Grand Canyon Rim to River in a day (Thanksgiving weekend)

Read the whole post before RSVPing.

[ADDED: I wasn't clear enough that this is just a day hike. We'll go down early-ish and come back that same night by headlamp.]

[I set this back to Saturday because the forecast looks good enough. It's way too cold for me but at least there's no rain/snow. So, it's now fixed at Saturday and if that won't work out I'll find something else.]

A couple weeks ago I hiked 2/3 of the way into the Grand Canyon, this time I'm going all the way and (hopefully) making it back up. Read my trip report here:

https://goalhiking.org/g/grand-canyon-below-rim

This time we're just using the South Kaibab trail, making it 16 mi RT with 5k' of gain. As with my previous hike, we'll come back at night. As long as the weather is good that takes the edge off the gain. We'll have a bit of a moon. Expect to be out all day. Here's the map:

alltrails.com/explore/custom-routes/grand-canyon-sk-down-and-up-99bb2d3

Everyone gets added to the waitlist. To get off it you have to leave a comment or send a DM with your recent relevant experience. Note that I have an "upside-down" training hike scheduled for 11/22/25 (in L.A.) so you should join that if you're interested in the GC.

As with everything I do, date and time are negotiable.