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Phantom Ranch Grand Canyon (North Rim) Use: Hiking Stock (mule use) Elevation change: 5,660 ft (1,730 m) Highest point: North Rim, 8,060 ft (2,460 m) Lowest point: Colorado River, 2,400 ft (730 m) Difficulty: Strenuous: Season: Spring through Fall: Sights: Grand Canyon Colorado River: Hazards: Severe weather overexertion dehydration flash floods
Grand Canyon's Phantom Ranch. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7385-8525-3. – Audretsch, who worked as a NPS ranger at Grand Canyon for nearly 20 years, tells the story of Phantom Ranch, its history, geology, and peoples, accompanied by numerous historical photographs. Thybony, Scott (2001). Phantom Ranch.
These two trails combined are the most common method used to access Phantom Ranch by hikers and mules. Two trails cross or join the Bright Angel Trail, the first being an intersection with the Tonto Trail at Havasupai Gardens, leading toward the Monument Use Area to the west, and to the South Kaibab Trail 4.7 miles (7.6 km) to the east.
The trail begins near the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of Phantom Ranch at a junction with the North Kaibab Trail. From the trail head, the trail ascends 1,150 feet (350 m) to the Tonto Platform over the first 1.7 miles (2.7 km).
The Fred Harvey Company developed many facilities at the Grand Canyon, including the luxury El Tovar Hotel on the South Rim in 1905 and Phantom Ranch in the Inner Gorge in 1922. Although first afforded federal protection in 1893 as a forest reserve and later as a U.S. National Monument , the Grand Canyon did not achieve U.S. National Park ...
The South Kaibab Trail is a hiking trail in Grand Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of Arizona.Unlike the Bright Angel Trail which also begins at the south rim of the Grand Canyon and leads to the Colorado River, the South Kaibab Trail follows a ridge out to Skeleton Point allowing for 360-degree views of the canyon.
The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1984. [2] On February 23, 2019, the bridge was recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers, saying, "The Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge is a prime example of engineering innovation.
His first book, The Thousand-Mile Summer (1964) recounted his 1958 hike along the entire eastern edge of California. His second book was The Man Who Walked Through Time (1968), in which Fletcher was the first person to walk a continuous route through Grand Canyon National Park .