White Sands National Park in New Mexico: Sledding & Hiking Alkali Flats in One Day

[@MrMyinteg]

The best part is the bonding with your pops.

[@michaelsarabiarockymountai9654]

Man those of you who can enjoy your dad it’s beautiful to see someone who loves them and enjoy each other just saying since I couldn’t live that same experience i try with my daughters so enjoy! Your not too old

[@elwoodmr]

During the summer, on nights with a full moon, they put on an evening music show. People bring chairs, pack a dinner, and watch the sun set, while the full moon rises and you listen to music. It is a fantastic experience!

[@lifethrulove]

When does that start

[@30lindam]

Wow! So cool.

[@elizabethrichter-atkinson1787]

@elwoodmr I didn’t know that people can play music at White Sand National Park on a full moon.

[@jahns1586]

I went here with my mom in January. It was amazing! Drove from St. Louis to Albuquerque and all around New Mexico on a spur of the moment trip and its one I'll remember FOREVER!!

[@pappysproductions]

That's awesome!!!

[@brightharbor_]

That is awesome! I should do the reverse (I live in New Mexico, want to visit Missouri-wind through the Ozark hills and then end in St. Louis).

[@johndecriscio9586]

Love how you travel, and bond with your father. Simply wonderful!!! Five miles hiking in sand dunes is quite the workout.

[@miranda1985..]

I really appreciate you always saying about places being wheelchair friendly. What a beautiful place

[@johnnycheng4610]

Just came back from White Sands and it was gorgeous. Like you Josh, during a hike, I found myself all alone out in the sand dunes and it felt so peaceful. And I agree that the sunset is the best I've seen in a national park. Loved the colors - pink and orange. Your video was a wonderful reminder of my time there.

[@luperamos7307]

Was that border patrol checkpoint still there on the 70? That was one of the weirdest things, running into a checkpoint right outside of a national park. Can't remember if it was a little north or south of the park entrance.

[@PamKaiser]

Well, we apparently went to White Sands at the wrong time of year. It was June 3rd and 113 degrees. Needless to say, we did not stay long outside of the vehicle. It was a stop off from Colorado. And we went to the giant Pistachio because of your video. It was open! Thanks for all you share. We love all your videos!

[@jennyc1846]

Thanks Josh thanks Pops...and you said you wouldn't have a go...I think the 'yahoo' made it the best slide of the day.. thumbs up 👍 for seniors ha ha.. stunning photography as always Josh...bear in mind not everyone gets to follow in your footsteps there are some of us who are unable, cant afford it, live on the other side of the world or whatever, we just like to watch you and Pops have fun and you take such great photos and videos.. stunning sunset pics too those white sands and purple skies were amazing. cheers from Western Australia

[@carlrav5660]

I just saw this place with my son last week....Amazingly beautiful place!

[@tritzispoosa]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing a lovely father and son hike in such a surrealistic beautiful place. This will be a cherished memory for the two of you.

[@aidaovasapyan9951]

It’s very nice to see how father Son travel together , we always enjoy all you videos , we learn a lot from hidden Places, and you videos are quality , keep travel and enjoy

[@hoperising7373]

Wow this looks amazing! I had never heard of this national park until you made this video! That’s cool that you travel with your dad!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad I could introduce you to it!

[@aidenadams6061]

Don't forget the sunscreen.... SPF50+++ grew up going to that place.... super fun.

[@Mickju]

When I was a kid in the 50s we used to go to White Sands for picnics while we were staying in Ruidoso. We would have a fire and stay well after dark playing in the moonlight in the white sand. It was one of my favorite things to do back then. There were far fewer people then. Yes, and the sunsets were gorgeous.

[@michaelshultz2540]

Grew up in el paso. My father was part of the team that tested and perfected the guidance and control systems for the lunar landing model. We went many times to white sands often just a Sunday drive. My childhood memories are full of days in white sands as well as many visits to Carlsbad caverns, and Juarez. Hiking the Franklin mountains to waco tanks. Riding the tram. And Ascarity park. And broild shrimp from the Oasis drive in. While listening to Steve Crosnos .😎 let's not forget watching the filming of The Getaway and the Ever Shining Star of Texas on the side of the mountain. 😎

[@Sharad20072008]

Such a perfectly put together video that serves as a no frills, straight down to business introduction to someone looking for information on White Sands with very less time on their hands. Kudos!

[@dbhart4664]

Nice. I'll need to add this NP to my list to visit. Great sunset. I imagine that sunrise with the mountains in the background is quite nice as well. Thanks for the video.

[@andrelliev1268]

Thanks for the virtual tour! I love seeing your dad hike with you😉

[@hunters_amazing_travels]

I'm going here tomorrow! Wahoo!

[@pamalojo]

What a great video and the sunset view at 12:06 is stunning and would make a great art photo!

[@priscillatorres3677]

I love seeing you and your father together. Gives me the feels !!

[@katrinakilburn3316]

The silence and the sunsets are incredible! My kids asked to go back over spring break! We can’t wait!

[@LasVegasandBeyond]

11:46 That Sunset was beautiful

[@kellyjohnson3617]

That’s amazing! I’ve never heard of this place before! Thanks for posting about this insanely lovely National park 🏞

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@beriblonde]

Great vid as always. You're the best! Pops is my dream man. 🥰

[@sarahjane9512]

I have been there many times when I lived in New Mexico. The sand looks like snow. Another good one. Thanks.

[@ThroughMyLens]

I agree, the sand really does look like snow!

[@hey.junebug30]

I'm glad I've found your video. Thank you for this amazing journey!

[@rosew861]

Love it! Those sunset colors are amazing 🤩 What a unique place to visit 💟

[@AmbientWalking]

Always a pleasure to travel with you. It's such an enjoyable experience. Thank you so much! Appreciate it! : )

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks so much for traveling with us and leaving a comment!

[@rhondaz356]

What a fantastic place. It doesn't get much mention, to my knowledge. Dune sledding looks like great fun. Thanks for taking us along. 🌞🌅👏

[@ThroughMyLens]

Yea, I think it is still under the radar for a lot of people. It is a great park though!

[@Caballeroshot]

Great video, you covered every question I had. We're about to take the kids there on a road trip for spring break and this provided all the info I needed to plan.

[@chinitamadrina2150]

I love all about this video, I came here because tomorrow I'm going to white sands, thank you for this video

[@TheGraywolf4life]

Was there in the early 70's. Really beautiful.

[@jackbuckley7816]

Perfect place to spend Earth Day 2024. Hope to visit someday!

[@TravelwithSuri]

Great video! It’s been on my bucket list for some time along with Carlsbad caverns! You captured it brilliantly. It’s really great to see the nature’s play to create such a huge sand dunes! I have been to Colorado’s sand dunes, but this is magnificent 😊👍

[@mixeddrinks8100]

oh yes the carlsbad cavern is excellent! Definitely walk down into it and ride the elevator out.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks so much for the comment. It really is worth the trip to experience this park. I have a video on Carlsbad I plan to put up next week too!

[@theForrestGalantey]

Great video! Love seeing a great dad spend time with their son. My dad forgot about me at the age of 12 that bastard.

[@peanutismint]

Love New Mexico!! So glad you got to visit. Please tell me you went go Carlsbad Caverns too??

[@ThroughMyLens]

Yep! That is next weeks video

[@marcobridsphotograhpy]

That is very amazing landscape and nice that you can do that with your dad cool.

[@malakangel9322]

Its so fun to see you and your dad

[@Claire-fx3jk]

Great video! We will be visiting this coming week!

[@christopherwall6155]

Love your videos bro your PCH video my favorite I'll be going to white sands on New years Eve so excited I'll be with my family I live in Phoenix so it a nice trip over to New Mexico

[@stommesjama]

That’s amazing! I’ve never heard of this place before! Thanks for posting about this insanely lovely National park

[@ChrisEastwoodComedy]

Delightful video and informative narration. It brought back a lot of wonderful memories of when my parents and I would go on vacation to New Mexico.

[@pony0110]

Stoping there tomorrow! Looking forward to it!

[@christinarampai2400]

Never heard nor seen white sand dunes or desert. Thanks for sharing. Looks like snow.

[@mariawasnick5472]

Dude, love your videos! We want to visit all national parks and always check out your channel before going to our next adventure!

[@CHAMONIX552]

Love your father and son bonding

[@sonyarosso6725]

Great this national park! I'm thinking of visiting this summer, can't wait to glide over the dunes 🤩 Your dad is great!

[@Teetee554]

I visited White Sands years ago, it was absolutely beautiful.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you got to experience it!

[@tchallahawk6584]

Thanks man. This was such an informative video.

[@kenrosenthal5976]

It was raining lightly from Hurricane Harold from Texas, and almost no one was there, but very magical, like walking on another planet. The 15 minute movie in the visitors center was excellent background.

[@gmaneis]

Too bad the visitor center is restricted by Covid. The museum explains the natural processes (about ten of them) that have to occur in a specific order to form the dunes. The dune field covers 275 square miles, and is the largest of only a handful of gypsum dune fields in the world. The next largest is near Carlsbad, NM, and covers only 4 square miles, so White Sands is truly a special place. Glad to see you guys enjoying it so much. I volunteered at the monument when my wife and I lived in Alamogordo for 10 years. WS is my favorite place on earth, and that's saying a lot, since I've been to several parks, including Carlsbad, Mammoth, and Wind caves, Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Arches, Badlands, and Yellowstone. I know that's far from seeing all the wonderful national parks, but it's enough to make me certain that something about those dunes is truly captivating. Thanks for sharing your fun! Oh, and if you ever go back, make sure it's mid-July. Take twice as much water as you think you'll need, along with sunscreen and a good hat, and walk onto the dunes at high noon when the temperature is 110F. You will not burn your feet! Seriously, you won't. Gypsum reflects the heat. But if you do that, be careful. While I volunteered there, a 23 year old nurse died from dehydration on the Alkali Flat Trail. The dunes are beautiful, but will quickly take your life away if you are not super careful.

[@ela9784]

Can't wait to be there !

[@CampTravelExplore]

Outstanding episode guys! Great job on the hike Pops! I shared it to our National Parks Facebook group!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Awesome, glad you liked it! Thanks for sharing as well!!

[@travelwithpops]

Thanks! Yep 5 miles in sand is challenging.

[@zizibressa4251]

Pops you are in great shape! I use to play like this when I was a little girl in my country Brazil

[@ThroughMyLens]

I will let him know you said he was in great shape!

[@violetbf3773]

This is amazing!!!! I couldn’t get over the beauty of this place! You’re always outdoing yourself Josh! Nice to see you guys having fun, hello Mr. Pops 👋😊 oh and yeah Josh, they’re going to start giving names to mice 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ThroughMyLens]

haha I am glad you like my mice comment haha. Yea it was a beautiful spot for sure, I am so glad I got to take my dad along to experience it as well and that he actually rode the sled haha.

[@violetbf3773]

@@ThroughMyLens your dad is such a good sport 👏🏼🙌🏼 It’s always nice watching you guys enjoy each other’s company.

[@travelwithpops]

Hello Violet! Yeah it was a great time. Such incredible and different beauty.

[@violetbf3773]

@@travelwithpops and you rode the sled 😁🙌🏼

[@marshaharwood8883]

We did this last month, fun sledding, and you are right, the sunset was stunning !!!!!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Wasn't sledding such a blast? I am glad you got to see the sunset as well!

[@marshaharwood8883]

@@ThroughMyLens yes we laughed so hard climbing up that sand, but you almost have to make a path to really get going🤣 workout for sure

[@ahhitskatie9094]

Love that you call your dad, "Pops". I call mine "Pops" too!

[@ThroughMyLens]

haha that's awesome!

[@inspired2rv661]

Went to white sands today. Just used the sleds laying around. Didn’t know about the wax. They sell it in the gift shop for three dollars, it would’ve been worth it! Next time I’ll do it right😂 thanks for the great video! I should’ve watched it before I got there😊

[@christinerolle3876]

Thanks Josh.this will be added on my bucket list.

[@julieallen9992]

Went on a girl's trip to Albuquerque NM and drove over to the White Sands and had a blast!

[@isawyoudothat]

Loved the new video. It's awesome you get to travel with your pops 👍

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks for watching it and I do love traveling with my dad!

[@HELLARARE4ever]

You did it once again Josh, just added this one to my bucket list

[@ThroughMyLens]

Very kind of you! I hope you can visit the park!

[@HELLARARE4ever]

@@ThroughMyLens thanks for responding back, reading your reply back really made my night as I am a huge fan of your content. I have been following your videos for a long time now as I have been following your recommendations for example the trips I taken in route 66, Seattle, okc, Salton sea, Portland, death valley & Joshua tree, Santa fe, Chicago, Salt Lake city and many more. I just love how you come up with these great attractions and then add them to the flow in your videos to make the great content you do, that's what makes me love your channel so much. Look forward to future videos as I definitely will check out White Sand Dunes in the same exact order you did 😁. And by the way you and your dad make a great team ( there's nothing more rewarding then a father and son bonding moments. )

[@Maha_Almazrooei]

You have good channel and amazing father god bless all im from qatar 🇶🇦 born in Albuquerque new mexico

[@trish5556]

I love that your Dad actually did some sledding!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Me too!

[@TimothyBlumenschine]

Worked there the summer of '87. Fun to see what has changed and what hasn't. Don't miss Full Moon Nights if they still have them.

[@davidkozelsky]

Great info, thank you! I’ll be there for a day in couple of weeks!!!

[@GREENBEANJETSFAN]

Amazing vid! We’re going tomorrow for the first time and are excited. The blues of that sunset were amazing looking even in the vid. Do you think we will be ok towing our 38’ RV through this place?

[@piumallick1977]

Very Informative!! Love it!!

[@SwiftyTravels]

Great video from my home state of New Mexico! I haven’t been since it became an official National Park

[@JakeMillerDoesTravel]

I went here last month! It's awesome to see someone else's perspective. Great video!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pappysproductions]

Awesome, my man. We just watched a program (center of the world) on the Colorado sand dunes in SW CO. (Amazon prime video) Your videos are ALWAYS the best.

[@oakleyc6179]

Thanks so much for sharing this video. Looks beautiful out there!

[@victoriasfavppl]

This is for my geography project bae, tysm for this i'll get an A+

[@norkamedina8234]

Sunsets are fantastic. ...I was there!🧏‍♀️

[@belindaadarlo9073]

We love all your videos! Thank you Amazing ♥️

[@hasbeengood]

WaW! Thanks. Another well made vid.

[@30lindam]

My son & his girlfriend are there today! This park looks so cool(but hot). Great video!

[@christophersmith5849]

Loved it when I went way back, was such a cool day out

[@danielsonmartinezblea1316]

Ya.....it's inspiring for me as a dad.....

[@billleland957]

Awesome sunset

[@essietangle9931]

It’s been a long time since we were there. It was mainly a drive thru and lots to explore in the center. It just doesn’t seem real and the sand( gypsum )is so fine. Good to see all they have to do now.

[@ThroughMyLens]

I agree, it doesn't seem real when you are driving through it!

[@MagellanandGreyhound]

This looks ridiculously fun. Been on our bucket list. We did go to Carlsbad and Big Bend though. 2/3 ain’t bad 😆

[@ThroughMyLens]

At least you guys got to spend a lot more time at Big Bend. We had to rush through the park unfortunately.

[@MagellanandGreyhound]

@@ThroughMyLens unfortunate, but now you’ve got the itch, and you’re a lot closer than us! It’s not exactly a place on the way to anywhere else.

[@maxmarx2]

Welcome back!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thank you! I got like 5 weeks of new content now!

[@zantigar]

Wow, beautiful place, beautiful video! Pop's very cool!

[@IMJAFO2]

How did I miss this video?? Looks like a lot of fun.....

[@usaalways]

Wow. That was an excellent video! I will be there with my 18 yr old son from dec 28-30th 2022 as stop#2 of our holiday NM trip. This helped very much.Thanks to you we will do the Alkali Flats trail 1st to get the most difficult one out of the way so the rest are easy walking. I am very happy you included the sunset as sunsets are a huge part of my trips out west. What did you 2 do after park hours? Where did you stay?

[@anafigueroa198]

BEAUTIFUL PLACE!

[@johnperry5102]

a great video we all loved it thanks

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johanna7254]

Beautiful shots you guys got! I've always wanted to go here.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks! You should visit, just don't go in the summer haha

[@usatrucking-f7w]

Wow what an amazing view

[@jennygidluck5497]

Awesome!

[@MrSoldierperson]

I just experienced dehydration, heat exhaustion, major fatigue and heart palpitations watching this video.

[@abi_verse]

We just did the sunset trail and sledding soo fun

[@outbackwack368]

We had fun there. Very cool place. Alamogordo has an excellent space museum too. The road wasn't sand... it's all gypsum... :-)

[@lasalsera-x8d]

I'm going to stop by on my road trip. If you can only spare one hour, which trail/view point would you recommend for a great scenic photo?

[@popshiking]

@littlechump There are a variety of ways you might take in the dunes. We did the 5 mile one, but you can hardly go wrong.

[@mixeddrinks8100]

oh wow i went there July 2019 it was hot as hell, and it was still a monument, all we did was walk the bridge and drove around the road cus it was impossible to get out for more than 10 mins. Very cool to pair this up with Carlsbad Cavern and Guadalupe.

[@ThroughMyLens]

I can't imagine how hot it must have been. It was hot in March when we went!

[@nitay8248]

I never heard of this park either!😍

[@lakes26mi]

sick video, so cool!

[@c.alcazar2584]

Love love that place the last i was there was a monument....