Rim Canyon
ACA Canyon
Rating – 1A II
NEVER ENTER ANY
SLOT CANYON WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST…!!!
Rim Canyon has a very fine and easy to get
to slot canyon section that is almost a half mile long… and can be hiked and
scrambled without a rope
Notice that there are
perennial flowing springs in this canyon
beta facts:
name- Rim Canyon
depth of slot portion- 100 feet
length of slot canyon portion- almost a half mile
elevation- 7000’ at the upstream end down to 6700’ at
the downstream end
GPS coordinates- ±36°20.564’N 106°32.142’W at “Cattail Spring”
flow- intermittent with flowing springs
season to visit- anytime… NEVER ENTER ANY SLOT CANYON WHEN
HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORCAST…!!!
accommodations- none
ownership- Santa Fe National Forest
access- an easy one mile hike upstream from Forest Road #151…
see the map below
nearest town- Abiquiu is about 16 miles southeast of here
fun fact- great for the whole family
essay bro
The slot portion of Rim Canyon comes and goes
some as you hike up it… you think it is almost over, then
it gets good again. Don’t quit hiking
until you reach a “room” with 100 foot high walls, that
do not allow you to continue any farther…!!!
To find it turn west off
of US Hwy 85 onto Forest Road 151. The dry streambed to your right, beside the
road is Rim Canyon. Park on your left in
a quarter mile and hike up that creek for a short mile… and… enjoy.
Enhanced USGS topo map by Doug Scott
The thin Red Lines depict
sections of “slot canyons”
________one mile_______
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