Grand Canyon 2011

Rim to rim hike in the Grand Canyon 10/23-26/2011. I won the trip in a charity auction. Guided trip from http://www.wildlandtrekking.com
1 - Crossing the Colorado on our way from Flagstaff to the north rim
2 - Ready to hit the trail: Tim, Dan, Pat, Alan, Ron (our guide), and me
3 - We start our four day rim to rim hike on the north rim
4 - Day one, 7 miles to Cottonwood Campground, started at noon
5 - Do you have a fear heights?
6 - Trail continues down, on the edge
7 - This is what we came for
8 - Roaring Springs, a primary source of water for the area
9 - Breaking camp to start day 2, another 7 mile hike to the bottom
10 - Ribbon Falls
11 - I was the only one in our group to climb to the upper view point
12 - Ron and Dan took a shower
13 - See the Ribbon Falls? (the small white stripe in the center)
14 - Still see it? (far right), south rim in the distance on the left
15 - The trail flattens out for a few miles (Don and Pat)
16 - Then comes the "Box"
17 - The Box is a narrowing of the canyon
18 - Steep walls
19 - Yet a Mule Deer finds his way to the bottom
20 - Ron starts dinner at the Bright Angle Campground
21 - Morning of day three, we cross the Colorado River
22 - There are two bridges, Bright Angle and South Kaibab
23 - The Colorado
24 - We start rising above it
25 - Then start back down again
26 - To get a view from the shore
27 - Tim, took the most pics
28 - Our first invasion of mules
29 - They head down, we head up
30 - And it's worth it
31 - Alan and Ron
32 - A few switchbacks
33 - Still climbing
34 - A waterfall oasis
35 - Let's take a break here
36 - Oasis break
37 - Dan gets some of the water
38 - Another cool canyon
39 - We break for lunch near here
40 - From Plateau Point
41 - Watch your step
42 - What the point if you don't get on the point
43 - Colors change every minute
44 - A faint rainbow
45 - Sun countinues to set
46 - It took a 3 mile side trip hike to get these Plateau Point shots
47 - Last day; a 3000' climb; before lunch; starts easy
48 - Alan
49 - Three mile rest house
50 - Just a walk in the park
51 - Petroglyphs
52 - The south rim is up there
53 - Rain is coming
54 - Almost done
55 - And I beat the rain!
56 - Map of our route, top to lower left, 23.5 miles
57 - Distance and elevation details
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