Canoa
Canyon
ACA Canyon
Rating – 2A III
NEVER ENTER ANY
SLOT CANYON WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORCAST…!!!
The half mile long SLOT portion of Canoa Canyon, below “Canoa
Spring”, has the remains of a sheep bridge 50’ overhead
Canoa Canyon Slot has more small natural arches
than you can count…!!! …some up to 6 feet…!!!
beta facts:
name- Canoa Canyon
depth of slot portion-feet- up to about 60’
length of slot canyon- one half mile
elevation- 6400’
GPS coordinates- ±35°28.050’N 107°12.966’W
flow- intermittent
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- WOW. . . ! ! !
essay bro
Canon Canoa has a
fine half-mile long slot canyon, a short ways downstream from perennial flowing
Canoa Spring. It
is a wonderfully sculpted slot having more small natural arches than you can
count... some up to six feet across...!!
Check out the footbride remains 60’ overhead
in the photo above.
Canoa Slot is a tributary to Tapia Canyon. A nice 15 mile loop hike runs up Tapia, thru
the Puente Slot Canyon and back down thru the Canoa
Slot Canyon... returning down the Tapia Box to your
wheels.
You will find Canoa
Canyon way down near the bottom of the map below. This canyon is susceptible to flash-flooding
during the July and August thunderstorm season.
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
Back to New Mexico
Slot Canyons
Send questions and comments to dscott@themarblesculptor.com