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At the South Kaibab trailhead |
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Looking out over the Canyon as I begin the descent |
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The South Kaibab follows the big ridge in the foreground, making for pretty spectacular views |
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The trail switchbacks down to the Tonto Platform, the flat-ish section ~1000 feet above the Colorado River |
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First glimpse of the river |
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Switchbacks! |
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The lighting is bad here, but you can see Clear Creek Canyon entering the main Canyon, intersecting near the point sticking up in the center of the photo |
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The little hut is an outhouse located where the South Kaibab meets the Tonto Trail || || \/ |
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From here on the trail gets steep and winds down towards the river || || \/ |
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The "Black Bridge", carrying hikers and mule traffic |
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Anasazi ruins near Bright Angel campground and Phantom Ranch |
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Bright Angel Creek |
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Pretty cactus flower |
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It was 96 degrees by 11 am! |
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One of the many deer living around the campground |
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Another shot of the creek |
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Phantom Ranch || || \/ |
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I'll be back here for the third night of camping, but for now I'm heading North towards the Clear Creek trail and off to Clear Creek, where I'll be staying for the next few nights || || \/ |
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Looking down at Phantom Ranch as I begin the climb ~1250 feet up along the Clear Creek trail |
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Outcrop of the Zoroaster Granite (pink), which is common in the old rocks of the inner Canyon |
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You can see the South Kaibab trail winding down and meeting up with the River Trail here |
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The Clear Creek Trail runs along the slope at the base of the cliff here |
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Zoroaster Temple |
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Snake encounter number one, this one is a kingsnake, which is not poisonous, but is still so bad-ass that it can kill and eat rattlesnakes || || \/ |
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Clear Creek Canyon entering the main Canyon from the left |
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Cliffs around Clear Creek Canyon, the sun is getting low around this point |
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Snake encounter number two, this one is a Grand Canyon Pink Rattlesnake. There was another one a little later in the day too, which got away before I could take a picture. |
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Sunset on the cliffs || || \/ |
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Beginning the final drop down towards the campsite, this was the last picture that I had enough light left to take |
