Carlsbad Caverns National Park | 800 Feet Below the Surface! Exploring "The Big Room".

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park | 800 Feet Below the Surface! Exploring "The Big Room".

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The largest cave chamber in North America! More than 800 feet below the surface!
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April 3rd, day 5 of our 11 day trip, led us to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. We were extremely lucky to get two tickets for the Kings Palace guided tour. There were only 12 tickets available and they all sold out in less than a second! We also gained entry tickets to do the self guided tour of The Big Room which is the largest cave chamber in North America. Only 1 of the 4 elevators were working and gaining access in and out of the cave had us worried. Everything went as planned and it was an amazing adventure!!
Enjoy!
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Music used in the video
None, just the sounds of cave kisses in the dark!
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@EventyrsorenDenmark 3 ай бұрын

The caves are amazing. I like the way the light makes you really see it all. Awsome ❤❤❤

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed seeing the cave. It really is pretty amazing to see all the formations and caverns. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.

@nauraG 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful just beautiful ❤

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 Have a wonderful day.

@waikarimoana 3 ай бұрын

Wow, awesome video and footage Steve, awesome footage of the great cave, enjoyed the trip with you team, thanks, thumbs up and greetings from Down Under,, Tony.

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Tony! Glad you enjoyed seeing the cave and video. It was a pretty awesome place to visit. Thanks for watching. Have a wonderful day.

@NorwayHikesTrails 3 ай бұрын

Nice place to explore. Thank you for sharing 😊

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. This is definitely worthy of a visit. Thanks for watching. Have a nice day.

@JUANORQUIO 2 ай бұрын

WoW! That’s Incredibly Awesome! Have a lovely weekend!

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed seeing the cave. It is an amazing place to visit. Thanks for watching. Have a nice day.

@MinuteontheMountain 2 ай бұрын

That's just incredible, Steve. Carlsbad is a bucket list destination for me. Thanks for taking us along.

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks John. I hope you get to check this place out with the family. It is really amazing. Plus you can have all your family online at the same time trying to score those tickets. Your odds will be increased a bit! Glad you enjoyed seeing the cave. Have a wonderful day.

@JenniferLupine 2 ай бұрын

Awesome visit to Carlsbad Caverns! Great job getting the special tickets! Quite an amazing cave experience - hard to imagine just how big it is. Great tour around the rooms and formations… watch your head…lol… super cool! So many unique formations - the lights really show them off well. Impressive network of trails and bridges. Great visit! 😄⭐⭐⭐

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jennifer. It was pure luck on getting those tickets. I tried for a few days even on the days I knew I could not go just for practice! No luck on those days but finally succeeded on the day we actually needed them. LOL. This place is pretty amazing. Certainly worth the visit if you are in the area. This was our second time here but first time with guided tour tickets. Awesome experience both times. Have a wonderful day.

@OSMOneStepMore 2 ай бұрын

This was simply brilliant, the panoramic views in the cave are stunning!💯

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. This is a pretty amazing cave to explore. Certainly worth the visit. Have a wonderful day.

@ervinslens 2 ай бұрын

Quite an amazing cave experience, this whole place looks just amazing guys. Fantastic episode.

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the cave. It was an amazing place to visit and explore. Getting the guided tour in addition to the self guided tour was certainly a great way to explore the cave. Thanks for watching. Have a nice day.

@SomeplaceOrAnother 2 ай бұрын

Makes me want to do another cave tour 😎

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. It is definitely worthy of a visit or two. This was our second time to this cave. It is really amazing. Have a great day.

@FollowThomas 3 ай бұрын

This underground cave system is something out of this world. I feel like those rock formations that hang there can break off and hit you anytime, I wouldn't want to be there in the middle of an earthquake, lol. Very cool experience.

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. This was our second time coming here. It was just as amazing as the first time. I hope you make it here someday and that there is not earthquake in the forecast! LOL. Have a great day.

@tangenttrails 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tour! The evening bats flights are pretty impressive to see too.✌️

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. It is an amazing place. I guess the bats were still migrating and hibernating while we were there. We will need to come back during their flight season. Have a great day.

@BeforeIKicktheBucket1 2 ай бұрын

No wonder it is a NP!! It's awesome..and they even allow cameras..cool...

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! This is certainly worth the visit. Camera in night mode helps brighten the images a bit too. Glad you enjoyed seeing the cave. Hopefully you can make it here in your travels someday. Take care.

@IvorsTravels 2 ай бұрын

Carlsbad Caverns are really fun to visit. We too arrived early on what was our second visit but had no queues to join. Neither elevator was running but we were able to walk down (and up). We were the first down that morning. Only a few others were prepared to make the descent which really was not too difficult. We have a video pretty early on the channel if you are interested. You have captured much of the beauty and grandeur of this place. None of the guided tours were operating at the time of our visit so it was interesting to see more of the complex with you.

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad you have been there before and enjoyed the video. Well done on your hike through the natural entrance. They say that is a tough hike. I'd like to go that route next time we visit. Those guided tours are really hard to get. I tried a few times unsuccessfully leading up to the day we actually got ours. It was worth going into those areas. Such a beautiful cave and formations. Thanks for watching. Have a wonderful day.

@StacySalmans 2 ай бұрын

Definitely my favorite cave, so far. It's huge and tons of things to check out. Great tour!

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. This was pretty unique for sure. We love seeing the differences in each cave we visit. Deepest, longest, warmest, most of this or that, each cave is so different and cool. Can't wait to see more. Have a great day.

@JimHayesHiking 2 ай бұрын

800 feet down gives new meaning to ''How low can you go'',lol! That was really,really cool! Awesome video!

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jim. I was following your lead! I stooped to a new low on this adventure! LOL We really like seeing all the different cave systems. They are all so unique in their own way. I'm glad we did not have to hike out of this one. It would have been a loop steep hike out. Glad you enjoyed seeing the cave. Have a wonderful day.

@TravelWalksVibes-jh5xh 3 ай бұрын

hank you for showing the nice video!

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. Have a wonderful day.

@TheWanderingWulfs 2 ай бұрын

Caves are so fun to visit. We have quite a few in the Black Hills. Our favorite here is Jewel Cave. It looked busy there! Carlsbad Caverns is also on our bucket list to see. It's nice there are self- guided tours as well as guided. ❤ Really cool cave! 😊

@Packsalot Ай бұрын

This is a pretty awesome cave system. It was a fun return trip here especially with the tour tickets we were lucky to get. I hope you make it here someday. WE love exploring the different caves when we travel. We hope to make it up to Wind Cave and some of the other caves up your way too. If you can get the ranger guided tour here, you hit the gold mine! If not, the self guided tour is great too. Have a great day.

@VoyagesetPassions 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful caverns, nice footage , in France we have a lot of this caverns which I visited ,have a great day and take care

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you have had an opportunity to explore some caves. They are all unique in their own way. Pretty awesome to see. Have a nice day.

@NBNatureTrailvan 3 ай бұрын

Incredible, magical other worldly place!! Not surprised you can't get tickets - it's a bit of a lifetime experience in there Never seen anything like that. We visited a cave system in France a few years back but it was nothing like that Amazing Steve!!

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave & Sue. This was our second time here. The first time we did not get the guided tour but this time we got lucky. It was so worth the visit. Such an amazing place. Hopefully you will get to check it out or another like it someday. Take care.

@groundbreakerexplore 2 ай бұрын

Interesting video! keep it up with your content! stay safe there! stay connected with your content!

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video. Visiting the cave was pretty amazing! Thanks for watching. Have a nice day.

@wendingourway 3 ай бұрын

Cool! I've been there!! Was, 1964 or 65!! Don't remember no elevator!! lol Don't talk about falling stalactites while walking under them! lol Pretty cool...and probably was a little cool too! Marvelous!! Can you just imagine being the first to see such a place...Wow!!

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Bruce. It is an amazing place. Glad you were able to visit here before. That was a bit ago too! You probably had to go in through the natural entrance. That is a long steep hike. Well done! Good thing we didn't jinx ourselves with the falling stalactite discussion. LOL. The temperature down there was actually really nice for us. Like an air conditioned home. Just right. That would be cool to discover something like this. Maybe someday while exploring someplace we might. Thanks for watching. Have a wonderful day.

@DpuckFishingandOutdoors 3 ай бұрын

That is a pretty impressive place! I can see why it is so hard to score tickets into it. I was camping this past weekend and found a cave, it was 15 feet long, 4 feet high and the ceiling was a carpet of cave crickets. This Carlsbad Cavern is much much better.

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Dug. The tickets were extremely hard to get. It was literally less than a second sell out. I would be creeped out with the cave crickets you found. Carlsbad is definitely worth the visit. This was our second time here but the first time we did not get lucky on the tickets. Still cool to self guide through the big room. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.

@AdventuresAreOutThere 2 ай бұрын

This brings back so many great memories. The last time we were there our boys were 2 and 5. I had to carry our youngest the whole way bc he fell asleep, lol. We need to get back here, loved your video of it, your camera took such great low light video!! Cave bacon lol it does look like bacon :)

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. So awesome to take a trip down memory lane. Hauling kids around is no easy task either. Well done! We loved our visit here. Our second time here and it was just as amazing as the first. The cave bacon was making me hungry! LOL. Take care and have a great day.

@TroutWest 3 ай бұрын

When I was last there, I wanted to film, but realized it would never do it justice. Great place to check off the list.

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. You are right. Being there will always be better than on video. It is an amazing place. Have a great day.

@paddle_hike 2 ай бұрын

Awesome!!so freaking cool! Love caverns.. So spectacular. I was so sad to miss them (they were on my way) but after 5 days of extreme pain with shingles on my back and side (no meds) and another 35 hours drive well...I decided to skip them for my health. I'll go back someday :)

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Alex. Glad you enjoyed seeing the cave. Sorry about your shingles and missing the cave while you were here. The bright side is you can always come back! Thanks for watching. Have a great day.

@vs123 3 ай бұрын

I like cave

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Have a wonderful day.

@AlanMETALMAN 2 ай бұрын

Very impressive and we have something similar about 30 miles away from us and the Cavens go 1 mile underground but they will not allow me to film it, which is a shame as it is amazing, especially all lite up. Cheers Alan

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Alan. We love visiting caves. They are all unique in their own way. Longest, deepest, most of a particular feature, etc. Super cool. Too bad you can't film in the one by you. Glad you can still visit it and take in the beauty in person. Glad you enjoyed seeing Carlsbad Caverns. It was our second time here and worth the visit. Have a great day.

@HappyPlaceCamping 3 ай бұрын

We did Carlsbad back in 2017. It's a really neat cave. Definitely something I think peeps should do at least once, if they can. It's so massive. And very pretty. I just had to keep telling myself I wasn't in a huge cave that might collapse in and trap me 😆😬 This is one of the places I would have loved to have been into filming when we went. I have lots of pics, but it's so much cooler to see it on video. The elevator going up is another interesting experience. Jessie hates elevators lol. Great video guys. Thanks for sharing your experience of Carlsbad.

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad you were able to check it out. It really is pretty amazing to see and experience. Hopefully, we can return someday to do the bat flight program. It sounds super cool to witness. We were happy to escape without a collapse! LOL. It is also a concern of ours. I guess Jessie could hike in/out through the natural entrance if he was up for the long steep climb. I'll take my chances on the elevator and have that as a backup option! LOL. Have a great day.

@HappyPlaceCamping 2 ай бұрын

@@Packsalot Yeah he chose elevator over hiking back out lol

@HikeCamp 3 ай бұрын

Interesting to watch but I will stay above ground. LOL

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Max. Being underground is not everyone's favorite place to visit for sure. Glad you enjoyed the watch though. If the elevators were to all quit working, at least there is a natural cave entrance you can hike out. It just requires the over 1000 foot steep climb to get out. Maybe someday if we go back we may attempt that. No time for that kind of adventure this trip though. Have a great day.

@HuntingFarmerOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Sounded like a golf telecast (whispering) 😁 Not sure if snagging the tour tickets made you lucky or the cave kiss 😂

@Packsalot 2 ай бұрын

Psssst! Funny! Noise did carry a good distance in the cave not to mention the echo. I certainly did not want to bring attention to myself especially while receiving one of those kisses! LOL. Have a great day.