“Nearly everybody, on taking a first look at the Grand Canyon, comes right out and admits its wonders are absolutely indescribable, and then proceeds to write anywhere from 2,000 to 50,000 words giving the full details . . . When the Creator made it, He failed to make a word to cover it.”
– Irvin S. Cobb (1876 – 1944)Want to hike the canyon? If you plan to camp you’ll need a PERMIT from the Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry Office.

Visit the National Park Service website to download maps.

(I’m still working on this page: nearly 30 years of Canyon hiking to report on.)

• Click here for pictures of TransCanyon hike, July 2012
• Click here for pictures of June 2004 trans-canyon trek
• Click here for pictures of Canyon visit 2003
• Click here for pictures of TransCanyon hike, June 2000

  … and more 2000 pictures here.

Here’s the Canyon in winter – February, 2000.
(Click on the images.)

Grand Canyon, looking north

Bright Angel Trailhead