Grand Canyon & Sedona – Day 3 – Bright Angel to Havasupai Gardens

Bright Angel is the other half of the corridor and a completely different day to South Kaibab. It works its way down through a side canyon, so you get shade at the right times and water at the rest houses – which after the day before felt like an outrageous luxury. There were warning that the water would be completely shut off at 11am but that was delayed until after we’d finished. Lucky for me – I sweat a lot and need to drink a lot – without the opportunity to refill I would’ve been in trouble. I think 5L of water is probably the minimum you need for a hike like this in the heat.

Havasupai Gardens is a little oasis – cottonwoods, running water, and a genuine change in temperature when you walk into it. This is also the day that gives you a good sense of doing the rim to rim, which was as close as we were going to get this time.

Strava route is here.