Messages: 128 Likes: 123 Location: Vermont. This trip is a Grand Canyon backpacking trip you will truly never forget. Grand Canyon National Park: Kanab Creek, May 2016 Greetings! Betty found some video online taken by hikers camped at this location. Selected hikes, trips, and mischief. In less … We just returned from a four night backpack in Grand Canyon National Park - here's our trip report. Grand Canyon National Park: Kanab Creek, May 2016 Greetings! At 1:37 we arrive at the mouth of Jumpup Canyon where it meets Kanab Creek. Discussion in 'Trip Reports' started by Mike Rogers, Apr 23, 2016. Far down canyon the black smudged, reddish sheer walls of this deeply entrenched canyon glow faintly pink. Mike Rogers. Kanab Creek is a major tributary of the Colorado River located in the northwest section of Grand Canyon National Park. Day 1 We began our hike at Jumpup Cabin. Jumpup and Kwagunt Canyons lollipop loop (Kanab Creek Wilderness) Hiking & Camping: 7: Apr 20, 2019: 2013 Kanab Creek Backpack: Backpacking: 6: Dec 30, 2014: Kanab Creek-Racetrack Knoll Summit, March 2014 Part 2. We backpacked down Snake Gulch to where it meets Kanab Creek, along Kanab Creek to the Ranger Trail 41. Our journey began from the Indian Hollow Trailhead which is reached by forest service roads. But, Kanab Creek will definitely “flash” when it rains. Upper Kanab Creek! I hum as the friendly waters of Kanab Creek burble over the in-construction beaver dam and delightful spring water patters into the creek from its overhanging fern garden. The road from Jacob Lake was no problem for our passenger car; a few rough spots and a hole behind the cattle grid at the beginning of FR 234 A well-traveled trail heads off into the willows on the left [east] side of Kanab Creek. It flows into the Colorado River roughly fifty miles downstream from the Phantom Ranch area which is the focus of visitor activities at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The Kanab Creek Wilderness Area is an expansive 75,300-acre section of land surrounding Kanab Creek, the largest tributary system on North Rim that drains into the Colorado River. Backpacking: 19: May 3, 2014: Kanab Creek-Racetrack Knoll Summit, March 2014 Part 1. Rob's report: This is a report about a cooperative hike in the Kanab Creek Wilderness in Northern Arizona. Posts about trip report written by Mike Rogers. This trip is a Grand Canyon backpacking trip you will truly never forget. Crack Baby, Grand Canyon, Kanab Creek, Kanab Zero, Scotty's Hollow, trip report, Whispering Falls | 6 Comments. 41. Again we retreated. It is out of the big forest and empties into Kanab Creek. Kanab Creek drains about 1500 square miles of landscape. Snake Gulch Wilderness is located due west of Jacob Lake, just off the Kaibab Plateau. A few of the highlights include a traverse of Jump Up Slot Canyon, Sowats Canyon, Kanab Creek, a layover day near the Colorado River, time at Whispering Falls, and a hike across the scenic Esplanade.
On day 1, the author and his wife hiked down to Kanab Creek and camped on a grassy bench on stream left just above Showerbath Spring exploring up several side drainages along the way (9 hours). Snake Gulch to Kanab Creek! There is no water flowing at the confluence today and only a rain event someplace in the watershed would create any water flow here. On the Ranger, we hiked to Lower Jumpup Spring and then to Mountain Sheep Spring before hiking Eleven of us started the venture. Crunching over the gravels in the desiccated … On day 2 we hiked down Kanab to a point about 45 minutes below Whispering Falls canyon, exploring up Scotty's Hollow (we brought shorty wet suits for the deep wading) into both upper forks, then up to Whispering … We briefly explored the sand dunes above the willows on the right [west] side of Kanab Creek but found the travel quite difficult.
A few of the highlights include a traverse of Jump Up Slot Canyon, Sowats Canyon, Kanab Creek, a layover day near the Colorado River, time at Whispering Falls, and a hike across the scenic Esplanade.
Just got back from several days in the Grand Canyon, tooling around some of the Kanab Creek slots.
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