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Good call on training for it ha. This one kicked my butt but incredible views the entire way - really appreciated the diversity of the trail too.

I have, here is bottom up video ua-cam.com/video/G-MKUtqKw4k/v-deo.html

Have a great time, this one is epic!

Its in Arizona (eastern az near greer)

Thanks Helga, so nice to hear you enjoyed it. That is my main goal in these videos. The world is so beautiful - I enjoy sharing my experiences with others.

Nice thanks for updates and suggestions. Agree sketchy and not a lot of people if something bad happens - always good to have a way to signal for help wout cell service

Thank you Ravi! Have a good time. Bring lots of water and food - its a tough one. I did this just a few days before north rim closed (it closes for winter due to snowfall). I went sometime late September - cant remember exact day. I took a shuttle from south rim to north rim and stayed at some cabins on north rim. However, I recommend doing this later or earlier in year when temperatures are lower if possible (just need to account for fact north rim closes and you may not be able stay at cabins or even camp on north rim, recommend you talk to ranger or check out the nps website, also not the cabins typically require reservations well in advance and its difficult to get one the day of). It still got nearly 100*F at bottom of canyon when i went (by comparison it was ~40*F when I started at top of north rim so expect large weather changes and to be very cold when you start if you do go later or earlier in year). It only takes ~3-5 hrs to get to phantom ranch (depends on fitness level, number of breaks, etc. etc.). Highly recommend you check out weather conditions and water availability before committing and plan accordingly. Totally worth it though. No better way to experience GC. Ive done many of GC trails and north rim and south kaibab are my favorites (just remember no water on south kaibab though).

Thank you for your very useful inputs, Jeremy! I am doing it this Monday. I am constantly checking the weather and it seems that the Inner Canyon may be about 95 on that day. It’s encouraging to know it took only 3.5 hours for you…I am older and if I can get to the Ranch in five hours, I will be very happy. I have done South Rim to Ranch and back to South Rim in a day (on a day Indian Gardens showed 103F🥵) a few years back and so aware of the temperature challenge. Let’s see how it goes. Thanks again for your inputs and wishes.

Oh, I am planning to go up on Bright Angel, not South Kaibab

@@ravikumarbalasubramanian5052 How did you do?

It really is!

This is a mountain that does not get the attention it deserves. I really enjoyed this hike - agree the area is desolate but beautiful. I really enjoyed the solitude. We camped the night before at the trailhead which I recommend if you have the vehicle to get to it (VERY rough road so needs a serious off road vehicle to get to it). A standard vehicle can get close enough to trailhead but will add a few miles and ~1k feet of climbing...

@@jeremyecton3659 I hiked it 23 years ago, but I believe it was from a different trailhead. Thanks again!

Enjoy!

Happy to hear that!

I did not hike to hermit rapids in this video. I think I only hiked in about 5 or 6 miles along hermit trail and back out. Someday id like to camp at granite rapids though...havnt done that yet...

Thats awesome, certainly has become one of my favorites. I plan on going back. It was certainly amazing having summit to ourselves (and good thing too since there is not a lot of room up there ha)

Thank you! Highly recommend it, happy to hear it answered most of your questions. It took ~3.5 hrs up and 3 hrs back. It was hot during the day but I dont do well with heat (very glad I got an early 2am start to catch the sunrise at summit and beat the heat)

@@jeremyecton3659 thanks Jeremy! sounds like i should hold off till september or october. how hot did it get?

@@edrader Im not sure what the forecast was (or technically what it was) but it felt like it got in the high 80s maybe even low 90s by the time we finished at ~9am. At night it felt like 60s or 70s...

@@jeremyecton3659 one more question haha -- how did it compare to white mountain?

@@edrader Good question - while hiking telescope it reminded me of white mountain so funny you ask that. I liked how telescope was along the ridgeline much of the time which gave excellent views of death valley below but honestly white mountain is a much more scenic and interesting mountain (and a lot more room on top of summit) but both are very good, bucket list worthy, hikes.

Totally agree Kevin! That would be ideal to break it up into multi-day trip. The temps will likely be below freezing at night in October but I recommend you take a look at forecast before heading out and plan accordingly - could be warmer (never know nowadays...).

Thanks for comment Lloyd. A lot greener out there. Glad this helped relive the az days

Thanks Thomas, definitely worthy of bucket list. September is typically a good time but I have hiked at that time and it still got to nearly 100*F in middle of day (but normally in September its low 80s sometimes even 70s) so just look out for weather conditions and plan accordingly. And yes, unfortunately I didnt record every check point, mostly due to time...

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Very cool Earl! Have you ever seen the cabin on Doyle peak?

@@jeremyecton3659 no, unfortunately I haven't. I've only taken the inner basin trail as far as the Weatherford trail

Enjoy!

Sounds cool ill have to check those out!

Thanks Cameron! I havnt been out there since the fire, but so Ive heard...very sad...

same here!

Highly recommend SK in morning when you get the chance, its incredible for sure!

lol for sure!

Thank you for the comment and kind words! I did this mid october of this year (2022). Water was cold but lower risk of flood and much fewer people (though there still were a lot). Ive also done the entire top to bottom point to point hike in narrows in past (march 2019) but it was a very long day and i couldnt get the sound of water out of head the night i finished it (actually had trouble sleeping) but certainly was an incredible experience...

Thank you Todd, no water on the trail certainly makes it tough, water is heavy unfortunately ha

I took some unnecessary risks and for the most part it's really not all that narrow (only certain sections appeared that way since I took it by choice). You can always turn around if it's outside your comfort zone - no harm in crawling either ha

I'm sorry to hear that, definitely would recommend giving it another go. I certainly plan to go back - best hike in yosemite imo

Thanks Howard! It's a long hike but I'm sure you are aware and did your research. We experienced some significant heat (as high as 100) so that really slowed us down - probably went through 5L of water, but it took about 10 hours with lots of breaks to stop and admire the beauty of this place (which I recommend, no reason to rush... unless there's a life threatening situation of course - lightning, etc.). Enjoy your time there. I do this route every year and love it everytime...

Thanks Peter! Nothing fancy - gopro hero 7 with karma grip (gimbal)

It certainly was a tough route, but also very rewarding - the views help numb the pain ha. Thanks for comment!