Down Hermit Across Tonto Up Bright Angel [10h32m]
Video from 01.17.2020, where I biked to Hermit's Rest and went down the Hermit Trail to the Tonto Trail. I hiked across the Tonto Trail to the Bright Angel Trail and went back up to the South Rim in 10hours 32m total. 24.8 miles or 40k total.
00:32 Explanation of hike
01:09 Biking to Hermit's Rest
Toilets and water located here.
03:13 Hermit Trailhead
04:00 Seven-Twenty AM start
05:20 History of the Hermit Trail
Hermit Trail construed 1911.
07:41 Fossilized Track-ways
08:48 Waldron Junction
09:34 Dripping Springs Junction
11:08 Santa Maria Spring
Water (to be filtered) located here.
12:09 Breezy Point
12:29 Cathedral Stairs
13:48 Tonto Junction
16:51 First look at the Monument
18:25 Granite Rapids Junction
19:17 Monument Creek Campground
Toilets located here.
20:05 Monument Creek
Water (to be filtered) located here.
22:05 Cedar Spring
Water (to be filtered) located here (not reliable year-round).
23:21 Salt Creek
Toilets located here.
Water (to be filtered) located here (not reliable year-round).
24:58 Horn Creek
It is advised not to filter water from Horn Creek due to uranium contamination.
Toilets located here.
26:50 Plateau Point Trail Junction
27:27 Indian Garden
Toilets, water, and ranger station located here.
28:25 3 Mile Resthouse
Toilets and (seasonal) water located here.
29:30 Fossilized Track-ways
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30:05 1.5 Mile Resthouse
Toilets, (seasonal water), and emergency phone located here.
30:23 Lower Tunnel
30:45 Kolb Seep
31:58 Topping out at Bright Angel Trailhead
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