Day One On October 17, 1999, our fearless group of Grand Canyon Field Institute hikers converged upon Jacob Lake Lodge near the North Rim of Grand Canyon. We ate some lunch in the restaurant, bought some homemade cookies and muffins from the …
Toroweap to the Dome
By Sally Underwood Day One "MAJOR WINTER STORM" was the phrase I saw everywhere, and my kids were rejoicing about school being called off as I watched the Weather Channel and the snow fly outside my window. I knew when I applied for the permit …
Winter of 1969
The winter of 1969 was the first time I went down into the Canyon. We were trying to escape the cold and the city, and a friend told me that the Grand Canyon was relatively warm and pleasant in January. So Marty, Frank and I piled into my '57 Buick …
GCFI Feels The Thunder
Sputtering into the Bill Hall Trail parking area with my brakes all but shot, I felt as if I had landed on the moon. Blackened tree trunks and barren ground were all that remained in the wake of the Bridger's Knoll fire that swept across this ridge …
Taking The Good With The Bad On A Grand Canyon Backpack
"Over that ridge, around the creek, up that slope—no problem," surmised, my wisecracking cousin Dan. Yeah, right. As we peered down upon our intended route from the Lipan Point guardrail, experience (not to mention common sense) told me our 35-mile …
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