GC Battleship Question

[SpiderLegs]

Putting together a short day hike/trail run to scratch my Grand Canyon itch. Going across the Tonto trail from SK over to BA and thinking a side trip over to Battleship might be cool. What is the approximate length and time required to get there and back from the Two Mile Switchback?

[FOTG]

From the rim doing it my first time, I did it in just under four hours, so its a pretty quick trip overall. I looked at route a little and it looks like I left BA Trail at about 6:30 a.m. to start the traverse over and was back on BA around 8:40 a.m. I also had to take a few minutes here and there to check route, took a couple pics on summit etc. I imagine it could be done in less than 2 hours though.

[cactuscat]

It's about 2 to 2.5 miles round trip from 2 mile corner where it takes off from the BA.

[ddgrunning]

I can't remember exactly how much time it took us for an out-and-back from the jumping off point from BA, but I'd plan on an hour each way. Also, you can forget about any running at that point. Picking and choosing your way up, down, and around rocks, trees, outcroppings, etc. is the name of the game on the Battleship route. It's a fun adventure, but after bushwhacking out and back, the groomed BA trail felt lovely underfoot for the final climb out.