The Grand Canyon - Guidebook to Walking in America's Southwest

Guidebook to 1000s of miles of trekking routes in America's Grand Canyon.The Grand Canyon is one of the wonders of the world. Its 277-mile length is protected by 1.2 million acres of national park. Bryce and Zion Canyons and their national parks are also included in the guide.

The Grand Canyon

with Bryce and Zion Canyons in America's South West

Author

Constance Roos

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

Second

ISBN_13

978185284530

Availability

Published

Price

£14.00

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Front Cover (1)
Location Map (1)
Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (2)
Sample Photos (6)

Seasons

Spring and autumn are best. Summers are very hot (and crowded on the rim and viewpoints). Winters can have snow for extended periods.

Centres

Access is via Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and Flagstaff

Difficulty

Quite a range, from gentle walks on the Canyon rim to long, arduous and steep treks in a tough (and perhaps hot, perhaps cold) desert environment.

Must See

Where to start? The views are incredible in all the canyons. The walking trails are awesome, and some are serious endeavours.

"It’s one of the biggest tourist magnets on the planet, but few venture beyond the car parks on the rim of the Grand Canyon. Now there’s no excuse. This guide offers no fewer than 38 different trail options within the Grand Canyon National Park. In addition to this, it’s an indispensable guide to practical issues associated with the area. If that’s not enough for you, Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks and Utah get the same thorough treatment. You’ll be spoilt for choice for years to come."

(Adventure Travel March - April 2008)

The guide describes some 80 trails in the three canyons. First-time visitors will probably be most interested in the rim-to-river trails of the Grand Canyon – they list seven from the very popular South Rim and five from the less accessible North Rim.
As well as a description, each trail has a sketch map and route profile. An important feature of the description is where you can get water, very important when the summer temperatures can reach 38 Celsius. The trail profile is useful since height differences are of the order of 1,500m. The maps make effective use of hill-shading to give a good idea of the topography.
The photographs are excellent, bringing out the red, purple, blue, brown and grey colours of the canyon, showing the near-vertical prows of rock, contrasting with the level rim, sharp against the sky.
Hard to see the other canyons as anything but anti-climatic, but the photographs belie that – amazing, swirling rock formations in Zion, while in Bryce there are more massed pinnacles than even Gaudi could conceive.