Grand Canyon Backpacking Tanner, Escalante, Tonto, Grandview trails

Grand Canyon backpacking trip down the Tanner trail from Lipan Point to the Colorado river, across the Escalante route to Cardenas creek, Escalante creek, Seventy-five (75) mile canyon, Papago canyon and Red Canyon at Hance rapids, then the Tonto trail to Horseshoe Mesa and, finally up the Grandview trail to Grandview Point. See more at http://www.olfarts.org and http://www.NaturesPix.com

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• grand canyon
• backpacking
• hiking
• colorado river
• beach
• tanner trail
• rockslide
• wild flowers
• indian paintbrush
• prickly pear cactus
• cardenas butte
• escalante route
• seveny-five mile canyon
• 75
• papago
• red
• hance rapids
• tonto
• horseshoe mesa
• grandview
• unkar overlook
• delta
• anasazi farm field
• raft
• desert sun
• inner gorge
• vishnu
• lava
• dox sandstone
• supergroup
• east rim
• palisades
• river-runners
• sunrise
• downclimb
• lower packs
• upclimb
• belay
• ledge
• full moon

[igoygo]

I walked under this slide 800 feet below the rim while it was still live. It went the night before my hike. I had to go. I was the last hiker in for 5 months and I had the Escalante to my self for 7 days. The Escalante is my favorite place in the world.

[sidvegas1]

Very cool hike, great footage....love the canyon, going down tomorrow with my Dad, his first hike in.  Thanks guys

[Ironboots123]

Thank you for sharing this trip. I look forward to my first backpacking trip inside the Canyon, April 2010.