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These are pictures of the second of three solo backpack hikes that I did in May-June 2003 (this hike took six days):
  1. GREEN: Go down the Hermit a little, up the Waldron, west on the closed Old Pasture Road, down the Bass to the river, east on the Tonto across the "jewels" canyons, and return on the Hermit.

  2. RED: Go down the Hermit to the Tonto, east on the Tonto to Cremation, down the Kaibab to the river, east on the Clear Creek trail to the creek and then back, north on the Kaibab to the North Kaibab Trailhead, back to the river, and return on the South Kaibab.

  3. BLUE: Take the Tanner down to the river, west on the Escalante Route to Red Canyon, west on the Tonto to Horseshoe Mesa, and return on the Grandview.
This was my 13th hiking trip to the Grand Canyon, which is probably my favorite hiking destination. Since I took a lot of pictures of the corridor trails (Bright Angel and Kaibab) last year, I focused on other trails this time. Click a little picture to enlarge it. To see all the pictures in sequence, click the first picture (or here) and then just keep clicking the right-arrow for the next picture.

00 - Bus to Hermit Trailhead 01 - Descending Hermit Trail 02 - Lizard 03 - Hermit Trail 04 - The Cathedral Steps 05 - Flowering cactus 06 - Shade from a homemade umbrella 07 - Descending into Monument Canyon 08 - Monuments 09 - Snake 10 - Contouring around drainage 11 - Pausing at a dry falls 12 - Typical Tonto Trail 13 - View of river 14 - Sedimentary rock 15 - Cactus 16 - Pretty Horn Creek campsite 17 - Lizard 18 - River from Plateau Point 19 - River from Plateau Point 20 - Descending into Pipe Creek Canyon 21 - Lush Pipe Creek 22 - Lusher Burro Spring 23 - Dry Cremation campsite on the Tonto 24 - Descending the lower South Kaibab 25 - The Colorado River 26 - Phantom Ranch deer 27 - Clear Creek Trail 28 - Phantom Ranch from above 29 - The South Kaibab from Clear Creek Trail 30 - View of the river 31 - Cliffside trail 32 - Rock 33 - Plateau trail 34 - Descent into Clear Creek 35 - Clear Creek 36 - Waterfall 37 - Campsite 38 - Lizard 39 - Hiking back from Clear Creek 40 - Clouds to block the sun's heat 41 - Returning to the Kaibab 42 - Phantom Creek 43 - Ribbon Falls 44 - Looking up into the falls 45 - The lower Lower Falls 46 - The lower Lower Falls 47 - From behind the upper part 48 - Looking down 49 - Looking up

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