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Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest It is a lovely day at the Grand Canyon today. Visual range of approximately 218 miles!!! Clear and sunny and cold but it is supposed to warm up a tiny bit over the next few days. Check out the webcam for a lovely view to start your new year. Happy New Year everyone. May 2010 bring you all joy and good health!
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Learn about the air quality in America?s national parks and how the National Park Service is protecting resources affected by air pollution. Use our Nature and Science Air Resources website to begin exploration of the air quality in the national parks.
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest Are you a fan of Grand Canyon Trails? I thought so. Have you heard of the Grand Canyon Trail Fund? It allows hikers to support maintenance and improvements to specific trails. Through March, a dollar-for-dollar matching Challenge Grant of up to $10,000 has been donated by a fellow hiker/backpacker. Double your donation... today by contributing to the "Inner Canyon Trail Restoration" initiative.
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Elves Chasm, Grandeur Point, Ribbon Falls, the Abyss, Thunder River. The Grand Canyon harbors a plethora of world-class destinations, both on the rim and below. Collectively these amazing locales represent critical habitat, scenic marvels, and repositories of the park’s rich cultural history. ...
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest I have just updated my website's design and navigation. If you have any comments or find any broken links, your input will be greatly appreciated. I am continually trying to make the information on the site easier to find; no easy feat with so much information on over 200 pages! I am still fine tuning things and will b...e trying to find where certain things fit in the overall scheme of things. But hopefully this is a step forward.
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Hit the Trail is dedicated to helping those planning a trip to Grand Canyon and the southwestern United States. Within these pages you will find information to assist in finding lodging and campgrounds, ...
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest A Grand Canyon friend of mine shared this video of Hermit Rapids on her Facebook page. Hermit Rapids is a powerful, exhilarating rapids that is both fun to go through and fun to watch from the banks of the river. This video does a wonderful job of capturing the excitement of Hermit!
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Grand Canyon Youth, a non-profit that teaches teens community service and takes them on river trips, puts on a film festival and silent auction every year to raise money for their program. For four years, I have been putting a video together for the GCYFF. ...
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest Here's some white stuff that isn't snow! White Sands National Monument is such a beautiful place! It is the world's largest gypsum dune field. There is something about the sand there that feels clean. I know that sounds weird, but it doesn't feel like sand on the beach. It is wonderful to play in. It is 275 square mile...s of pure white sand dunes that have only a few yuccas and hardy grasses and other plants that grow there. And it is so fun to play there! For more info, visit http://www.nps.gov/whsa/.
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Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest Mather Point is the first overlook you come to when you drive through the South Entrance to Grand Canyon. It is an amazing view. I love to be with first time Canyon visitors when they get to the rim. You don't even see the Canyon until that last moment, and then WHAM! It bowls you over! There's nothing like that first view!
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Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest It looks like we won't be able to see it, but tonight is when the Geminid Meteor Shower peaks! Unfortunately, the Grand Canyon area will be covered in thick clouds and will probably be getting snow--not that I am complaining about finally getting moisture! Follow the link below to National Geographic's page on the mete...or show and to see an INCREDIBLE photo of Monument Valley on the border of Arizona/Utah during the Geminid Meteor Shower of 2007. Beautiful!
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Sky-watchers are in for an early holiday treat. The Geminid meteor shower—the year's most prolific—is expected to spark as many as 140 meteors an hour tonight.
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest A blast of winter finally came to Arizona! Several days ago, northern Arizona was covered in several feet of snow and stranded elk hunters who were caught off guard by the severity of the blizzard. Nearly 50 hunters of all ages, from 5 years of age to over 70, had to be rescued from the mountains north of Flagstaff, le...aving their trucks and trailers until the snow melts enough to allow them to remove them. Another storm is due tonight with more snow predicted, however, not as much is expected in this storm.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Northern Arizona authorities say they've resolved all reports of stranded or overdue hunters who were caught in deep snow and freezing temperatures.
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This was my final hike during our trip during the week in November. The fall colors were incredible, and the Emerald Pools hike was one of the best for colors. For more information on the hikes, and this particular hike, visit http://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/hi
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Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest Grand Canyon and Northern Arizona is finally getting some moisture in the form of rain in the lower elevations and snow in the higher elevations. If we're lucky, we'll have snow on the rims and views like the ones that Mike Buchheit has in this slideshow of winter scenes this weekend. The storm is supposed to clear out... by the end of the weekend so don't expect the views to last. But if you're lucky enough to be at the Canyon for the fleeting storm, enjoy them while they do!
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Mike Buchheit is in the enviable position to live on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. But what is even better is as soon there is a break in the snow storm, he is out with his camera to capture the gorgeous sights and share them with us here. ...
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest Author and commentator, Scott Thybony, told a great story of Cathy the Phantom Ranch turkey on KNAU this morning. Those of you who hiked or lived at Phantom Ranch will be very familiar with Cathy, the wild turkey who ended up down at Phantom after a storm on the North Rim. Listen to this story at the link below. He tel...ls of a Thanksgiving dinner at Phantom Ranch with Cathy looking on....
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- HOST INTRO:For the Thanksgiving holiday, commentator Scott Thybony brings us a special story about a special turkey. A wild turkey named Kathy lived in the Grand Canyon during the 1980s and 90s. And she forever changed the way some people look at their Thanksgiving meal. ...
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest The North Rim is scheduled to close for the season on Monday, November 30th. It could close earlier if heavy snows occur prior to that date. State Route 67 and all services on the North Rim are expected to re-open for the 2010 season on May 15, 2010. Facilities on the South Rim and in the inner canyon remain open year-round.
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Grand Canyon, AZ. – Arizona State Route 67, leading to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, will close for the season on Monday, November 30, 2009. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, ...
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest Temperatures are supposed to get to 12°F/-11C tonight on the South Rim! That's mighty cold!! No precipitation in the forecast yet. Still a lot of prescribed burns in the Flagstaff and Grand Canyon area though, so you can expect to see smoke in the area. A good place for finding info on this and other things going on in... the state is the AZ Emergency Informaton Network. They show the prescribed burns being conducted and link to the agency conducting them so you can find out more.
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The Arizona Emergency Information Network (AzEIN) is the state's online source for real-time emergency updates, preparedness information and multimedia resources. Bookmark this page to stay informed. Interact withAzEIN at these other sites.
Hit the Trail - Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon and the Southwest After hiking Angels Landing the previous day, we decided to another hike up, but this one was much milder than that of the day before. The weather continued to be perfect. We found the freestanding arch on the way back having missed it on our way up! We were expecting it to be up on the canyon walls. Fortunately, a couple told us it was down on the canyon floor!
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