jgaz 517 Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) About a week after @johnpa completed his Canyon backpack trip I hiked down the Bright Angel trail for one of my volunteer patrol shifts. The canyon received 5 to 7 inches of snow that Tuesday. Early that morning there was about two inches on top of a lot of ice. It was very, very slick! I was using shoe traction devices with 3/8” spikes and taking a very short stride. I was told that the mules didn’t attempt the trails that morning. Doesn’t say much for my good sense does it? Edited April 10, 2021 by jgaz 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 3,667 Posted April 10, 2021 beautiful! but be careful out there Jim! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzJeepChic 2,372 Posted April 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, theksmith said: beautiful! but be careful out there Jim! X2! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shellback91 1,633 Posted April 10, 2021 5 hours ago, dzJeepChic said: X2! X3, that is beautiful! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZRNintheJeep242 459 Posted April 10, 2021 43 minutes ago, shellback91 said: X3, that is beautiful! X4. amazing pic. Thanks for sharing!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgaz 517 Posted April 11, 2021 Thanks everyone but with the 3/8” ice spikes I was using along with my poles I felt very secure. Hiking uphill that afternoon the spikes worked really well handling the semi frozen mud. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnpa 679 Posted April 11, 2021 Wow, I just missed the fun. You're correct, those crampons saved my bacon on this trail. Glad you are safe. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grayson05 14 Posted April 26, 2021 That is absolutely beautiful! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
