# Anyone ever do a Grand Canyon Rim to Rim? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** vacation-travel\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125 "2024-06-20T15:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/61 "2025-06-25T19:37:56Z")
Ach I will figure out Imugur linking later. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/62 "2025-06-25T19:52:00Z")
Awesome! Glad it went well. You’re much more heat-tolerant than I am. At what time did you start the climb up the S rim? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/63 "2025-06-25T20:40:39Z")
Boots on ground by 5:15 from Havasupi. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/64 "2025-06-25T20:42:09Z")
Glad it went well! That’s something not too many folk do - at any age! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/65 "2025-06-25T20:54:32Z")
Ribbon Falls. Not the standard Grand Canyon image. [![](https://i.imgur.com/iqANZ58.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/iqANZ58.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/66 "2025-06-25T22:20:16Z")
Congratulations on the trip! The Canyon never disappoints. SunWife and I will be heading there sometime in the next year or two to do rim-to-rim up the South Kaibab, as part of the Arizona Trail, so hearing about your trip is a big help for us. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/67 "2025-06-25T22:52:26Z")
Haven’t done south rim to north rim or vice versa, but I’ve done rim-to-river-to-rim (S. Kaibab down/Bright Angel up) a couple of times, North Rim to Roaring Springs and back, and South Rim to Plateau Point as day hikes. The Plateau Point hike is the most memorable as I hiked up from Indian Gardens in a major rain/thunder/hailstorm. It would probably have been smarter to wait at the gardens until it blew over. But instead I put on my newly-purchased poncho, put my head down and trudged up. There were several spots where there was a pretty good stream rushing down the middle of the trail. Luckily I wasn’t hit by lightning and my brother picked me up at the trailhead. We drove back to Mather Campground and found our campsite was still covered with a layer of hailstones. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/68 "2025-07-13T23:17:02Z")
Looks like the North Rim Lodge has burned down. It’s very sad for me; I have 30 years of memories in that lodge. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125/69 "2025-07-14T00:33:41Z")
Yeah. Sad. Glad I got my trip in. North Rim apparently now closed for the rest of 2025. > **[Historic Grand Canyon lodge reportedly destroyed by Dragon Bravo wildfire](https://www.abc15.com/news/state/an-official-says-a-historic-grand-canyon-lodge-has-been-destroyed-by-wildfire)** > > A historic lodge on the Grand Canyon's North Rim has been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park said Sunday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125.md?page=3)