New Mexico Slot Canyons

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…a 400’ deep section of Laguna Canyon Slot in Chama Canyon Wilderness

 

Each canyon is listed by name with its location letter & number below this map.

Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: a nm hwy map

 

NEVER ENTER A SLOT CANYON WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST…!!!

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Not all of these canyons are slot canyons, some are box canyons...

1.             A-6    Cañones Box

2.            A-7    Brazos Box 

3.            A-7    Toltec Gorge      ACA Canyon Rating  2

4.            A-7    Beaver Creek Box     ACA Canyon Rating  1

5.            A-8    Bear Canyon         ACA Canyon Rating  1

6.            B-5    Gallina Canyon      This is the mother canyon who’s tributaries show as the next ten listings below this line

7.            B-5    Little Deadman Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

8.            B-5    Middle Deadman Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

9.            B-5    Deadman Canyon           ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

10.         B-5    Big Canyon               ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

11.          B-5    Alabaster Canyon      ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

12.         B-6    Cañon de la Alameda “box canyon”

13.         B-6    Middle Canyon        ACA Canyon Rating  3

14.         B-6    Little Canyon        ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

15.         B-6    Gallegos Canyon      ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

16.         B-6    Little Gallegos Canyon   ACA Canyon Rating  3

17.         B-6    Laguna Canyon        ACA Canyon Rating  3

18.         B-6    Little Laguna Canyon        yet to be descended or documented

19.         B-6    Golondrina Canyon      ACA Canyon Rating  2

20.        B-6    Huckaby Canyon       ACA Canyon Rating  3

21.         B-6    Chavez Canyon       ACA Canyon Rating  2

22.        B-6    Chavez Nicho        ACA Canyon Rating  1

23.        B-6    Echo-north Canyon *       ACA Canyon Rating  1

24.        B-6    Echo-north Slot Canyon *       ACA Canyon Rating  2

25.        B-6    Box Canyon at Ghost Ranch     ACA Canyon Rating  1

26.        B-6    Vertedero Canyon          ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

27.        B-7    Potrero Gorge            ACA Canyon Rating  2

28.        B-7    Cañada del Borracho      ACA Canyon Rating  2

29.        B-9    El Salto Falls             ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

30.        C-5    Cañon de Coloures *       ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

31.         C-5    Cougar Canyon *    ACA Canyon Rating  3

32.        C-6    Cañada de Presa           ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

33.        C-6    Ojitos Canyon        yet to be descended or documented

34.        C-6    Potrero Slot Canyon       ACA Canyon Rating  ? ? ?

35.        C-6    Wedding Cake Canyon       ACA Canyon Rating  3

36.        C-6    Poleo Canyon          ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3                                                                                        

37.        C-6    un-named slot canyon across the street from Echo Amphitheater    ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

38.        C-6    Rim Canyon         ACA Canyon Rating  2

39.        C-6    Talus Canyon *      ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

40.        C-6    Bull Canyon         ACA Canyon Rating  3

41.         C-6    Rio Puerco Gorge    ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

42.        C-6    Cuesta Navajo Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  3

43.        C-6    Pinabetoso Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  3

44.        C-7    Cañon Ventana del Cielo     ACA Canyon Rating  3

45.        C-7    Red Wash            ACA Canyon Rating  2

46.        C-7    Plaza Blanca Canyon      ACA Canyon Rating  2

47.        C-8    Agua Caliente Canyon    ACA Canyon Rating  2

48.        C-8    Angostura Canyon        ACA Canyon Rating  2

49.        D-5    San Ysidro Slot Canyon    ACA Canyon Rating  1

50.        D-6    East Fork Jemez Gorge   ACA Canyon Rating  2

51.         D-6    Battleship Canyon          ACA Canyon Rating  1

52.        D-6    Rio Guadalupe Box       ACA Canyon Rating  2

53.        D-6    Cochiti Canyon        ACA Canyon Rating  2

54.        D-7    Cuesta Blanca Canyon, Chino Canyon & Cañon Caja ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

55.        D-11   Beaver Canyon       ACA Canyon Rating  2

56.        E-5    Cañon Guadalupe    ACA Canyon Rating  1

57.        E-5    Cañon Salado       ACA Canyon Rating  2

58.        E-5    Cañon Tapia       ACA Canyon Rating  1 with 2 accessible

59.        E-5    Cañon Canoa       ACA Canyon Rating  2

60.        E-5    Cañon del Puente     ACA Canyon Rating  2

61.         E-5    Cañada Ancha Slot     ACA Canyon Rating  2

62.        E-6     Scimitar Slot Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  4

63.        E-6    Colle Box (slot) Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  2

64.        E-6    Tent Rocks Slot Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  1

65.        E-6     Walatowa Slot Canyon         ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

66.        E-6     Travertine Maze and Gypsum Slot Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  2

67.        F-5     Canada de la Apaches               ACA Canyon Rating  2

68.        F-2    Red Wall Canyon             ACA Canyon Rating  1

69.        F-2    Bluewater Box Canyon      ACA Canyon Rating  1

70.        F-2    El Morro Box Canyon …see: http://www.sangres.com/newmexico/national-parks/elmorro.htm#.VJXwKV4AA    ACA Canyon Rating  1

71.         F-7    La Cueva Canyon Narrows    ACA Canyon Rating  2

72.        G-4    Painted Arch Canyon        ACA Canyon Rating  3

73.        I-6    Arroyo del Tajo           ACA Canyon Rating  1

74.        J-1     Frisco Box            ACA Canyon Rating  2

75.        J-4    North Fork Potato Canyon    ACA Canyon Rating  3

76.        K-4    Garcia Falls Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  2

77.        L-1     Sipes Canyon Slot     ACA Canyon Rating  2

78.        L-1     Mule Creek Slot Canyon      ACA Canyon Rating  2

79.        L-2    Spruce Creek Slot Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  2

80.        L-2    West Fork Mogollon Slot Canyon   ACA Canyon Rating  3

81.         L-2    Middle Fork Rain Creek Gorge    ACA Canyon Rating  3

82.        L-3    Little Bear Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  1

83.        M-1    Rough Canyon Slot       ACA Canyon Rating  2

84.        M-4   Percha Narrows and Wicks Gulch Slot       ACA Canyon Rating  2

85.        M-3   Sapillo Box and Cow Creek Slot Canyon & waterfalls     ACA Canyon Rating  2    Cow Cr Slot ACA Canyon Rating  3

86.        M-2   Hell’s Half Acre ....has a dozen or more individual slot canyons, several are over a mile long and up to 200’ deep   ACA Canyon Rating  2

87.        M-3   Skates Canyon       ACA Canyon Rating  2 & 3

88.        M-3   Purgatory Chasm        ACA Canyon Rating  1

89.        M-3   Lake Roberts Slot Canyons    unknown number of canyons - ACA Canyon Rating  1, 2 & 3

90.        M-4    Circle Seven Slot Canyon     ACA Canyon Rating  1

91.         N-5    Broad Canyon …see: http://southernnewmexicoexplorer.blogspot.com/2012/04/broad-canyon.html    ACA Canyon Rating  1

                                           …and: http://southernnewmexicoexplorer.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-broad-canyon-photos.html

92.        N-5    Slot Canyon at Broad Canyon …see: http://southernnewmexicoexplorer.blogspot.com/2013/11/slot-canyon-broad-canyon-ranch-state.html    

93.        N-5    Twin Slot Canyons – Robledo Mtns …see: http://southernnewmexicoexplorer.blogspot.com/2014/01/robledo-mountains-twin-slot-canyons.html  

94.        N-5    Spring Canyon – Robledo Mtns …see: http://southernnewmexicoexplorer.blogspot.com/2013/09/spring-canyon-robledo-mountains.html        

95.        O-5    Valles Canyon …see: http://southernnewmexicoexplorer.blogspot.com/2012/02/valles-canyon-sierra-de-las-uvas.html

96.        O-6    Long Canyon …see:  http://southernnewmexicoexplorer.blogspot.com/2011/12/slot-canyons.html

97.        O-6    Upper Long Canyon …see: http://southernnewmexicoexplorer.blogspot.com/2014/09/upper-long-canyon-organ-mountains.html

 

                         *  denotes a privately used name                                       Large map of slot canyons near and within Chama Canyon Wilderness

 

 

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