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The West Rim Trail is a 30.5 mi (49.1 km) linear hiking trail in Lycoming and Tioga Counties in north central Pennsylvania. [1] The trail mostly follows the edge of Pine Creek Gorge, also known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, which is up to 1,000 feet (300 m) deep and about 2,000 feet (610 m) wide from rim to rim in the area traversed by the trail. [2]
The Angels Landing Trail-West Rim Trail was built in 1926 following the completion of the East Rim Trail. The Angels Landing trail climbs a sandstone spine, providing rails and chain handholds for a 300-foot (91 m) climb in .5 miles (0.80 km). [23] It joins the West Rim Trail, built in 1925-26 and extended in 1935.
West Rim Drive was completed in 1912. In the late 1920s the first rim-to-rim access was established by the North Kaibab suspension bridge over the Colorado River. [22] Paved roads did not reach the less popular and more remote North Rim until 1926, and that area, being higher in elevation, is closed due to winter weather from November to April.
Grand Canyon West Airport (IATA: GCW, FAA LID: 1G4) is a public airport 60 miles (52 nmi; 97 km) northwest of Peach Springs, in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. [1] It is owned and operated by the Hualapai tribe and is on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.
Grand Canyon West is located in northern Mohave County at (35.999787, -113.810249 The CDP sits on the west side (equivalent to the South Rim) of the Grand Canyon at an elevation of 4,700 to 4,800 feet (1,400 to 1,500 m).
The North Rim area of the park is located on the Kaibab Plateau and Walhalla Plateau, directly across the Grand Canyon from the principal visitor areas on the South Rim. The North Rim's principal visitor areas are centered around Bright Angel Point. The North Rim is higher in elevation than the South Rim, at over 8,000 feet (2,400 m) of elevation.
The West Rim Trail is a 30-mile-long (48 km) hiking trail along the west rim of the Pine Creek Gorge. The Pine Creek Rail Trail runs beside the creek through the gorge from Ansonia to Jersey Shore.
Hiking the many trails leading into side canyons or up to the rim of the canyon is a popular activity for the area. The trail leading the first 3 miles (4.8 km) up the West Fork of Oak Creek, a 14-mile (23 km) long narrow side canyon, is the most popular trail in the Coconino National Forest. [6]