Grand Canyon Day 4:

Up the Hermit Trail


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Looking down on Hermit valley and the Hermit Trail, from about 500 feet up a cliff heading toward the Cathedral Stairs.
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It rained on us all night, but it snowed 2" on the rim.
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Sweet spires viewed from the Cathedral Stairs. The Cathedral Stairs were a section of painful elevation gain, as one might surmise from the name.
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The trail that we took earlier that morning zigzags up the side of the canyon.
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Dave on the totall cliff trail.
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The trail goes right on the cliff -- I couldn't believe you could get through there!
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Dave at our lunch stop, just before the Santa Maria spring.
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I made it out! Here's the trailhead sign to prove it.
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That uphill sucked.
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Dave made it out, too, and so did Jani, Rachel, and Ross.