6 Grand Cyn by SpecialK by SpecialK

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By SpecialK
May 27, 2019
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Arizona Mostly 09 Arizona Mostly 09

6 Grand Cyn

May 27, 2019
105 Photos

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090910-4136GCVillageSign (Grand Canyon.)

090910-4137GCPhotog (Cameras in action.)

090910-4138GCOverlookPeople (The rim trail overlook in the village.)

090910-4140GCRimView (Not the best weather.)

090910-4141KolbStudio (Kolb Studio along the rim.)

090910-4142BATrail (Bright Angel trail.)

090910-4143BATrailView (6 miles out is the Plateau Point trail, seen on the right.)

090910-4144BATrailSign

090910-4145BATrailSign

090910-4146BATrailSign

090910-4148MuleSign (You can go via mule-train to the Phantom Ranch across the river.)

090910-4149TunnelPhotog (Photographers at the first tunnel, about 1/4 mile down the trail.)

090910-4154MountainSheep (Mountain sheep.)

090910-4156BATrail (Trail people.)

090910-4157BATrailView (Canyon side.)

090910-4159WarningSign

090910-4161BATrailView (The little hut on the peak just below center is the 3-mile rest stop, my destination.)

090910-4162BATrailView

090910-4163BATrailView (Over 300 people per year have to be rescued off the trails.)

090910-4164BATrailView (Trail people.)

090910-4165BATrailTree (Trail tree.)

090910-4175BAClifflMoonBird (Cliff-moon-bird.)

090910-4178BATrailView

090910-4179BATrailView (3-mile resthouse and Plateau Point, which has an excellent view of the river.)

090910-4180BATrailBoy

090910-4182BATrailView (Still a bit gloomy, though it keeps the temperature down in the low 80's.)

090910-4183BATunnel2 (Second tunnel.)

090910-4184BATrailView

090910-4186BARam (He passed cautiously.)

090910-4190BACliffCrack (Cliff crack.)

090910-4191BATrailView

090910-4192BATrailView (Most hikers who get in trouble try to go too far - like the river and back, in a day - and/or don't bring enough water. And a hat.)

090910-4193BATrailView (The 3-mile resthouse is dead center. Haven't even gotten the 1.5-mile resthouse (not shown) yet...)

090910-4196BATrailView

090910-4197BAMuleRider (This is a new mule being trained for the trail.)

090910-4198BATrailView (Coming up on 1.5-mile resthouse.)

090910-4199RestHouseSign (Resthouse signs.)

090910-4200Dial911Sign (Emergency phone.)

090910-4201Squirrel (Squirrel looking for a handout.)

090910-4203Squirrel (Feeding wildlife is prohibited.)

090910-4204BATrailView (The green patch in the middle contains Indian Garden campground.)

090910-4205BATrailView

090910-4206BATrailView

090910-4208BATrailView

090910-4209BATrailView

090910-4210BATrailView

090910-4211BATrailView

090910-4212BATrailView

090910-4214BAMuleTrain (Luggage mule-train.)

090910-4215BAMules (There is a 200-lb limit for mule rides...)

090910-4217SquirrelPeopleStairs

090910-4218BATrailView

090910-4219BATrailView

090910-4220BATrailView (Are we there, yet?)

090910-4221BATrailView

090910-4222Wheelbarrow (Trailside wheelbarrow.)

090910-4223BATrailView (Progress?)

090910-4225Wheelbarrow2 (Another wheelbarrow.)

090910-4226BATrailView (Objective in sight.)

090910-4227BATrailView (Uphill view.)

090910-4228BATrailView

090910-4229PackMan (This poor guy was carrying 70 lbs.)

090910-4230MuleGuide (Mule-train guide (nearest rider) explains features along the way, such as The Battleship peak in the background.)

090910-4231MulePeople (We passed them off the trail to the left.)

090910-4232RestHouseSign (3-mile resthouse sign.)

090910-4233RestHouse

090910-4234TrailWarningSign

090910-4235Thermometer (Thermometer reads about 80 degrees. It has taken 2 hours to get here.)

090910-4236BATrailView (The cliff-top on the right is Maricopa Point overlook.)

090910-4237BATrailView (View from 3-mile.)

090910-4238BATrailView (Resthouse people at the water faucet.)

090910-4240BATrailView (What comes down must go up.)

090910-4242BATrailRocks

090910-4243BATrailView

090910-4247BATrailView

090910-4249MountainSheep

090910-4256MountainSheep

090910-4259BATrailView

090910-4260BATrailView

090910-4264Petroglyph (Petroglyph near the first tunnel.)

090910-4267Petroglyph

090910-4270Petroglyph

090910-4274RimView (View from the top. Took 3-1/2 hours going up, including rests.)

090910-4275Luggage (Luggage. There are some lodges and hotels in the village.)

090910-4278Train (As you may recall, there is the Williams-Grand Canyon train travel option, but it's not cheap.)

090910-4279TrainMan (Train engineer.)

090910-4283YavapaiSign

090910-4285YavapaiView (Yavapai Point view.)

090910-4286YavapaiView (Rain in the distance.)

090910-4287YavapaiView (Yavapai Point view.)

090910-4288YavapaiView

090910-4289YavapaiView (This is the tip of Plateau Point, seen from Yavapai Point. Hard to see a few people on the end.)

090910-4290YavapaiView

090910-4292YavapaiView (The river and Zodiac boats from Yavapai point.)

090910-4294YavapaiView (Yavapai Point view.)

090910-4296YavapaiViewStorm (Still gloomy to the west.)

090910-4301YavapaiView (The brown cliff on the right is part of South Kaibab trail, which I just decided not to do tomorrow. It is harder than Bright Angel, and has no water...)

090910-4305YavapaiView (Meanwhile, as you may recall from the previous day, my camera light-meter switch was, unknowingly to me, jogged off the normal setting I use into spot-metering, which is not good.)

090910-4306PanoramaSign

090910-4308YavapaiView (Luckily, the very center portion of all these images (the spot-meter area) is sort of a middle tone, so the exposure comes out pretty normal.)

090910-4311YavapaiView (Still a little rain in the distance.)

090910-4313BedrockSunset (Sunset over Bedrock City from the motel parking lot. I was tempted to not go back to Grand Canyon due to bleak weather, and the decision not to do the other trail. Plus, I wanted to do the Planes of Fame museum across the street.)

090910-4302YavapaiViewPeople (Another nook at Yavapai Point.)

090910-4295YavapaiView (Many of these peaks a name such as Sumner Butte or Zoroaster Temple, but I can't keep them straight.)

090910-4284YavapaiView (I figured I'd go to a view point or two. The best one, perhaps, Mather Point, was closed for road work :-( This is Yavapai Point, on the east side of the village.)

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