HORSESHOE MESA, HANCE CREEK and THE COLORADO RIVER It’s not a secret to many hikers that acquiring permits for backpacking trips in the Grand Canyon has become an intensely competitive process with thousands of requests arriving every month and many people leaving empty-handed. One of the reasons for this is the overwhelming focus by many [...]
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May 19th, 2011
Grand Canyon Hike
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Tags: easier permints, fewer people, Grand Canyon, hike, hiking, less people, trail 
2 Comments »January 21st, 2008
Grand Canyon – a Trip you Have to Take
Every American (okay, every human for that matter) owes it to him/herself to head to Arizona and visit the Grand Canyon at least once in their lifetimes. It’s truly amazing to see how a little trickle of water eventually turned into the Colorado River, which eventually carved out the Grand Canyon. You can approach your [...]
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