Hit the Trail
Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon, Sedona, & the Southwest
I’m devoting this latest installment in my bi-monthly column to tip my hat to Denise Traver, the owner of, and creative energy behind, this wonderful web site. I've been contributing small features on Grand Canyon-related issues and events to …
Continue Reading about A Shout Out for the Woman behind “Hit the Trail”
There is no arguing that the visual spectacle of the world’s most famous chasm is the most common headline grabber at Grand Canyon National Park. But once the eye-rubbing astonishment begins to fade, the more intimate aspects of the canyon begin to …
Continue Reading about Canyon Critters to take Center Stage on Celebrate Wildlife Day
Just downstream from Glen Canyon lies Grand Canyon, a somewhat better known segment of Colorado River canyon. Grand Canyon is a profound cleft in Earth’s crust that almost always prompts questions about its creation; how long ago did it form and why …
Glen Canyon area rocks were laid down during the Mesozoic Era, a period of time that followed the interval when all Grand Canyon rock units were created. The Mesozoic Era lasted about 170 million years, from 251 to 65 million years ago. Some …
The Colorado Plateau is characterized by a thick sequence of mostly sedimentary rock layers that have been uplifted thousands of feet by plate tectonics movements. The uplift began about 70 million years ago, thus ending almost all sedimentary rock …
