Cañon
Guadalupe
ACA Canyon
Rating – 1B II
NEVER ENTER ANY
SLOT CANYON WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORCAST…!!!
Cañon Guadalupe has everything… sheer walls,
slot canyons, natural tunnels, bunches of natural arches, a perennial stream …and
even a waterfall…!!! But it is mostly
all dirt.
A “dirt” ten foot falls here…and the perennial
water flow springs up from deep within soft sand, creating occasional dangerous
“quicksand.” Some of which our hiking
sticks could not find the bottom…!!!
Slot canyons turn into natural tunnels that
open up into sheer-walled, open pits… all made of dangerous crumbly DIRT…!!!
Below is the only rock we found along the
creek bottom, a very short but beautifully sculpted, narrow slot or notch with
a long pool of clear spring-water passing thru it…just below the upper falls.
On each side and lifted up above the dirt
inner gorge… are beautiful sandstone formations as shown in the photo below
…with an 8’ sandstone natural arch
“Guadalupe Arch”
as well as a short but sweet sandstone slot
canyon …see the map below
beta facts:
name- Cañon Guadalupe
elevation- about 5900’
GPS coordinates- ±35°31.850’N 107°09.816’W
flow- perennial flowing stream
accommodations- none – Chamisa
Wilderness Study Area
ownership- BLM publiclands
access- is from above on State Road #179… see the
map below
nearest town- San Ysidro
is about 24 air-miles east of here
fun fact- this is a nice place. I wish to spend more time here.
essay bro
The road shown on the map below, that runs up the south side of the canyon is washed
away. It now run out
into 50’ “air” …so take the road that runs up the north side of the canyon to
park your wheels…and follow cow trails that will take you wherever you want to
go. Just above the falls is one
of the few places you can safely cross sides of the creek and canyon.
Click
here to see a larger more detailed map of this area
Enhanced USGS topo map
The Red Lines depict
sections of “slot canyons”
_____________________one mile_____________________
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