Grand Canyon & Sedona – Day 2 – South Kaibab to Skeleton Point

First real day of hiking with Kip, Iain and David. Even if we couldn’t get down to the river, we wanted to hit the major corridor trails on the South Rim – starting with South Kaibab. South Kaibab shows you the canyon all at once. There’s no easing in – no switchbacks up a side canyon, no gradual reveal – you drop straight onto a ridge line and the whole thing is just there, on both sides of you, the entire way down.

Skeleton Point is the turnaround and it’s the first place you properly see the Colorado – we walked a little further down to find some shade for lunch and were treated to views down to the river below, and condors or hawks flying above.

It was a hard, hot walk back up to the rim.

Strava route is here.