South Kaibab-Bright Angel Loop Via Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon NP, AZ. 20 Mile Day Hike.
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named as a national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Wonders of the World.
Join me as I take this amazing journey to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up in one day!
This hike begins from the South Kaibab Trailhead on the the South Rim at 7000 feet. The trail steeply winds its way to the river passing by many amazing overlooks and resting points and continues a mile past the river to the beautiful and peaceful Phantom Ranch at 2400 feet. After Leaving the ranch I begin the long hike back up to the South Rim via the Bright Angel Trail. This portion of the hike goes up nearly 5000 feet of elevation in 9.5 miles and is a vastly different experience from the open and dry Kaibab Trail. After passing through the Indian Garden Campground and by a few rest houses the trail finally reaches the South Rim near the Bright Angel Lodge a few miles away from the starting point! This hike was 20 miles total, 5150 total feet of elevation gain, and took 8 hours and 15 minutes to complete.
As a side note. the NPS strongly recommends not attempting to hike to the bottom and back in one day. Should you attempt this make absolutely sure you are in good physical condition and have adequately prepared with enough food, water, and supplies. Start the hike as early as possible and do not attempt this hike in the summer. While rim temperatures usually stay pretty mild summer temperatures at Phantom Ranch can easily exceed 110° F.
This is without a doubt the best CZcams video about the South Kaibab - Bright Angel trail hike.
I’m planning on making my second hike along this route in a couple of months. My 17 year old son wants to make this trek and we are preparing now with daily hikes and learning what we can.
Thank you for posting this video of your journey. I especially wanted my son to see how tough the end of the hike is from Indian Gardens to the rim. You captured it perfectly. “My legs are jelly” summed it spot on with that comment.
Wow I'm going for it this week thanks 2 u 🎉
Good job on the hike along with an excellent video of your adventure
Bad ass !!!!!! Great job !!!!!
Good video, good commentary. Love your spirit
Outstanding video
That was epic🎉🎉🎉
The herd of goats (?) @ 39:15 made your video worthwhile.
Awesome!!!!!!
What a great and useful video! Thank you so much for sharing. I am beginning my training journey to hike South Kaibab to Bright Angel in October2023. I’ve had much anxiety visualizing the trails. It seems from your video that there aren’t too many parts or long sections where there isn’t at least one side with a wall!😊 Would love to hear some of your dos and don’ts in preparation for my trip!
Hi Denise, I just started my training as well. My sister and I are doing a Rim to River in October with a stay at Phantom. Maybe we'll see you on the trail. When will you be there?
Epic hike, epic video. The Canyon is one of my absolute favorite places. It felt like being there.
Great scenery. Beautiful south rim view. Crow✌️
Great job! I watched this video in preparation of our hike in October this year. We can’t wait for it :)
Just got home from a trip to the GC. Short Hiked the bright angel. Making plans to go back next fall and hike the same as you, but do it over three days. Hiking down the south kaibab. Staying the fist night at Bright angel camp ground. The next night at Indian garden. And then finish off the last 4.6 miles the third day up the bright angel. I figure at 60 this will be my only trip to the bottom and I really don’t want to miss anything by rushing through. Great video.. thanks for sharing the experience.
Great video! We are doing this Friday and we are stoked! Thank you for sharing. This was our favorite Kaibab to Bright Angel trail video. :)
Fantastic job! You can only experience the Grand Canyon at its best by being there and hiking it!!!
I did this exact hike in a day March 2018, then did R2R March 2019. So fantastic. As I'm sitting watching, im ready to lace up my shoes and start hiking. Thanks 😊 🙏
Hopefully one of these days I can come back and do R2R! Glad you liked the video!
Your video is the best I have seen. I am planing the same hike, except sleep at Phantom. I would like to know what equipment you used. Pack, walking sticks, clothes, camera, etc?
Dude you are my new favorite CZcamsr! I was cracking up you are just like me personality wise. But great job! It’s incredible I’m hiking this same trail In June!
I did hike up Bright Angel Trail years ago, but last September did just down to Indian Gardens and back up. I wasn’t used to the high elevation.. some mild soreness but main problem was mental.. not easy but worth it! I just would not do rim to river to rim in one day. Nothing was more beautiful that to cross the last tunnel, see the Kolb studio, and exit the trailhead! ❤️your excellent video!
Hallo Tim, deine Begeisterung für den Grand Canyon ist sooo ansteckend, da würde man am liebsten mitwandern aber dazu müsste man jünger sein. Da muss ich warten bis zur "Neuen Ordnung", da werden wir alle wieder jung.
Loving your hiking videos!
You made it! Congratulations! Awesome views o do it all in one day! 👍👍 We hiked the same route a few years ago, but in Dec, and we spent 2 nights at the Phantom Ranch, and hiked out the next day... we loved every minute too! I totally know how you feel - the Grand Canyon is Amazing!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Oh boy. What a way to start the NY. Will be savoring this one. Reckon this might become your most viewed, Ethan.
It definitely was a pretty great new years hike! Glad you enjoyed!
Epic hike dude!!! Congrats! Great clock time also. Loved the video! Subbed.
In August of 2019 I hiked down the south Kiabab trail to the Phantom Ranch , eat my lunch then turned around and hiked back up Bright Angel trail in 7 hours and 15 minutes, my garmin tracked me at 18 miles….I was 68 years old and I trained in Durango Colorado two weeks prior , mountain biking, hiking, and road cycling to acclimate at elevation.
Congratulations on your remarkable achievement!!
Awesome! Fun to watch!😎
Watching your video now! Looks like a great hike. Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for watching! It was an amazing hike!
@Aydin Angel shut the fuck up
Your best video, thanks a lot. Wish I could do that hike.
Thank you! Im glad you enjoyed the video!
Fantastic hike, great video. Thanks 😊
I'm scheduled to do the same hike March 30 2021
John Easton--here it is May 19, 2021--how did your hike go? I hope successful!
Great job!!! This helps motivate me to train for my first time too!!
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Great job!!
Love your hike. What camera did you use ? I like to do this hike one day.
So inspiring! Do you know about how many miles is it to the bridge from the trailhead?
Just out of curiosity, how old are you? The suggested mileage for descent (1/2 hour for every mile) and for ascent (1 hour for every mile) is an optimum. I would imagine that could vary depending on age and how heavy your backpack. Full backpack could weigh in a 30 lbs and light backpack could still weigh in at 10 lbs.
So happy for you! Last November I made it down to ooh aah point and want to go all the way to phantom ranch like you did. Going back up was tough so I can't imagine what it is like from rim to river to rim. I am going to try doing that hike this November/December. Do you have any recommendations or tips based on your hike? Thank you Ethan.
Yes! Biggest tips are to start early cause it will mostly likely take you all day, don't try it in summed cause it will be way too hot at the bottom, and bring something to replenish electrolytes like Gatorade. Good luck! It's an amazing hike!
Great job. Did you train to be ready for the hike (uphill) ?
Did you get dropped off there at SK trail then? Shuttles are still working in Jan or Feb? How far is BA trail from SK trail?
How often did you use your poles? Did you use them a lot going down also? I was going to stay at Phantom Ranch last fall but they closed half the dorms for a water project so I didn't get to stay there.
I used my poles the whole time. I definitely relied on them more going up then down.
What time of year is this