I had visited the South rim before but never really hiked in. This was also my first time to do a true backpacking trip. We went in South Kaibab on a snowy morning, but didn't face too much fog or precipitation once we descended a ways into the canyon. I can't do the Canyon justice with words, so i'll let pictures do the talking, but it really is the Grandest of them all!
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| Hard to do the steepness justice |
Man let me tell you I am not conditioned for a full day of only downhill hiking haha and I felt it the next 2 days so we took it pretty easy with a little day hike to get a good view of the Colorado river and played games at the Phantom Ranch. We got some weird looks as we tried to crawl up and down the few stairs to the little store haha.
For December it was still Fall down in the Canyon and although it was pretty chilly at night, in the 50's during the day so perfect for hiking (of course we had the one campsite that never got sunlight...)
Coming up the Bright Angel Trail was so much better on the legs then the descent, and I was happy to just break 5 hours for 11 miles of trail and 1 mile of elevation gain (it hurts now just thinking about it haha) and finally be warm again! But after food and the shower of my dreams I am ready for the next trip, and luckily enough I'll be back in one week with my family! I've got a pretty cool backyard.
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