About 18 months ago, Dennis Foster put together an itinerary for a hike from Crazy Jug to Phantom Ranch. He and I were planning to do the hike during spring...
Tom, just a note to what the others have said. I'm a veteran east coast hiker of many years before I started hiking out west in the 80s. Harder/easier is all...
Last week I heard a report on the NPR financial news that Coconino County (AZ) and GCNP were coordinating to use Stimulus funds for some trail work in GC, but...
If I'm reading this right, South Kaibab will be mule-free for the next couple years and Bright Angel will be even more of a sewer than usual. Definitely...
Tom, I won't join the chorus urging you to scale back your ambition because I don't know what rings your chimes when it comes to hiking. But, I'm guessing if...
Cremation would be a good alternative to BAC (I think Cremation to Cottonwood Campground is a reasonable day). Cottonwood Camp doesn't tend to fill up as ...
Bill, Thanks for sharing the report and photos and best wishes to Dennis on his healing. What a fantastic trek. You sum it up at the end quite well. Perhaps...
Hey Bill, nice trip report. I think you guys were somewhat lucky with water. I did most of your trek in October (1991?) and had serious water problems in...
It was the same for us last Fall, Bob......not much of anything between the stretch basically when we left Crystal to Phantom. We found a real small...
Bill, that was a great TR and a very nice hike. Congrats on a job well done. I'll 'guess' Dennis will be itching to go back and grab that last two day...
I'm curious about Trinity water because although we were "lucky" to hike during the spring melt and find water in all the usual places, Steck gives the...
Hi Guys - Thanks for all the input on which trailhead to use for Nankoweap. We've decided to use the House Rock Valley TH for the actual hike. However, since...
Rand - You don't give your exact itinerary, but I would recommend camps at Cottonwood Creek, Bright Angel Campground for two nights, and Indian Garden with a...
Chris, you cannot reach the top of the falls you mention below by hiking but you can get very close - say a hundred feet or so before a technical descent is...
Rich - I did not know this about the lower stretches of Trinity. Thanks. We had just enough energy and water to make the call for going to Phantom. It...
Richard, Do you know the likely temperatures in the "Box" area of the North Kaibab Trail in the first week of June? Rand ________________________________ ...
Richard, Thanks for the suggestions. My permit is for only two nights below the rim. I will have to make the best of the situation with two nights. Does...
Your comment about the mineralized water in Trinity reminds me, we found the mineralized water in Ninetyfour Mile fairly distasteful, as well. We drank it and,...
Was it the Mahoosuc Notch in southern Maine (That you saw on tv! :-)? That's generally regarded as the "toughest mile on the AT" because it leads through a...
Rand - Call the Backcountry Office and see if they can accomodate a permit change to allow Cottonwood Camp. The average temperatures for the inner Canyon in...
Hey Steve, When you come out how about an update on the condition of FR328 and if the water status on the Gems route has changed much since Chris's trip. I'll...
Hi Rand, We too have a rim to rim hike scheduled in June this year(late June). I can tell you that the temperatures will probably be oppressively hot..(last...
Hi all, we base-camped out of Trinity in April 2005 in a successful siege attempt of Horus. We found a wonderful sweet tasting spring in the "east" arm just...
I can second Bob's comments about how dry Trinity can be. I was there with George Steck on a loop hike in April 1989, and we found zero water between Phantom...
I agree 100% with Adrian. First time there, going uphill with no beta, we went up the "little climb" using a rope for a handline. Every time since I've known...
I was on FR 328 last week and it was in as good of shape as I've seen it. The Forest Service had recently done some maintenance to the road, and had...
Hi Rand...Just to add to what others have said...The Box area of North Kaibab Trail is actually pretty shaded and you have creek access for water. The hottest...
Dave, I thought that Steck emergency route was just upstream of the mouth of 91 mile but I'm not certain (and have not done it). I have hiked up 91 mile to...
Hi all, I've been Googling this for a little while without definitive results, so I thought I'd ask here. I bought a Pur Hiker Pro on fleabay. Here's the...
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