Copper Canyon is one of those places where the obvious plan and the good plan are two different trips.

We mapped a 3-day Copper Canyon route ourselves, planned tight so nothing gets wasted, built to avoid the same lookout every train tour stops at from day one.

This is the trip that makes the same lookout every train tour stops at look like the warm-up act, not the main event. It's completely free to download, so the only real risk is not opening it before your trip's already planned.