I was leading a day hike yesterday on the South Kaibab Trail and I wanted to share some scenes from that trip. There was a major winter storm that dumped up to two feet of snow on the South Rim last week and we had the pleasure of hiking in snow the entire way down to Skeleton Point.
The trail conditions were incredible because the snow hadn’t iced over yet and it was packed down by the mules and other hikers. I had the instep crampons packed in my pack but we didn’t have to use them at all. The trail was pretty empty as well which was a treat since normally you have to share Skeleton Point with at least a half dozen other folks. Yesterday we were by ourselves enjoying the view of the Colorado River.
I have a couple video clips from the trip. The first shows two mule trains heading up from Phantom Ranch. The second is me hiking up from Cedar Ridge. The second video is a little shaky; I’m using a little Flip camera that doesn’t have image stabilization but hopefully you’ll get a sense of what it was like yesterday. It was awesome. Wish you were there.
