The Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim
24 miles 4 milestones 30 day goal North Kaibab Trailhead → Bright Angel Trailhead, South Rim
Milestones
- Cottonwood Campground7 mi leg7 mi
- Phantom Ranch7 mi leg14 mi
- Havasupai Gardens5.5 mi leg19.5 mi
- Bright Angel Trailhead, South Rim4.5 mi leg24 mi
The road.
This road starts by going down for fourteen miles. From the North Kaibab Trailhead the canyon swallows you a layer of rock at a time, down past Cottonwood to Phantom Ranch on the canyon floor, where the mail still leaves by mule.