Copper Canyon, in the state of Chihuahua, consists of stunning Barancas, canyon systems larger than our Grand Canyon. A remote tribe of natives, the Tarahumaras, live here. The train journey starts in Tucson's U of A's museum for the Masks of Mexico, south to Nogales where we board the Sierra Madre Express, leasing the rail from Ferromexico, riding rails of heights over 7000 ft.
Masks were used in Mexican town festivities to summon the power of the deities and dates back over 300 years. These masks have a life of their own...