The document summarizes a 9 day, 8 night spring backpacking and day hiking trip through the Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks. The itinerary included 50 miles of backpacking along trails like West Rim, Bright Angel, and Tonto as well as 32 miles of day hikes to locations such as Angels Landing, Weeping Rock, and Emerald Pools. Along the way, the group camped at sites like Overhang Camp, Phantom Ranch, and Bright Angel Campground, and saw wildlife and wildflowers throughout the canyon.

1. Spring, 2012 Grand Canyon Trip,
9 Days, 8 Nights
50 Miles Backpacking, 32 Miles Day Hiking

2. Zion
National Park

3. Weeping
Rock

6. Emerald Pools

8. The Virgin River

9. Angels Landing

11. Scout’s Lookout

14. West Rim Trail
Scout’s
Lookout

15. Weeping Rock
The Organ

16. Haunted Canyon
Phantom Canyon
Overhang Camp
Photo Album
Hermit Granite Utah Flats Phantom
Rapids Rapids Ranch
by David
Horn
Creek
Finish
Start

17. Rick Linda Dave Soon Fred Jessica

21. Utah Flats
Phantom
Ranch

23. Bright Angel Campground

24. Heading Up The Utah Flats Route

26. They recommend taking off
Your pack before climbing
this cliff!!

27. Nearing
Piano Alley

30. Cheops Pyramid
above Utah Flats

31. The Final Climb Up To Utah Flats

32. Cheops Pyramid
Isis Temple

33. Brahma and Zoroaster Temples From Utah Flats

34. Phantom / Haunted Confluence

35. Buddha
Temple

36. On Utah Flats

37. Hmmm, How Did I Get
Sucked Into Another One
of Dave’s Grand Canyon
Adventures?

38. Snack Time!!

39. Descending into
Phantom Canyon

41. Dave Cooling Off In Phantom Creek

42. Fred in The Jetted Spa

43. The Colonnade from Overhang Camp

44. Soon,
recording his
thoughts on
the trip

45. Overhang Camp

47. Dinner at Overhang
Camp

52. Taking a break at
the Hippie Camp

53. Soon is such
an animal!!

54. Every Camp
Should
Have A
Gargoyle!!

55. Snow in the Canyon!

58. Lovely Spring Weather in Haunted Canyon!!

59. Nice And Dry At Overhang Camp

60. Someone’s
having too
much fun!!

61. Descending
Utah Flats

62. Rick,
descending
Piano Alley

63. The Devil’s Corkscrew,
Bright Angel Trail

64. Plateau Point

65. Isis Temple
Shiva Temple Cheops Pyramid
The view from near Horn Creek

66. Horn Creek

67. The Redwall above Horn Creek

68. The Monument
at Monument Creek

69. Granite Rapids

71. Soon in the Colorado River, Granite Beach

74. Pima Point

75. Boucher Rapids

76. On the Tonto Trail, near Hermit Canyon

77. Hermit Canyon
Day Hike

85. Exit to Hermit’s Rest,
climbing all the way!

86. Tower of Ra

87. Yuma Point

89. Hermit Canyon

90. Upper Hermit Trail

91. Fred
Rick Linda
Soon Dave
Hermit’s Rest,
the end of the trail

93. Canyon Wildlife
Rock
Squirrel

94. Raven

95. Collared Lizard

96. Desert Spiny Lizard

97. Canyon Tree Frog

99. Canyon Flowers
16 slides to follow

100. Orange Globemallow
Prince’s Plume

101. Western
Wallflower
Brittlebush

102. Golden Columbine

103. Showy
Four O’Clock
Trailing
Four O’Clock

104. Western Redbud

105. Mariposa Lily
Shooting Star

106. Milkvetch

107. Utah Penstemon
Crimson Monkeyflower

108. Dwarf Evening
Primrose

109. Banana Yucca

111. Maidenhair Fern

112. Claret Cup Cactus

113. Grizzly Bear Cactus

114. Hedgehog Cactus

115. Beavertail Cactus

116. Prickly
Pear
Cactus