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The crossroads of the inner-Grand Canyon.
The side canyon, the creek that runs through it, and the NPS campground all bear the name 'Bright Angel'. Legend has it that John Wesley Powell, the civil war major and geologist/explorer who made (perhaps) the first 2 trips down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, felt guilty about naming a creek discovered earlier in the trip 'Dirty Devil'. To compensate, he named the clean, free flowing creek and canyon after the 'Bright Angel'—a character in Milton's "Paradise Lost". This downriver image was taken not far from Phantom Point, about an hour's climb—1000 vertical feet / 300m—from Phantom Ranch on the Clear Creek Trail. It is spring. Yellow bottlebrush bloom in the foreground. Though the sun is out and the temperatures warm down here, a snowstorm is hitting the rim. The Kaibab Suspension Bridge can clearly be seen, but follow the river downstream a bit further to pick out the Silver Suspension Bridge slightly left of center. Bright Angel Creek is a very robust creek, however it has produced little in the way of a rapid/white water near it's mouth. Please read my current journal about this "developed" area of the inner-Grand Canyon. This image is referenced in Section 5. |
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I hope you agreed!
Yes, by all means.
Thank you very much.
A word often associated
with Grand Canyon is 'kaibab'
which is supposed to mean
'mountain lying down'
in a Native-American tongue.
Thank you again
It was very nice and balmy
and I was returning from Clear Creek.
That is actually a snowstorm hitting the rim.
This is April as I recall.
The river gets this marbled appearance
as silt dissipates.
It is a wonderful time to be at the bottom.
(and also the time of the year when Cheyava Falls
way, way back in Clear Creek is flowing.
a night at the end
with 3 nights in between at Clear Creek.
The hike from BA to Clear Creek campsite is about 9 miles,
but it's not a killer hike.
Except for the beginning and end,
it's largely level.
There is then another (somewhat wet) hike
of 3-4 miles back to the falls.
I have never done it,
but the hike down to the river from the Clear Creek campsite
(about 6 miles) is quite exciting also.
This is a worthwhile hike under most circumstances,
but if you want to see the falls,
it's a springtime hike.
There are other ways into Clear Creek.
There is a route across the Brahma-Deva saddle.
I suspect there is also a way down off the North Rim.
Sometime when you are at the North Rim,
take the very, very flat 5.5 mile hike out to Francois Matthes Point
(access is along the Cape Royal Rd. just past Point Encantadora [Encantata]).
The view looking into the Clear Creek drainage is quite imposing.
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