Second Chance wrote:
By "Alamogordo Park" do you mean White Sands National Monument? The city park isn't much to look at...
Rob
But it does have a free dump station.
If you go north from Van Horn to 62/180 and then east to Carlsbad you will have to go up Guadalupe Pass. It's about 6 or 7 miles to the top after you turn and has some 7% grade. 82 from Artesia to Alamogordo has a long downhill from Cloudcroft but it's not too bad. I have been up and down it with my 5er a few times. Once with a 12 foot trailer and two quads behind the camper. Great view of White Sands just after you go through the tunnel on the way down.
70 will go over Apache Summit on the west side of Ruidoso. If you want to avoid both hills you can take 82 up and then cut over to 70 just before you get to Cloudcroft. It will cut into 70 about halfway down Apache Summit. 20 some miles but pretty country. Don't remember the highway number but it goes across the Mescalero reservation. Watch your speed on the res.
