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| Hiking | 11.50 Miles |
2,420 AEG |
| | Hiking | 11.50 Miles | 5 Hrs 53 Mns | | 2.46 mph |
| 2,420 ft AEG | 1 Hour 12 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This was the first of 2 days of hiking in the Grand Canyon, and since I had never done this loop before I thought that I would give it a shot.
We followed the excellent driving track from @John9L to get to the TH. The road is fine for an SUV when dry.
We did the loop CCW with a side-trip on the Hermit Trail down to Santa Maria Spring.
There were several people on the Hermit Trail -- more than I expected for a Monday morning. Several people were hanging around Santa Maria Spring. We did not see any other hikers on the rest of the hike though.
My favorite part of the hike was on the Dripping Springs Trail -- there were some great Grand Canyon views. The climb out on the Silver Bell Trail was fun also.
We saw several stray horses once on the forest roads. As another poster mentioned, there were quite a few site-seeing helicopters flying overhead while on the forest roads.
This is a fun loop, and it would be a good one to do in warm or hot weather since you don't descend too far into the canyon. However, walking on the forest roads isn't the reason that most people go to the Grand Canyon. |
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| Civilization is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there |
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