San Ysidro Slot Canyon
This is a rather whimpy
slot but it is a nice place
ACA Canyon
Rating – 1B II
...all
difficult places can be omitted and easily climbed around...
Therefore,
no ropes are needed
NEVER ENTER ANY
SLOT CANYON WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST…!!!
San
Ysidro Slot Canyon has some nice scrambles involving
your “all-fours”
...and some difficult to maneuver- water
potholes...
beta facts:
name- San Ysidro Slot
Canyon
depth of slot portion- maybe 30 feet
length of slot canyon- about .7 of a mile
elevation- 5600’
GPS coordinates- ±35°34.500’N 106°48.005’W at the upstream end
flow- intermittent
best season to visit- February thru April along
with October and November… NEVER ENTER ANY SLOT CANYON WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST…!!!
accommodations- NONE
ownership- BLM
access- is from HWY 550… see the map below
nearest town- San Ysidro
is about 2 miles southwest of here
fun fact- this is a nice place to practice
canyoneering technics and methods
See also: http://www.summitpost.org/san-ysidro-trials-area-canyon-east/459546
Enhanced USGS topo map
The Red Lines depict
sections of “slot canyons”
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