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Grand Canyon Trail Guides

The first listings below are pocket-sized booklets produced by the Grand Canyon Association which will help you experience each trail more fully.  Each includes contemporary and historical photographs, and inform you about the geology, plants, animals, and human history specific to that trail.  They also include a basic line map of the trail, with a distance table in miles and kilometers.

The booklets give little information on the physical conditioning and gear needed to make the hikes—all of which are difficult—so be sure to read and heed National Park Service warnings and advice on how to survive an inner canyon trip, in other publications.
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Alan Berkowitz, revised by Scott Thybony, Bright Angel: Grand Canyon Trail Guide
The most popular trail into the canyon, starting from the South Rim and Grand Canyon Village.  Includes description of side trip to Plateau Point.

Grand Canyon Natural History Association, revised 2004.  31 pages, illus., 4 x 7½ inches.  Saddle-stapled paperback.
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John Good, Grandview: Grand Canyon Trail Guide
A challenging trail starting from Grandview Point off of Desert View Drive.

Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1985.  26 pages, illus., 4 x 7½ inches.  Saddle-stapled paperback.
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Scott Thybony, Havasu: Grand Canyon Trail Guide
The only guide in the series detailing an area almost entirely outside the park, in the Havasupai Indian Reservation.  If you see pictures of big waterfalls in the Grand Canyon, they are most likely those in the Havasu area.  This new edition features excellent color photographs and two topographic maps.

Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 2006.  31 pages, illus., 4 x 7½ inches.  Saddle-stapled paperback.
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Scott Thybony, Hermit: Grand Canyon Trail Guide
The Hermit Trail starts from Hermit's Rest, west of Grand Canyon Village.  It is more difficult than the Bright Angel or South Kaibab trails, but much less crowded.  Guide includes notes on side trips on Dripping Springs and Waldron trails.  This new edition has many color photos.

Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 2005.  31 pages, illus., 4 x 7½ inches.  Saddle-stapled paperback.
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Alan Berkowitz, revised by Scott Thybony, North Kaibab: Grand Canyon Trail Guide
The most popular trail from the North Rim to the Colorado River, and the only trail you can take to reach the bridges crossing the river and ascend to the South Rim.

Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 2005.  31 pages, illus., 4 x 7½ inches.  Saddle-stapled paperback.
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Scott Thybony, South Kaibab: Grand Canyon Trail Guide
The second most popular trail into the canyon, starting near Yaki Point and descending to Black Bridge across the Colorado River.  Many hikers like to descend the South Kaibab, and return to the South Rim via the Bright Angel.

Grand Canyon Association, 2006.  31 pages, illus., 4 x 7½ inches.  Saddle-stapled paperback.
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James E. Babbitt and Scott Thybony, South & North Bass: Grand Canyon Trail Guide
Two of the more remote trails, which meet at opposite sides of the Colorado River from opposite rims, but which do not connect.

Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1991.  45 pages, illus., 4 x 7½ inches.  Saddle-stapled paperback.
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Tom Martin, Day Hikes from the River: A Guide to 100 Hikes from Camps on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, (Third Edition)
"This book is the most accurate and comprehensive hiking guide written for the river runner rafting the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park.

"Each hike is rated for difficulty and includes a [black and white topographic] map, a description of the route and the best campsites from which to start your hike."  This new edition includes eight pages of color photos illustrating some of the views to see in the various hikes.

Published by Vishnu Temple Press, Flagstaff, Arizona, 2007.  224 pages, about 5½ x 8½ inches, paperback.  New.
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Scott Thybony, Official Guide to Hiking Grand Canyon (Revised Edition)
“ . . . an overview of all of the park’s major trails, with notations about trail difficulty and conditions, water sources, distances and elevations, hiking hazards, and the backcountry permit system.”  Includes full-color photographs of the sights, historic photos of early settlers and visitors, trail elevation profiles, shaded relief and contour maps.

Published by Grand Canyon Association, 2005.  68 pages, about 5½ x 8½ inches, paperback.  New.
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