Grand Canyon National Park: Rim-to-Rim via South Kaibab Trail
Link the Grand Canyon's south and north rim on this challenging 18.9-mile trek through two rugged canyons, offering cliffside views and scenic side trips.
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Grand Canyon National Park: Bright Angel Trail to Plateau PointThis 9.6-mile out-and-back dives more than 3,000 feet to a photogenic perch offering five-star views of the Colorado River and the second deepest canyon in the United States. Grand Canyon National Park: Powell PlateauFollow the footsteps of John Wesley Powell to iconic views above the Grand Canyon on this backcountry trek. Grand Canyon National Park: Royal Arch LoopPack two days' worth of water and dive off the South Rim on this 4- or 5-day, 34-mile trip in the Grand Canyon.
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Grand Canyon National Park: Rim-to-Rim via North Kaibab TrailLink the Grand Canyon's north and south rim on this challenging 21-mile trek through two rugged canyons, offering cliffside views and scenic side trips. Grand Canyon National Park: Deer Creek-Thunder River LoopThis lollipop loop dishes out enough superlatives to send a guidebook writer running for a thesaurus. SK to Grandview with some off trail jauntsGrand Canyon trip, April 6 – 11, 2006 Light weight backpacking trip from the South Kaibab east to a Grandview exit, with some off-trail day hikes.
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Watch It, Hike It: An Episode-by-Episode Guide to The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Ken BurnsCatch these highlights from The National Parks: America's Best Idea, then download maps to hike to them yourself. 
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America's Scariest Trails: Tragedy in the Grand CanyonWhen bodies can't be buried, do their spirits ever rest? Hike to the scene of this wreck and find out. 
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Depth Perception: Trek to Grand Canyon's Royal ArchThe best view in the Grand Canyon can't be seen from the rim. Brave the trek to Royal Arch, hidden deep in the gorge, and your world will never look the same. |
Tanner-Escalante Loop, Grand Canyon National Park, AZBACKPACKER editor Jon Dorn and his wife have a tradition: They've been celebrating New Year's Eve in the backcountry for almost a decade. In 2009 they did a 40-mile, 5-day hike beneath the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. (Photos by Jonathan Dorn) 
Hiking to Grand Canyon's Royal ArchJoin photographer Elias Butler on this trek to one of the Grand Canyon's hidden gems. |
3D Flyover: Grand Canyon's South RimDive off the Grand Canyon's South Rim and explore a waterfall-rich grotto and the canyon's largest natural rock bridge on this classic, 34-mile trek captured in vivid 3-D detail. 
3D Flyover: Grand CanyonEnjoy yawning panoramas and no campsite competition along the Big Ditch's middle balcony–the Tonto Plateau–on a 5-day trek locals call "the jewels" for its perfectly placed (and lifesaving) springs. |
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