Re: weather
Several years ago it snowed on us while staying at Phantom Ranch though nothing really stuck it was sticking at Cottonwood Campground and Bruce's old...
Sam 2008-12-15 09:02:28 #53347

Re: Bil Vandergraff
No one in my party on Friday saw any NPS staff in uniform on SK from 730am-4pm. Given the hotels and SK were nearly empty maybe Bil and NPS is on...
Sam 2008-12-13 09:37:07 #53333

Re: SK Trail Conditions?
Thanks Frank it was dry as advertised today! SK was almost pretty quiet with only 1 other rim-river dayhiker sighted plus some light river/camping folk and...
Sam 2008-12-12 21:26:44 #53328

SPOT on SK
SPOT worked perfectly on my SK dayhike today from rim-river. Google maps had data for every 10 minutes of my hike. SPOT though is known not to work well...
Sam 2008-12-12 21:09:10 #53327

Sat Phone
Rich, I've also heard that overall Iridium is now much better than Globalstar. A sat phone is a small price to pay/rent in case of an emergency or to keep...
Sam 2008-12-11 09:40:26 #53313

Re: Thanks
Glad you're ok. You might look into a sat phone rental and/or a plb like a SPOT. With SPOT you have the ability to purchase SAR insurance. Suspect SPOT...
Sam 2008-12-10 21:46:39 #53308

Re: Bil Vandergraff
old topic you raise every 6 months or so... see msg 52289 checkout the nps online phone book. --- In Grand_Canyon_Hikers@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Palmer" ...
Sam 2008-12-10 20:52:33 #53307

SK Trail Conditions?
I'm planning for a dayhike this weekend and wondered if the recent moisture/snow did much to upper SK? Any ice? Thanks.
Sam 2008-12-09 18:40:45 #53303

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