SALT RIVER CANYON

As you are driving along a pretty flat, mundane area, all of a sudden you come upon the great Salt river Canyon.It is 2000 feet deep and there are some of the most dramatic views ever seen from a car window! It is sometimes called the mini Grand Canyon with it's stark, sweeping vistas carved by millions of years of erosion. It is so vast it can curl off to the east and west through hundreds of square miles of mysterious valleys, rocky spires and vertical cliffs. It was used by Apache warriors during the 1800's as a refuge from pursuing U. S. Calvary troops. There are no maintained trails in the canyon and is mostly used by whitewater rafters in the spring. The U.S. Congress designated the Salt River Canyon Wilderness in 1984 and it now encompasses 32,101 acres.