Split Rock Falls - Minute Out In It - Bright Angel Creek - North Kaibab Trail
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Description
Split Rock is located on Bright Angel Creek and along the North Kaibab Trail, above Cottonwood Campground and about 1/2 mile (.8km) below the Roaring Springs Ranger Station. (residence) The North Kaibab Trail is the least visited but most difficult of the three maintained trails at Grand Canyon National Park. Almost a thousand feet higher at the trailhead than South Rim trails, hikers on the North Kaibab Trail pass through every ecosystem to be found between Canada and Mexico. To learn more, download: http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/upload/North_Kaibab_Trail.pdf A "Minute Out In It" is a short video of nature in action. Enjoy these sights and sounds from Grand Canyon and be sure to look and listen for them during your next visit to the park.
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"Just after dinner we pass a stream on the right, which leaps into the Colorado by a direct fall of more than 100 feet, forming a beautiful cascade. On the rocks in the cave-like chamber are ferns, with delicate fronds and enameled stalks." - John Wesley Powell, August 23, 1869. Like a gift,...
Published 11/04/13