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Copper Canyon Description
(Local Name: Barranca del Cobre) How to get there

By car from Chihuahua to Cuauhtémoc (104km/65mi, then on asphalted roads via La Junta (152km/94mi to Creel; by rail from Chihuahua to Los Mochis or vice versa (653km/406mi. It is also possible to fly in by light aircraft.

The scenic splendours of the Tarahumara canyons can be explored by car, horse, mule or on foot, using one of the little towns along the railway line such as Creel or Divisadero, as a base.

The Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) comprises a dozen or so large gorges in the Sierra Madre Occidental in north-west Mexico. This rugged and deeply fissured mountain range is also called the Sierra Tarahumara after the area's indigenous
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Several companies arrange rail tours of Copper Canyon.
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