SKB to BAT Loop Photoset • Jim • 2016-07-16 • HikeArizona.COM

SKB to BAT Loop, AZ

	2016-07-16
	12 by Jim

SKB to BAT Loop, AZ

Hiking	17.25 Miles	4,660 AEG

Hiking	17.25 Miles	11 Hrs 15 Mns		2.30 mph
	4,660 ft AEG	3 Hrs 45 Mns Break	10 LBS Pack

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Bright Angel Trail

South Kaibab Trail

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No R2R this weekend, but perfect mid-summer conditions for a SKB to BAT hike with a stop over for a few hours at Phantom. It's been 5 years since I last was down here. Nothing seems to have changed. I guess all of those Humphrey hikes don't do much for a hike like this, as even though I am in the heat in town, I am not in it most of the day. My tolerance for the cold of the creek has waned, and I found myself a little bored solo, in the heat, in a side canyon, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. So I left the bottom early to be out for Prime Rib, only to learn it isn't on the menu at Bright Angel Lodge, anymore. ](*,)

Great hike, always a tough one, far tougher than a similar stat hike in Tucson, for some reason. Must be the reverse nature. The last mile I was out of gas and it was a struggle getting out. Only my love of beef got me up and out, other wise I may have dialed 911. :lol:

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