Bright Angel - Tonto - Hermit
28.6 mi5,605 ft
6,857 ft
2,392 ft
Fantastic loop option that takes advantage of the Hermit bus route. Highlights include Plateau Point, Monument Creek, and ending at Hermit’s Rest.
Photos
Four in the morning at the trailhead
View from Plateau Point, eleven minutes to sunrise
Early light on the buttes along Tonto flats
Four deer working the sagebrush before the heat
The sun working hard to turn this place into an oven
I bet I could sit and watch this thing grow today
Muddy water at the bottom of the inner gorge
The scale of this thing is otherworldly
Monument Tower standing proud above the canyon
A very loud set of rapids
The red wall stack goes on for miles
A long look west, towards future adventures
Narrow gap along Cathedral Stairs
An impossible traverse
Looking across the Hermit drainage at layers of cake
This rest house has a rocking chair and a cottonwood at the door
Immaculate construction
Goodbye for now, old friend
Along the way
Spring 2
- Cedar Spring
- Santa Maria Spring
Creek 2
- Horn Creek
- Salt Creek
Shoreline 1
- Granite Rapids
Overlook 1
- Plateau Point
Camping 2
- Havasupai Gardens Campground
- Monument Creek Campground
Trailhead 2
- Bright Angel Trailhead
- Hermits Rest
Junction 4
- Tonto Trail West junction
- Hermit Trail – Tonto Trail junction
- Dripping Springs / Hermit Trail Junction
- Waldron / Hermit Trail Junction