Chaco Canyon Boondock
A long anticipated trip to Chaco Canyon was recently realized. The quietness and isolation of Chaco Canyon proved to be a great place for self reflection and focused study of an amazing culture that p...
Forum Discussion
pnichols wrote:
Are the Chaco Canyon roads that so many say are so rough CR7950 and CR7980?
Phil..I have been into Chaco 4 times. There is a shorter route from Crown Point Agency...Chaco Canyon Road off of Navajo Service Road 9. Google Crown Point and follow it in. I liked this route better than 7950..shorter. But..not for low clearance 'C's if there has been rain. Mighty ditches. 7950 is well traveled and has only one 'watch-out' spot. It's a wide spot subject to flash floods. It has soft sand in it..so, you'll be fine. Really, the key to Chaco is to go slow. The road is 25 miles of washboard. If a person just drifts along, looking around and playing some music...all is great. If, on the other hand, a person has to high-ball? then they won't be happy.
My last run in I did at night...when I had oncoming, both times I just stopped and let them go by. It is narrow and soft shoulders. What drives in, has to be towed out.
It's a very cool place if a person has a spiritual side to them. There's some very cool mysteries and unknowns. If, on the other hand, a person doesn't have that side...well, it's just a bunch of ruins.
Gary Haupt
