Comments on: Help Make It Grand

By: scott

scott — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:09:48 +0000

Yeah, October is a great time to go! Bright Angel trail is very shaded for about the first 3 miles down to the 3 Mile Shack (or whatever it’s called). This is opposed to the Kaibab trail being very exposed for most of the time. Both trails are very very crowded, like a freeway. Be prepared to see lots of people not nearly dressed for the part wearing loafers and sweater vests.

I hope this means we’ll see a little western stuff reported here!

By: Shaywen

Shaywen — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:08:28 +0000

I think the quintessential hike is the rim to rim mentioned earlier, however, the north rim closes in mid October and this is almost always an overnighter, although it is done in a day by fanatics. Also, down the Kaibab across the Tonto trail and up the BA trail is a classic, for most people this should be an overnight-er, but Oct temps are cooler and if you are a conditioned fanatical athlete this is possible, but not recommended for the inexperienced at GC hiking. A good longish, but not too busy day hike is down Grand View to Horseshoe Meas, or partway down (3-miles) Kaibab to Cedar Ridge. Hiking in the Kaibab NF near GC is pretty monotonous scenery unless you are along the rim. I would recommend hiking to the summit of Mt Humphreys, the highest peak in AZ, instead in the Coconino NF near Flagstaff. Check out this web site for great beta http://www.hitthetrail.com/ Better yet do a river trip and hike lots of classic hikes from the river http://rivers-oceans.com/

By: Daniel Mohler

Daniel Mohler — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:05:07 +0000

My opinion for best rim-to-bottom-to-rim hike would be to leave early from the South Rim at like 6:00am and hike the most popular Bright Angel Trail avoiding the crowds (most people at the Grand Canyon will be tourists on vacation not starting their day hike at 6:00AM) and then return to the top via the South Kaibab Trail for some new scenery. Don’t remember exactly, but I think that combination is about 18 miles and would make for an epic day hike. (Or you could do down the Bright Angel Trail, then up the North Kaibab Trail, down the North Kaibab Trail, and then up the South Kaibab Trail for the most epic 24 hour hike ever a Rim-Rim-Rim hike)

By: Joe Mezick

Joe Mezick — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:28:30 +0000

Found this book in Campmoor:

“The Ranger’s Guide to the Grand Canyon: Insider Advice from Ranger Jack ”
by Susan and Phil Frank

My wife and I are planning to go sometime in early November.