Grand Canyon Day 2 (Featuring the most beautiful run of all time)

Part 2 of our 3 day trip backpacking In The Grand Canyon! This was our favorite day, as we hiked down to the river and hung out in Bright Angel stream and at Phantom Ranch. The run up North Kaibab trail and back was one of the most beautiful of all time, definitely something not to be missed! don't forget to like this video, comment your thoughts, and subscribe so you don't miss the next part of the series!

[@lisaoconnell7882]

Both of you now know what your spirit animal is!!!

[@austinado16]

I love running in the Canyon. Started running R2R's (as CC runs; no walking, no poles) with my daughter on her 16th bday in 2015, mid-Aug. We did it 5yrs in a row together, and then I started doing a 2nd one each Oct, and running them solo. She joined me for another one in 2022. I'm currently training for my 13th one, and was just there over Memorial Day weekend, to do a speed run of the Rim2River route and posted that vid to the channel. Best times of the year to run in the Canyon are, late Apr-end of May, and mid-Aug through late Oct. Depending on when you go, and what the weather conditions are currently like, you can do some quick math, and decide if you want to leave in the dark, and blast along with a headlamp on for an hour, or if you want to drop in at sunrise, run the whole thing in daylight. Both methods are a blast. A little tip for the descents while running; don't carry any water, in order to save the weight, and the hand-carry, or the bouncing if in a waist pack like a NakedRunningBand (what we use) or a race pack. When I go down the S. Kaibab, I carry no water, and hit the spigot at Boat Beach, just after the Black Bridge. When I go down the N. Kaibab, I carry no water, take a drink and wet hair at Manzanita Rest, and then stop for spigot at Cottonwood CG, about 1.5mi later.

[@MTE_DFLEW]

Thanks for the great input! I'm hoping to do a R2R within the next few weeks. Im thinking I'll probably start with a headlamp. Smart with the no water on the way down! I really appreciate the advice!

[@austinado16]

@@MTE_DFLEW Before you set plans in stone, take a look at the traditional weather patterns in July, and what's brewing over the next 3 weeks. Generally the high temps in June and July create their monsoon season, which in turn, creates some very hazardous weather conditions to include heavy rain, massive thunder and lightening on both rims, that is actually deadly, flash floods on some sections of the trails, flash floods that damage highway to the North Rim out in the Marble Canyon area, and wild fires. The reason my daughter and I run there in mid-Aug, is that the monsoon season has just ended, there's rain but it blows through quickly, and generally the temps are cooler due to cloud cover the seems to move in at about 10 or 11am. The reason I go again on the first Sat. of Oct. is that the weather is perfect, and I can wait until sunrise, not run with, or carry a headlamp, and can turn the whole thing into a fast cross-country run. I/we go super light on the runs there: NakeRunningBand, Petzl Tikkina, 6-8 GU Roctanes, 10-12 peeled tangerines, 1 5hr energy drink bottle (half at Phantom, half at Havasupai Garden) and 5-6 packets of Liquid I.V.(with a tiny hole poked at the top of each packet so that they can be compressed down and folded over themselves in order to be really small), a 21oz and a 17oz Camelbak soft flask. The 17oz is a backup for extra water, incase we show up and there are water stops that have the water turned off, or if needed due to heat, on the haul from Cottonwood through the box to Phantom, and from Phantom up the CorkScrew to Havasupai.