I'm planning a day hike of the Hermit Trail this Sunday 3/05. Anybody interested in joining me? I will be driving up from Phoenix if you want to share the ride, too. Or just meet at the trailhead. The plan is to hike Hermit to Boucher via Dripping Springs with planned turnaround at Yuma Point. Actua...

See my recent triplog for Grandview Trail.

We did this hike two weeks before the rockslide that forced the closure.

It is now HARD CLOSED and won't be open until summer.

We changed our backcountry permit as a result and will be going down South Kaibab to Cremation and Grapevine use areas.

Chris

OK, I'm sold. I am heading into the Grand Canyon for a three day backpack on Sunday and I'll take a map to guide any unwary dayhikers I come across in, say, Grapevine Canyon. And, to correctly identify the various geological features on offer there. A compass will be handy for that, too!

This may have been mentioned in a previous post, but both map and compass seem unnecessary on well-known (familiar) trails or heavily travelled trails (for example, any of the main Grand Canyon trails, many of the trails in Sedona). I might be assuming that adequate pre-hike planning has included a ...

Just got a call from the Backcountry Office at GCNP and the Grandview Trail has washed out near the top. They have imposed a hard closure and anticipate it will be a few months (!) before repairs are complete. Soon (assuming site performance recovers) I plan to post photos from a mid-February hike o...