Grand Canyon National Park North Kaibab Trail Into The Box. Hiking descending into the Grand Canyon on the North Kaibab Trail and entering The Box. Between Cottonwood Campground and Bright Angel Campground the trail enters the Inner Gorge, a narrow canyon within the canyon where the trail is boxed in on either side by billion year old Vishnu Schist (the contact between the top of the Vishnu Schist and the overlying Tapeats Sandstone marks the Great Unconformity where over 1 billion years of geology is missing). Though the trail here is not challenging from the perspective of elevation p
Grand Canyon National Park North Kaibab Trail Into The Box. Hiking descending into the Grand Canyon on the North Kaibab Trail and entering The Box. Between Cottonwood Campground and Bright Angel Campground the trail enters the Inner Gorge, a narrow canyon within the canyon where the trail is boxed in on either side by billion year old Vishnu Schist (the contact between the top of the Vishnu Schist and the overlying Tapeats Sandstone marks the Great Unconformity where over 1 billion years of geology is missing). Though the trail here is not challenging from the perspective of elevation profile, be aware that this is a particularly dangerous stretch of trail during summer months. Because the entire mile stretch is at low elevation, it becomes extremely hot from early morning to late afternoon. The gorge of black rock through w
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