Driving the Rio Grande Rift, Velarde to Taos (NM-68)

Ride along with a front-row seat to the Rio Grande Rift, a massive geological fracture cutting straight through Northern New Mexico. Watch the landscape transition from valley fruit groves to towering canyon walls, eventually climbing up onto the vast, high-desert expanse of the Taos plateau. Chapters: 0:00 – Heading north on New Mexico State Road 68 in Velarde 3:22 – Embudo Station 5:52 – La Junta 6:33 – NM-75 to Dixon 8:24 – Ronconada 16:25 – Rio Grande Gorge Visitor Center / NM-570 to Pilar 30:47 – Ranchos de Taos