We are not sure whether to stop at the San Lorenzo Canyon as it is already 2:30 PM and we went to get before sundown to the Wildlife Refuge. However we do not want to get to early so in the end we decide to stop and see if the Canyon can even be accessed as the information is contradictory. On the way we observe a fire right next to the road, luckily it does not impede the traffic in either direction.
The road to our surprise and delight appears to be newly graded so we arrive fast at the canyon entrance from which the road continues to weave through the canyon. There is even a new information plaque, which is quite welcome.
The canyon is narrow and the road follows the wash as it winds through the canyon. There are some interesting rock formations that we admire however we have to be careful as there are other visitors in the area that drive quite fast even though the visibility is not that great.
When we decide to turn around we find a parking spot nearby and take a short hike through a side canyon. It is almost eerie – very quiet and it becomes narrow quite fast until we hit an obstruction in the trail and turn around.
We take our time returning enjoying the narrow canyon and the beautiful rock formations, it is a surprisingly interesting canyon.
There are both narrow sections and sections where you can barely see the canyon walls, if you can even call it a canyon anymore for those sections.
But the more spectacular sections are the narrow ones with interesting and various rock formations. We explore them for some time until it gets late enough in the day for us to drive to the Bosque del Apache NWR where we want to see the snow geese at sunset.
