The straight-line distance from the north to the south rims of the Grand Canyon is about 10 miles.
By road, it’s a 5 1/2 hour, 220 mile drive.
On foot, it’s just about a marathon - 25 miles, give or take - with around 10,000 feet of elevation change. In what can be brutal conditions.
No wonder, then, [...]
Archive for August, 2006
Doing the Grand Canyon rim to rim
Posted in Arizona, tagged Arizona, Grand Canyon, hiking, North Rim, rim-to-rim, South rim, women on August 29, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The NORTH and SOUTH RIMS of Grand Canyon National Park are OPEN.
Posted in Arizona, tagged Arizona, Grand Canyon, National Parks, North Rim, South rim on August 22, 2006 | No Comments »
Fire conditions within Grand Canyon National Park have moderated with increased precipitation and the onset of monsoons. In the last few weeks, fire danger has gone from extreme down to high.
The improved conditions allow fire managers at Grand Canyon National Park to lift fire restrictions on the South and North Rims of Grand Canyon. Fire [...]
California condor king at Grand Canyon
Posted in Arizona, tagged Arizona, condor, Grand Canyon on August 22, 2006 | No Comments »
…The Grand Canyon in all its earth-toned vastness plays the perfect backdrop for North America’s largest thing with wings, the California condor, and its successful reintroduction into the wild.
From 22 birds in 1982, a captive breeding program run by the Peregrine Fund at its Boise facility had increased the population of this Pleistocene relic to [...]
