The Arizona Department of Transportation advises drivers to plan for north- and southbound State Route 87 be narrowed to one lane in areas between Fort McDowell and Sunflower road s (mileposts 177-218) from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays (April 13-17 and April 20-24) for pavement maintenan...

Manzanita makes its own rules. If it is dense ya gotta just 'surf' it...

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – Effective immediately, Grand Canyon National Park is implementing water conservation measures on the South Rim following a break in the pipeline along the North Kaibab Trail. As a result, water is currently unable to be pumped to the South Rim. All park residents and visitors a...

@overthehillsfaraway
Did you go up on the SW route...up about the middle of the butte or due west out by Boynton?

[ youtube video ] Warrior's Wall

@azbackpackr
and not a moment too soon.....

I heard that Dave was the guy National Geographic asked to ID George Mallory's boot recovered on Everest.

Grand Canyon National Park announced that repairs have been successfully completed on three inner canyon pipes that had forced the closure of Phantom Ranch Canteen lodge and other nearby facilities. Phantom opened TODAY!

@CannondaleKid
"In the year 2525, if man is still alive......."

Drinking Water Advisory for Phantom Ranch and Bright Angel Campground Effective immediately (1/14/26), the National Park Service (NPS) is issuing a drinking water advisory for all water in the vicinity of Bright Angel Campground and Phantom Ranch of Grand Canyon National Park. This includes the Pha...

Starting Wednesday, 12/17/25 visitors can reserve overnight accommodations at SOUTH RIM park lodges, including: El Tovar Bright Angel Lodge Maswik Lodge Yavapai Lodge Trailer Village For now, the park will keep enhanced water restrictions until the tanks reach safe levels, then return to normal cons...

@RedRoxx44
Seems they have the water issue (at least for the time-being) "repaired" and the water is again flowing to the S. Rim. No reopening date(s) yet, though.

@Alston_Neal
Seems doubtful that the sanction(s) on the FKT hiker/runner was to prevent their injury from scalding water...not many switchbacks immediately around the pools on my many trips there. Obviously my comment above was tongue-in-cheek.

A quick search shows that Judge Stephanie Hambrick has a history of using judicial rulings to keep folks on the trails. In 2024 she fined actor Pierce Brosnan (Bond,James Bond) $1000 for stepping off the boardwalk in Yellowstone NP and endangering "thermal areas". Damn! A bison has FOUR l...

Storm damage repair work on a section of State Route 288 will see a 120-mile detour take effect this Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The detour will add approximately 2.5 hours for those traveling between SR 188 and Young,. The closures for the section ...

@RedRoxx44
Start a gofundme...it's all the rage..... https://www.fj.co/available-now