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Apr 28, 2024 · Completed the Grandview - Horseshoe Mesa loop on a snowy late-April day. The trail, peppered with rocks and crisscrossed by numerous washes, offered a challenging yet exhilarating experience....
- 10 min
- Flagstaff Liu
Oct 28, 2009 · Down the Cottonwood Creek trail from Horseshoe Mesa then on to the Tonto Trail over Hance Creek. We accidentally turned right too soon and climbed up the We...
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- awestruckguy
May 29, 2024 · The Royal Arch Loop starts off mellow on a defined trail, but the further you descend into the canyon, the harder the trail becomes. We had to navigate huge cliff bands, large boulders, and...
Oct 16, 2022 · The New Hance to Grandview Loop. updated: October 16, 2022. July 2nd & 3rd, 2009. One hike I’d been meaning to do for some time was the New Hance to Grandview loop. I’d been up and down the Grandview Trail several times. I’d done the New Hance Trail, but just once (with disastrous results !).
- Grand Canyon Rim to Rim
- South Kaibab to Lipan Point
- Hermits Rest to Bright Angel
- South Kaibab to Grandview Point
If there’s an archetypal Grand Canyon hike, this baby is it. Crossing the canyon via the North Kaibab Trail combined with either the South Kaibab (one of prettiest of the 25 best national park dayhikes) or the Bright Angel Trail delivers the goods on epic scenery. You get views that span from both rims all the way down to the Colorado River, the hu...
When a longtime backcountry ranger in the canyon whom I know, who’s hiked every mile of trail in the park, told me this 74-mile route was “the best backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon,” I’ll admit, I was a little dubious. After all, everyhike in the Big Ditch is amazing. Then I backpacked it and found myself concluding: He’s right. Besides the fac...
Outside the three corridor trails, the 25-mile hike from Hermits Rest to the Bright Angel Trailhead may be the park’s most popular, for many good reasons. Although it does not go all the way to the Colorado River—unless you take any of a few side trails off this route that descend to the river (each adding several miles round-trip)—this linkup of t...
Like Hermits Rest to Bright Angel, the 29-mile hike from the South Kaibab Trailhead to Grandview Point provides backpackers with a full-immersion experience in the Big Ditch without as much elevation gain and loss as going all the way to the Colorado River. (In fact, this trip offers just one optional side hike to the river—down the South Kaibab Tr...
Proceed cautiously on this 10.6-mile loop trail near Grand Canyon, Arizona. Generally considered a highly challenging route, it should only be attempted by experienced adventurers. This is a popular trail for backpacking, camping, and hiking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day.
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Apr 5, 2024 · First used by Native Americans who gathered mineral paints on Horseshoe Mesa and later by copper miners, the Grandview Trail is a rocky, exposed, strenuous trail requiring experience and caution. Big steps and extreme pitches intensify this hike.
