Hayduke #7: Grand Canyon to the Arizona Strip
Date:
2017/05/16
to 2017/05/22
Car-to-car:
7 days
Round-trip distance:
137 miles
Trip type:
thru-hike
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Day 49: to North Rim Campground
Bright Angel Trail
Colorado River
Bright Angel Canyon
It felt like an achievement to hike rim-to-rim in a day while carrying 8 days of food
North rim campground
Day 50: to Swamp Ridge
Crystal Creek canyon
Camp on Swamp Ridge
Day 51: to North of Timp Creek
Glittery ice on the inside of our tent
Steamboat Mountain over Saddle Canyon
On the esplanade alternate, due to dangerously high water in Tapeats Creek
Steamboat Mountain
Camp near Timp Creek
Day 52: to Surprise Valley
Breakfast above Parissawampitts Canyon
On the Big Saddle Cowboy Trail
Pictograph on the Big Saddle Cowboy Trail
Old corral near the top of the Big Saddle Cowboy Trail
Bill Hall Trail
Esplanade on the Thunder River Trail
The descent into Surprise Valley
Camp in Surprise Valley
Day 53: to Mouth of Kanab Creek
Deer Spring
Deer Creek
Deer Creek
Deer Creek Falls
Colorado River
This cooled us off for a few minutes
A commercial boating crew went out of their way to leave us this fruit. Thanks!!!
Camp at the mouth of Kanab Creek
Day 54: to North of Jumpoff Creek
Kanab Creek
A bighorn sheep walked by as we rested at the spring
Showerbath Spring
Kanab Creek dried up
Alcove with potholes and echoing frog calls
Water for the next day
Camp in Kanab Creek
Day 55: to Yellowstone Spring
Kanab Creek started running again
Kanab Creek canyon
Hack Canyon
Insect homes in the dirt road
Arizona Strip
Camp near Yellowstone Spring
Our last cache
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