Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Phantom Ranch. Grand Canyon, AZ: Grand Canyon Assn. ISBN 978-0-938216-76-6. – This 32-page book reveals the Ranch's history and the people who made that history. Also touches on the flora and fauna of Grand Canyon. The author is an archeologist and former river guide.
The trail originates at Grand Canyon Village on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, descending 4380 feet to the Colorado River. It has an average grade of 10% along its entire length. At trail's end, the River Trail continues another 1.9 miles to the Bright Angel Campground and Phantom Ranch. These two trails combined are the most common method ...
Grand Canyon along the Bright Angel and North Kaibab Trails from the South Rim to Roaring Springs and the South Kaibab Trail to Tipoff 36°06′36″N 112°05′34″W / 36.11°N 112.092778°W / 36.11; -112.092778 ( Trans-Canyon Telephone Line, Grand Canyon National
The Black Suspension Bridge (also known as the Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge) spans the Colorado River in the inner canyon of Grand Canyon National Park. The span length is 440 feet (130 m). [ 1 ] The bridge is part of the South Kaibab Trail and is the river crossing used by mules going to Phantom Ranch .
The trail begins near the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of Phantom Ranch at a junction with the North Kaibab Trail. From the trail head, the trail ascends 1,150 feet (350 m) to the Tonto Platform over the first 1.7 miles (2.7 km).
Grand Canyon National Park has announced it will temporarily halt overnight stays on the South Rim (affecting El Tovar, Bright Angel Lodge, and Maswik Lodge, plus Phantom Ranch, Yavapai Lodge, and ...
This building previously housed a railway depot. The BCO administers trail maintenance, patrol, and search and rescue operations in the Grand Canyon's backcountry areas. The Grand Canyon Backcountry Office manages undeveloped areas of the canyon by following the 1988 Backcountry Management Plan (BMP), as amended. [4]
Grand Canyon National Park officials warned that E. coli bacteria was detected Friday in the water supply close to Phantom Ranch, the only lodging at the bottom of the canyon.