At the base of Little GrandCanyon is a valley filled with buttes and camping sites. We met a guy at Huntington Airport that told us the local pilots are working to put in a backcountry airstrip here.
We headed south along the edge of the GrandCanyon. We had a 25 mph headwind, which slowed our ground sp...it took over an hour to reach the turnpoint on the South Rim of the GrandCanyon. I am not complaining,...
...in. Here it is a very steep and narrow canyon. It definitely was a t...ching much more than it would over the large GrandCanyon the next day.
We follo...the edge of the "Special Use Airspace of the GrandCanyon" where you are prohibited fro...
...her, and I didn't have any breakfast today. One meal a day saves time and trouble. We followed the San Raphael River to the "Little GrandCanyon" which is in the picture abov...
...maded it to the south rim, and could see the GrandCanyon Airport about 5 miles to the...nt to linger too long over the center of the Canyon. On the south bound Zun...ph winds hitting the higher north rim of the GrandCanyon and deflecting up. I wa...
We flew north about 30 miles through a flat, empty valley to reach the San Raphael River. We followed the river downstream to reach the aptly named Little GrandCanyon.