Grand Canyon Day Hike South Rim to North Rim

Post by **tekewin** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:23 am

Saturday, 6/21 hike date. Bright Angel -> North Kaibab -> North Rim Lodge. Here are some photos. 23.9 miles rim to rim, 25.7 miles rim to lodge. 12 hours 7 minutes. Would have been easier going north to south. Full novella trip report: http://ironhiker.blogspot.com/2014/06/g ... im-to.html

Elk on south rim (day before hike)

View from south rim cliff (day before hike)

Descending in the dark

Sunrise on south rim

Deer below Indian Garden

Devil's Corkscrew

Benchmark at 2781' Datum Canyon

Colorado River

Bright Angel Bridge (silver bridge)

Phantom Ranch store

Inner gorge

Still in The Box

Looking for the coyote and roadrunner

Ribbon Falls

Colorful lizard

Just before Cottonwood Campground

Near Roaring Springs

Washout

First view of the north rim

Pine forest and altitude finally breaking the heat

Coconino Overlook and random family

Out of the canyon at North Kaibab trailhead

Bison on the north rim (day after hike)

Herd of bison (day after hike)

Post by **Sean** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:28 pm

Thanks for the report. That's one freaky lizard.

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:07 pm

Super nice shots! Thanks for sharing.

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:31 pm

Sweet trip teke! On my bucket list. Think I'd like to go north rim to south rim. Would be fun to spend the night in the canyon.

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:40 pm

Great shots! That's a collared lizard!

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 10:43 pm

Very cool with beautiful pix. Sigh, so much good hiking, so little time.

Bison at the Grand Canyon? Who knew?

HJ

Tom Kenney · Post by **Tom Kenney** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 12:32 am

Thanks, tekewin! Very enjoyable read.

Post by **tekewin** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:06 am

Mike and Sean: the canyon has the coolest shades of lizards I've ever seen. Another lizard below near the river. I need to go look up a collared lizard.

Tom, RichardK, and Hikin_Jim: glad you enjoyed the pictures, there was so much I could not shoot in one day. Bison on the north rim? I didn't know until I saw them.

Rico: the fastest way across would be North Kaibab to South Kaibab, crossing the black bridge. If I ever do it again, that would be my path. Some of the inner buttes are tempting (various temples) but would require separate trips. The thing is just so freakin' big.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:27 am

We actually have those Great Basin Collared Lizards in California. See this forum post.

HJ

Post by **tekewin** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:19 pm

Hikin_Jim wrote: We actually have those Great Basin Collared Lizards in California. See this forum post.

HJ

Cool lizard photos, HJ. I was reading up on them, and they can run on two legs, per wikipedia:

Like many other lizards, including the frilled lizard and basilisk, collared lizards can run on their hind legs, and are relatively fast sprinters. Record speeds have been around 16 miles per hour.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:51 am

tekewin wrote: Record speeds have been around 16 miles per hour.

Dang. I should run so fast.

HJ