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Hermit Trail - Grand Canyon, AZ

	2021-12-08
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Hermit Trail - Grand Canyon

Northwest, AZ

Hermit Trail - Grand Canyon

Northwest, AZ

Hiking	18.54 Miles	5,213 AEG

Hiking	18.54 Miles	9 Hrs 44 Mns	2.17 mph
	5,213 ft AEG	1 Hour 11 Mns Break

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Tonto Trail: Hermit Trail to Boucher Trail

Hermit Creek Campsite to the Colorado River

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Route recorded on Route Scout | Pop | Map | Popup | MapDEX

I had never hiked from the Hermit TH down to the Colorado River, so I decided to change that today.

We only saw 3 people on the trail, so we pretty much had the canyon to ourselves.

The weather was near perfect -- a cloudy day with very little wind and good hiking temperatures.

I enjoyed our lunch spot down at the Hermit Rapids -- that is hard to beat.

There was a bit of route finding along Tonto Creek down to the River -- that section was harder than it should have been.

The last mile back to the TH kinda sucked -- lot of stair stepping.

This was an enjoyable hike though -- great scenery; a great destination down at Hermit Rapids; and it was almost eerily quiet for most of the hike.

As far as I am concerned, wintertime is the best time to be at the Grand Canyon!

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Hermit Creek Hermit Rapids

Autumn Foliage Observation Isolated
There were a few cottonwoods with yellow leaves near the river

	Santa Maria Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	The tank is full

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