Valles Caldera National Preserve

Good Stop if Seeing Bandelier National Monument

Spent maybe a little over 1 hour in late April. There is a dirt road to the first ranger station. In general, trails are not well marked and had a hard time finding them. The ranges mentioned they ...

Beautiful preserve with wildlife.

What a beautiful, expansive preserve. It is wide and deep, filled with grasses swaying with the wind. When we went, there was little to no water present because of how dry things have been. The bac...

Beautiful high altitude basin

This preserve covers a large area, but most of it is comprised of a huge former volcanic basin that sits in contrast to the surrounding mountains. The natural beauty of the area is evident in all seas...

Beautiful scenery.

Even the the elk would not cooperate and show themselves, it was a beautiful place. A huge expanse of grassland is actually within a long dormant caldera. Beautiful scenery, lots of prairie dogs, coyo...

Absolutely Beautiful!!

The Views !! After turning off of hwy 4 continue on to the Rangers Station. Today the fees were being waived. I think normally is only a few dollars. They gave us Information and code to be able to co...