The Train What to do? Where to go? •On the Rim •Down the Canyons

Getting there and Away Weather Travel

   The Copper Canyon, situated in North West Mexico in the state of Chihuahua, is becoming more and more accessible to the modern day traveller. Since 1962 when the railroad opened, access from the west coast became much easier, and then 20 years ago, when the road was paved from Chihuahua all the way to Creel in the heart of the Canyons.

   The Copper Canyon, created over 40 million years ago by volcanic activity with canyons forming by erosion of the elements, is actually seven major canyons with a network of smaller canyons joining them. They host an amazing variety of vegetation and wild life and have tempted Native American people, pioneers, missionaries, miners and modern day adventurer to explore the depths of this wilderness.