I have a permit for the Clear Creek area for 4 nights starting October 7th. This make a long day hiking in on Sunday and hiking out of Thursday Oct 11, about 9 miles with 4500' elevation gain. Note: **I do not have a permit for any of the other areas to break up this hike!** This also gives us 3 ful...

@Kwai Chang
North Rim Yurt
http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/w ... eation.htm

Kwai - was this a question?
Andy - yes, 4 of us are going; so the permit if full at this point. I might or might not be able to add up to 2 people at this point.
Cheers, -John

I have a couple of extra spots for Feb 27th - March 3rd: Thursday eve: SR-> Indian Garden, Fri -> North Rim Yurt, Sat there, Sun -> Bright Angel CG, Mon out & drive home. Hoping to find a few more people who are capable and enjoying this kind of torture (day 2 consists of 20 miles, 6000' with po...

It's a good, very active group. I like the amount of trips they have on their calendar. I keep busy with the Tucson Backpackers. It's smaller, no annual dues, and centered around Tucson, where I live. Also, a little more broader range in skill level - from technical canyoneering to real beginners' t...