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geoffff
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Here are my proposed canyon names plotted on INEGI 50K and INEGI 250K. Click to open:
 
[Edited on 10-5-2024 by geoffff]
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Maderita
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Geoffff,
Have you thought about adding the northern canyons of Cañón los Llanos and Cañón del Muerto? I have an image of the GPS track for hiking Cañón
del Muerto if you want it.
I don't know about Torrentes or Agua Grande. Nor do I plan to get more familiar, due to a safety concern. Are you aware of the proposed PHES pipeline
in 2018, several miles north of Tajo? The developers mapped a pipeline route from the desert floor to the plateau in what they called "Cañón
Cascada". I'd never heard of that canyon name previously. It could be their invented name for the location. I have GPS coordinates and Google Earth
images if you want them.
An ambitous hiker did a canyon north of Tajo, calling it Cañón El Comillo, presumably named for the nearby spire/summit, Bufa del Comillo del
Diablo. He may have invented the name for the canyon. I have an image of his Google Earth track.
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geoffff
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No, I had not heard about those other canyon names.
I am up for adding Cañón los Llanos and Cañón del Muerto if we think there is enough documentation of those names being used. GPS tracks would be
great!
Thanks for the info on the PHES power pipeline. I just saw your posting on that topic.
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geoffff,
I can confirm that you have Cañón Alamar in the correct place. The mouth of the canyon is at (edited to read): 32.008069 -115.707224
I just got off the phone with a rancher who runs cattle in the canyons.
He confirmed that the Dukes' ranches are at Alamar.
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geoffff
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Great, thanks!!
But wait -- those coordinates are not where I put Alamar.
Your coordinates look like what I have labeled as Mora....(?)
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Maderita
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geoffff,
Cañón del Muerto aka: Cañón de los Muertos is at
32.538996 -115.942979
That point is part way up the canyon, so that the road can be seen which leads to mines and a ranch.
Several ecotour groups have hiked the route, starting from the La Cuesta gasolinera or the military checkpoint next to it on highway 2D.
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geoffff
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I see Cañon de los Muertos, thanks! And INEGI agrees.
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Maderita
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Quote: Originally posted by geoffff  | Great, thanks!!
But wait -- those coordinates are not where I put Alamar.
Your coordinates look like what I have labeled as Mora....(?)
[Edited on 10-6-2024 by geoffff] |
Oops, I must be tired or read off of the wrong note pad. Cañón Alamar is at 32.008069 1115.707224 I belive that is Tito Dukes' ranch. I will
correct/edit my post above.
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Cañón los Llanos headwaters pass by Rancho Picachos, elevation 3,800", 3.5 air miles SE of La Rumorosa. 32.488210 -116.013788 A brief walk
northeast along the arroyo will take you to a steep drop in the canyon. Scramble several minutes over huge boulders to reach the waterfalls (cascadas)
below. We have a few 5th class routes in the canyon, and an aid route pictured below.
A few miles down canyon (not recommending that anyone hike that), the main canyon intersects with the old dirt road to La Rumorosa (the pre-1950s)
route from Mexicali. The canyon arroyo intersects with highway 2D, to the west of the Cuesta gasolinera at
32.562349 -115.952558
"El Vaquero Galactico" A2 multipitch - Cañón de los Llanos, Sierra de Juárez
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geoffff
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| Quote: Originally posted by Maderita |
Oops, I must be tired or read off of the wrong note pad. Cañón Alamar is at 32.008069 1115.707224 I belive that is Tito Dukes' ranch. I will
correct/edit my post above. |
That looks right!
In 2019 I drove as far as the fence across the canyon just east of that rancho, and stopped there because I wasn't sure I was allowed to drive up the
canyon.
I get shy about driving through active ranches.
fence at 32.0100, -115.6976
Aerial shot of Alamar, looking west. My Van is in the narrows, and the rancho is just beyond, to the right.
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Tito Duke's Ranch
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I clicked on this thread, cause I knew there would be good photos, considering the posters. Thanks.
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PaulW big list of Canyons
I just added Geoffff's northern canyons to my list from the pole line south to Matomi.
I appreciate all his effort that I never got around to do.
My list got started by making trails to the south canyons and many of the trails are shown. I also added a bunch of landmarks I found interesting.
See the attached KML
Attachment: Canyon Search WP.kml (231kB)
This file has been downloaded 19 times
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Thanks for all that info, Paul!
Here is what I have at this point for the Laguna Salada area:
(click to expand)
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geoffff & PaulW,
Thanks for all of your effort on this project. Good job! I have just enough playing around with it to know how difficult it is to sort out the
conflicting names, conflicting locations, and coordinates.
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Thanks for the links to the old magazine articles!
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