Hiking the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim
Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Hike Topics: Itinerary Planning & Logistics Packing List Critters We Encountered Itinerary There are 3 campgrounds inside the Grand Canyon along the main corridor trail: Cottonwood, Bright Angel, and Indian Garden. To keep the hiking to a manageable distance (8 miles or less per day) since this was the first time the whole family had done something like this, we decided to stay one night at all 3 campgrounds in the Grand Canyon versus trying to complete the 23.5 rim-to-rim trek in 2 nights. Although we’ve camped a lot, only my husband and oldest daughter had done any backpacking camping & their trips only involved relatively short hikes and single overnight stays If you’re an avid backpacker, you could cut out the last stop at Indian Gardens campground and hike out from Bright Angel, but we didn’t want to push our luck with a 10ish mile STEEP hike out. This was supposed to be fun after all and we had a 14 year old with us who had never done any b...