Snow – Section 16 / Palmer Trail – Colorado Springs, CO
Posted in colorado, hiking, outdoors on 12/24/2010 07:11 pm by liljango







Hiking Pennsylvania’s “Grand Canyon” West Rim Trail – 30 miles in two days!
This was my first adventure with the MD/DC/VA hiking meetup group! The scenery along Pine Creek Gorge (located outside Wellsboro in North Central PA ) was mostly dense forest w/ the occasional overlook of the canyon.
pat, yup, joined a few hiking groups off meetup.com — this trip was w/ the MD/DC/VA hiking group – http://www.meetup.com/Maryland-Hiking/
We spent 3 days exploring a few canyons and indian ruins in the Grand Gulch Primitive Area in Southern Utah!
Hiking around Maroon Lake
Hiking in Eagles Nest Wilderness
Hiking and Climbing in Boulder
Camping at Twin Lakes
We hiked 7.1 miles along South Kaibab Trail down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (4,800 ft elevation change).
We dipped our toes in the Colorado River (icy cold!) briefly before heading to Phantom Ranch, where we ate some lunch and had some lemonade.
My favorite part of the hike was along the Bright Angel Trail leaving the Colorado River
Then, 9.6 miles hiking up from the Colorado River to the Bright Angel Trailhead (4,400 ft elevation change).
[ View more photos from the South Kaibab & Bright Angel Trails ]
More trail info/maps and training/hiking tips…