El Malpais National Monument | free camping | great lava hiking!
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- El Malpais National Monument is located south of I-40 at Grants New Mexico. It covers an enormous area of lava fields, volcanic cones, ice caves and lava tubes as well as massive sandstone bluffs. One of those bluffs holds La Ventana Natural Arch. We stopped there for the short hike before continuing on down the road to the FREE campground, Joe Skeen BLM campground.
After checking out the campground we stopped for lunch and a short hike on the Acoma-Zuni trail. This trail is also part of the Continental Divide Scenic Trail. We even found some of the trail magic left for those long-distance hikers. Ron has been cleared by his doctor (hip surgery in Oct) for short level hikes, so this looked perfect for us for the first mile. It was beautiful but very rocky with lava.
We will definitely return once Ron heals completely as these trails are not easy due to footing, large cravasses, and elevation gains. There is a loop hike that also takes you up over top of La Ventana Arch and we must do that one next time as well as one or two of the lave tube and cave hikes. Those look spectacular. We will camp at Joe Skeen campground we we go back!
![El Malpais National Monument {4K UHD] | Sandstone Bluffs | Lava Falls Trail | La Ventana Arch | NM](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MPx7vvvnaRU/mqdefault.jpg)
Cool Video! We stop there every time we go through. It's never crowded!
Yes, and and just down the road in that area is the Sandstone Bluffs which we visited in our lastest video which were something you should check out your next time there. Very cool stuff! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the information, this was helpful
Your welcome. Thanks for watching! Have a great trip.
EL Malpais - 'The Bad Country'. I have some property near Ramah near the Monument and contest to the beauty and adventure the area provides in abundance. Of course the gems of the area are Enchanted Mesa and Acoma Pueblo.
We have not made it to Acoma Pueblo yet. It is on our list of local musts.
Nice video! Was trying to get an idea of that area and you this video did just that, we are planning a trip out west and this looks like a good stop along the way. 😁
Awesome! Glad we could help.