group of Italian snowboarders who made a documentary for European TV. At that time I didn't sandboard, nor knew what
it was all about. However, being a die-hard skateboarder I couldn't but dream of riding that dune someday. I started sandboarding in 1988 but didn't go to Cerro Blanco until probably 1993.
LIMA NAZCA PARACAS ICA
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has at least 700 feet, many of the Ica dunes (south of Lima) are above 500 feet (Huacachina, Saraja, etc) and dunes like "El Filo de la Navaja" in Casma are not only huge (900 feet) but also extremely steep. There is however, a sand dune so big in fact that it defies comprehension and stretches far beyond anyone's imagination. It is the Everest of the desert and the mother of all dunes. THE DUNE. It is called Cerro Blanco and it's located 9 miles east of Nazca, about 300 miles South of Lima.
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