Puente Canyon

ACA Canyon Rating – 2A III

NEVER ENTER ANY SLOT CANYON WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORCAST…!!!

 

Puente Canyon has a ¾ mile long SLOT section with a sheep bridge 70’ overhead

 

 

beta facts:

name- Puente Canyon

depth of slot portion- 80 feet

length of slot canyon- ¾ mile

elevation- 6500’

GPS coordinates- ±35°27.665’N 107°12.009’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- YES…!!!

 

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Puente Canoa has a fine 3/4-mile long slot canyon.  Check out the footbride remains 60’ overhead in the photo above.  Puente 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 Puente 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

 

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