Jemez Mountain Trail #2 - Soda Dam

The Soda Dam, along NM state road 4, is a large hot spring deposit, made mostly of calcium carbonate. The springs used to empty out onto the dam over the Jemez River, but most of the water now exits from the road-cut across the road. Courtesy of the NM Department of Transportation. The Soda Dam hot spring waters start at the Valles Caldera, heated by the hot rock and magma beneath. They travel as hot ground water through Pennsylvanian limestone and shale, and rise to the surface along a fault at the Soda Dam. Most of the carbonate rock of the Dam bears traces of algal filaments, and Soda Dam rock has been used in studies of how ancient Martian life might be detected.

[@JudiChristopher]

Thank you so very much for sharing these GREAT Videos... WOW

[@vincentspione]

Thanks for these videos and tips. I have spent time there and it is beautiful. I am planning to be there again in Mid-September and will just wander. I am looking forward to this visit.

[@michelesockyma6988]

Wow! I've been thru there longer then 10 yrs. Was much more primitive. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@bettypowell892]

Beautiful😍

[@granprixfreak]

Well adding another spot to visit spent the day in the caldera snow is deep and beautiful.

[@Specter1065]

Many years ago I jumped in the hole that is now long gone. I sprained my arm hitting an underwater rock. There used to be lots of people swimming and jumping back then.

[@allahson4967]

Thanks 4 making thesw videos BRO of beautylandd

[@stuartpage5696]

Have been there many times. The last time I went idiots were tagging the rocks with graffiti. We can't have anything nice anymore. I left the state in 03.

[@TallulahBelle3276]

Omg! So happy I stumbled on your channel! 🌻✨💝👏🏼🌀

[@daeyunhwang1166]

Wow I just went there last October and going back again February

[@TheJimford]

Cool! I've never been to this part of New Mexico and really loved your video/film. Thanks!

[@SuperMariah505]

Los Ojos is a good place, I go to Jemez a lot, I stay in the cabins behind the Soda Dam a lot, I'm gonna go soon too, The waterfall in the Soda Dam is so cool, I always swim behind it too! I eat at Los Ojos a lot too! LOL ( :

[@dkaller1]

used to live in Jemez Springs ...

[@edwinromandotcom]

I love this route. Was this during the summer? I have only visited during the summer.

[@lobosolitario-j4c]

A dam? Looks like a natural wall through which water flows.

[@SHAUNDIGITY]

Hot springs swim?

[@eduardovaldivia1826]

u guys have any idea how close he was to the blaze