Grand Canyon Clear Creek (May 2005)

Kim and I attempted this 4 night backpack trip for our May anniversary. The first day was very cold and rainy as we hiked down Bright Angel Trail to the campground at Phantom Ranch. The next day we hiked up the Clear Creek trail and set up camp and explored the Tonto and inner granite gorge. Total mileage was 44 days.



Kim at the top of the canyon. The rain is just beginning.


















Our camp on the Tonto next to the Clear Creek trail.












Me getting some water from a pothole above the inner gorge.














The trail along the inner gorge.
















Kim behind Ribbon Falls. This was a dayhike we did on a layover day.


















Wildflowers were in abundance.

















The canyon and the river at its grandest.






















Me near the top of the South Kaibab Trail