grand canyon

So I tried to go to Shaman's Panel last weekend. The road to June Tanks was like a carpet. Incredibly well maintained. I did see a lot of semis rolling down it, so whatever mine company is doing a pretty good job of maintaining Road 109. So then after the turn at June tanks it was worse than I...

When the Rains Came... The North Rim of the Grand Canyon Here is a link to the original post on my BLOG... After my short overnighter to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon I decided that perhaps a trip to the North Rim was in order. I already had a trip planned to hike into the Weminuche...

Read the original TR on my blog here... A couple of weeks ago I made a quick overnight trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon while visiting some family in Flagstaff. I had not been to the Grand Canyon in probably twenty years so I figured why not give it a shot and see what I can find...

So I take off for my long anticipated photography trip to Arizona and Utah. I was going to shoot the meteor shower, and kept adding stops along the way. By the time the trip got here I had planned to visit 5 locations in 8 days-first mistake! I had also planned to camp at the North Rim of the...

Last week I had my yearly cross canyon hike, and as I baked in the sun, sweated out the humidity, moving slowly along the trails, soaking all the sights in. I watched the storms move in and out every afternoon, building each day, winds would pick up and swirling clouds would rush in, pelting...

Needed a short hike for the spring. Settled on a rerun what we hiked 14 years ago but with a twist. Previously we hiked from Bill Hall TH to Deer Creek Falls to Kanab Creek and out Snake Gulch. This time we were going to try the Cranberry Route and over Fishtail Mesa pass..... Here is a video...

So last week was looking to be really slow at work, with little to do. So I asked for 3 days off and took off on Friday after work, with the plan to arrive home 5 days later on Wednesday. At about 7PM I left Salt Lake with the goal of reaching Kanab. That drive seemed to go by fairly quick and...

Good day, Last weekend a bunch of friends joined me for a hike into a remote part of the Grand Canyon to see and photograph the Shaman's Gallery pictograph panel. Thought I would share just of few photos. Big thanks to blueeyes and Miss Buffalo for participating with the group. This is a...

This was my first trip into the Grand Canyon for canyoneering. Started out small with a short day trip through Badger Creek in Marble Canyon. The scale of the Grand Canyon is so superior, in my mind, to other places in the world. IT'S HUGE! John Wesley Powell was right in his comment on you...

When my alarm went off Tuesday morning, I found the pipes frozen in my Flagstaff home (this always happens when we get a big winter storm), but I grabbed my pack and headed out the door to pick up my friend Bruce, anyway. If anything, not being able to brush my teeth right away just helped me...

Grand Canyon Hiking S. Bass to Tiyo 10/2012 In a lot of ways, I think a hike is never set until you have that permit in your hand. I had spent a lot of time putting this route together, trying to prepare for what laid ahead. Route descriptions had to be found and copied, water sources...

Inspired by the recent Grand Canyon thread, here's my trip report from my 2008 hike around Fishtail Mesa. BTW -- If you want all the minutia, check out the full daily journal on my site along with the video, more pictures and a map of the route. In April 2008 I headed out for my first real...

Greetings from Page, Az! a little downtime today before hopefully swimming to the Wave tomorrow (weather looks... ominous tonight :( ) Here are a few pics from the road so far: Friday, Death Valley - Badwater Basin: Saturday, Kanarra Creek: Sunday - The Narrows: Monday: Coral Pink Sand Dunes...

Hey thanks for bearing with my laziness. Here is the rest of the TR. Links to the rest of the trip reports from this series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Sorting the cache We woke up the third morning emboldened by the fact that we had made it to our cache and that we would actually...

Links to the rest of the trip reports from this series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Day 2 was going to be a test, and we knew it. We struck camp and were on the trail by first light, enjoying the cool quiet after the windstorm the previous day. Our packs only had food for two days as we...

Links to the rest of the trip reports from this series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Tuesday May 22nd, Jarrod got off work and we headed to Flag. After chowing down on some amazing burgers and micro brew at Diablo Burger we headed to our hotel and crashed out. We had originally planned to...

I really had hoped to make it three or four times out to Rainbow Rim to camp and ride my mountain bike, but that has not happened this summer. I was introduced to this place last summer and fell in love. It is only 3 hours from St. George and primitive camping plus mountain biking and gorgeous...

After a fun first backpack trip with Jenni, my sister-in-law, through The Narrows I jumped on board the idea of backpacking Havasupai. I had seen pictures and they captivated my imagination. Also appealing about this trip was I wasn’t planning it just pay my money, pack my bags, and show up...

Hey all. I dont have it in me to write the whole trip up in one part, so am going to split it up into a few sections.....I apologize for my laziness. Anyways, hope you enjoy. Links to the rest of the trip reports from this series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Memorial day 2011...

Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 7 Friday, October 7, 2011 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO After a cold night of camping near the trailhead for Snake Gulch we woke up shortly after the sun began to rise. We had some breakfast and then set off into the canyon. Our hike...