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Posted in Arizona on May 15th, 2009
The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park opened for the season on May 15, 2009. All National Park Service visitor facilities and services are open. Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim, a Forever Resorts property and Grand Canyon Trail Rides also commenced their season operations on May 15.
At noon on October 16, 2009 Grand Canyon [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jan 28th, 2008
While it might not be any surprise that the South Rim of the Grand Canyon receives the lion’s share of the 5 million visitors to the National Park each year, you might not realize that lodging options are not limited to the Grand Canyon National Park lodges inside the south rim of the park. [...]
Posted in Arizona on Oct 17th, 2006
After two years of fundraising and two months of training, Girl Scout Troop 119 from St. James Lutheran Church in Quincy recently returned from hiking the Grand Canyon with a sense of accomplishment.
Assistant troop leader Barbara O’Dear, who has been training athletes for years, knew it would not be easy to train 12- and 13-year-old [...]
Posted in Arizona on Aug 29th, 2006
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, [...]
Posted in Arizona on Aug 22nd, 2006
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 [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jun 12th, 2006
A veteran picks his 7 favorites west of the Divide
Arizona: Crossing the Canyon
Over the years, I’ve spent hundreds of days exploring Arizona’s Grand Canyon. I’m convinced that while the view from the top can be stunning, the best way to appreciate the canyon’s grandness is to walk across it.
The easiest traverse begins from the [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jun 2nd, 2006
Leaving the Jacob Lake campground on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend for a dispersed site on the Kaibab National Forest felt strangely disconcerting.
Try as I might to allow a rebellious streak to emerge, I have always been a color-inside-the-lines, stay-on-the-trail, follow-all-of-the-rules kind of guy. I almost always go to church on Sunday and spend [...]
Posted in Arizona on May 30th, 2006
Photo source: http://www.gigapxl.org/gallery-AngelWindow.htm
Where do you get the best views of the Grand Canyon?
The North Rim? The South Rim?
Admittedly, it’s a subjective decision, but the South Rim gets my vote.
That comes after making my first trip to the still-impressive North Rim. I had visited the South Rim about 15 years ago.
The North Rim and South Rim [...]