Hiking the Grand Canyon: Hindsight

[bcipam]

super secret about the Grand Canyon and phantom Ranch - if you are a small party and don't mind lodging in the dorms you can walk up the day of your hike and generally get in. It's worth taking the chance otherwise waiting list is 1 - 2 years...

Also we usually do the trip in February and March - yes lots of ice and you may get snow, or rain... buy some cheap shoe spikes and keep them in your pack. They are like mini-crampons. With the spikes ice is no problem.

[Tri Girl]

super secret about the Grand Canyon and phantom Ranch - if you are a small party and don't mind lodging in the dorms you can walk up the day of your hike and generally get in.

Where do you walk up to? Do you hike down to the bottom and just hope to get in? I've been calling daily to see if there are any cancellations, but no luck yet. It's only DH and I and we only want to stay for one night (ideally two, but one would be fine).
I thought I heard that you can ask at the desk at Bright Angel Lodge and see if they have dorm space available.
Our other option is waiting at the Backcountry Info office to see if there was space/cancellation at either Indian Garden or BA campground.

We'll be there the week of March 13th.