Road to Creel - Copper Canyon
Hi, I would like to know what is the best route to go to Creel, near Copper Canyon. There is a big campground in this little town. Where would I cross the border, how safe is it to take these route...
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MikeJinCO wrote:
We haven't been down there for 4 or 5 years now. We have sort of avoided the area because of local hoodlum problems around Samachique( on the way to Batophilas hijacking trucks although they were much more interested in a Suburban type than a strange looking thing like a truck camper. The old KOA was still there tho pretty run down. If it is gone I'd just boondock in the town square. Besides going to Batophilas you can also follow the road out to Bahuachivo and down to Urique. From there it goes to Tubares(not on any map) with a side road back to Batophilas(again not on the map, it goes to Satevo). I think if you worked it right you could get from Bahuachivo out to Alamos or from Tubares(a really tough looking little town) out to Choix. BUT be aware that most of the locals won't speak much Spanish, there are(were) no road signs, the maps are famously inaccurate, and although there is gas,generally out of barrels, in every tiny pueblo the only place that would probably have diesel would be in Bahuachivo.
We also spent a couple of days down around Guachochi and that is also not a particularly comfortable area, but the canyons are beautiful. There we camped for 2 nights in a farmers field.
We did a 5 day ATV circle trip from Creel to Bahuachivo, Urique, Tubares, Batophilas to Creel and it was 300 miles of gravel roads. One of our greatest experiences.
The local Tarahumara are very reserved and the there wasn't basically any local law so it can be a hazardous area although we have had absolutely no problems in two trips down there. Summer would be rainy season and some of the roads might get almost impassable due to mud.
I've probably said too much already. We live north of El Paso so we either crossed there or went west to Columbus NM and south to Nuevo Casa Grande and that was a real nuther experience in some rather untamed country.
Thanks for the info. I also saw on Mexico News that there where Cartel and drug making in Batopilas, but up to Creel seems ok, see nothing hear nothing? Ojinaga seem to be a small town, probably not much going on there, but I don't know.
