Canada Ancha Slot Canyon
ACA Canyon
Rating – 2B III
NEVER ENTER ANY
SLOT CANYON WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORCAST…!!!
Ancha Canyon has a ¼ mile long SLOT section with
more steep canyons upstream... some flowing springs... and a fine natural arch: Ancha
Arch 20’H x 10’W in the upper end on the south side
beta facts:
name- Canada Ancha
Slot
depth of slot portion- 50 feet
length of slot canyon- ¼ mile sweet portion with
more upstream...
elevation- 7000’at the top down to 6700’at the bottom
GPS coordinates- ±35°27.264’N 107°12.897’W
flow- flowing springs
season to visit- drier months of the year, like
March thru June & September, October and November… NEVER ENTER ANY SLOT CANYON WHEN
HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORCAST…!!!
accommodations- NONE
ownership- Cibola National Forest, BLM, private and
BIA
access- is from State Hwy 279… see the map below
nearest town- NONE
fun fact- this is No-man’s-land...
essay bro
Canada Ancha has
a superb quarter-mile long section of slot canyon with more steep canyons
upstream. However it is quite difficult
to access. Faint and rarely ever used
2-track 4WD roads, come within a mile but they are often blocked by locked
gates. Ancha
is a spanish word that means
“wide”...but the slot canyon must not have been considered in the naming
process. Canada Ancha
does get very wide downstream from here.
Ancha Slot can be added to the 15-mile
Tapia-Puente hike described in the fore going pages. But if you do add Ancha
to that 15 mile, Tapia- Puente Canyon hike, you best figure an extra 5 miles
more.
Ancha Natural Arch (10’W by 20’H) is pictured
above... and you can find Canada Ancha Slot at the
very bottom of the map below. Please
feel free to right-click-save-as the map to make a hard copy for your trip.
Enhanced USGS topo map
Red Lines depict “slot canyons” Shaded green is Cibola National
Forest Shaded grey is private land
Shaded cream color below is BIA
land The rest is BLM 
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