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Len's Snowy Grand Canyon Backpack Adventure - March 2023
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<blockquote data-quote="Len Backus" data-source="post: 2830181" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I arrived in Grand Canyon Village with snow already on the ground and a big storm predicted for the next afternoon and night. The next morning I headed to the Backcountry Office and channged the start date of my reserved route by one day along with changing the route a bit. I eliminated the exit plan out to the Hermit's Rest trailhead. Instead I would go and return off the Bright Angel trailhead.</p><p></p><p>The top of the GC is just spectacular when covered in snow. A couple years ago I had arrived around November 1 and set up camp next to my car in a dispersed camping area about 7 miles from the South Rim. Overnight the temp dropped to one degree above zero and I woke up the see 5 inches of snow covering my tent...and my bike. On that trip I was there for day hikes and photography...which was amazing.</p><p></p><p>This time temps were much more moderate but the snow depths at the top of the rim were the deepest in the last 10 years according to a local I met on the trail first morning.</p><p></p><p><strong>These first 2 photos were from the day before the storm. The next 2 were during the storm.</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]466717[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]466720[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]466721[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]466722[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Heading down the trail early in the morning after the overnight storm broke:</strong></p><p><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH=full]466723[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]466724[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]466725[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]466726[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]466727[/ATTACH]</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Len Backus, post: 2830181, member: 1"] I arrived in Grand Canyon Village with snow already on the ground and a big storm predicted for the next afternoon and night. The next morning I headed to the Backcountry Office and channged the start date of my reserved route by one day along with changing the route a bit. I eliminated the exit plan out to the Hermit's Rest trailhead. Instead I would go and return off the Bright Angel trailhead. The top of the GC is just spectacular when covered in snow. A couple years ago I had arrived around November 1 and set up camp next to my car in a dispersed camping area about 7 miles from the South Rim. Overnight the temp dropped to one degree above zero and I woke up the see 5 inches of snow covering my tent...and my bike. On that trip I was there for day hikes and photography...which was amazing. This time temps were much more moderate but the snow depths at the top of the rim were the deepest in the last 10 years according to a local I met on the trail first morning. [B]These first 2 photos were from the day before the storm. The next 2 were during the storm.[/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="LRM_20230228_115258.jpg"]466717[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="_DSC3731.jpg"]466720[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="LRM_20230301_101402.jpg"]466721[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="LRM_20230301_102638.jpg"]466722[/ATTACH] [B]. Heading down the trail early in the morning after the overnight storm broke: . [ATTACH type="full" alt="_DSC3748.jpg"]466723[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="_DSC3750.jpg"]466724[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="_DSC3756.jpg"]466725[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="_DSC3758-2.jpg"]466726[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="_DSC3761.jpg"]466727[/ATTACH][/B] [/QUOTE]
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