Porcupine Canyon

Porcupine Canyon is a deep canyon which the Colorado River runs through on the Colorado-Utah state border. Porcupine Canyon has some stunning views, with sheer cliff faces four or five hundred feet tall in some places and a total drop from the top of Porcupine Ridge to the river below of some 1,200 feet at its highest.

In 1891, the Colorado Western Railroad running through Porcupine Canyon became the site of the infamous 1891 Train Wreck At Porcupine Canyon, during which a train actively being robbed by the Cowboy Dan Posse derailed and plummeted hundreds of feet into the Colorado River, killing all those aboard.