The Bright Angel Trail from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in September, 2007.

Photos are from Karl, Sig, Don, Peggy and Steve. Click on an image to see it full size.

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The Bright Angel Trail snakes down to the dry Garden Creek.

 

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That's where we're headed - the Bright Angel Trail that runs alongside Garden Creek
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The trail is really easy at the top. They've even built some shade structures!

 

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There are two sections of the trail here. You can see how steep the canyon is at the top.
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This is the first of many many switchbacks
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Below us is a mule train, fortunately headed down so we won't pass them
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We're already quite far from the top, but we've only barely started
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There are lots of colors and textures in the walls
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Another short tunnel, followed by a switchback.
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Two hikers about to plunge onwards!
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Hmm, the trail looks a little steeper over there. Mostly it's an optical illusion because the lower section is further away from us. Mostly.
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There's a deer hiding in the brush beside the trail...
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...See it now?
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Lots and lots of layers
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There's plumbing at the Mile-and-a-Half resthouse. At least, there are indoor facilities.
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A section that approximates stairs so the mules don't slip.
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There are lots of people on the trail beside the dry Garden Creek. But we didn't make it down that far.
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Indian Garden with the Plateau Point trail behind. You can't see the lower section of the Bright Angel Trail from here, it drops into that canyon to the right.

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