Bright Angel: Rim To River Dayhike

This was my seventh hike on the Bright Angel Trail, and the first after I discovered Bradford Washburn's 1:4,800 map with mileages recorded to hundredths for ~70 locations along the trail. Hence I decided to devote some time on this hike to recording the mileages given by my pedometer so that I could compute the accuracy of my pedometer. As a result, the log below is very much larger than a normal log. The act of recording probably lengthened the hike by a small amount.

For the results, see Pedometer Accuracy.

For a general description of the Bright Angel Trail, and links to actual writeups of other hikes, see Bright Angel Trail.

Recording numberMileageTime arrivedTime leftAltitudeComments. Numbers refer to the Washburn Location.
0008:47 6850head bright angel trail
10.108:50  first tunnel
20.8509:08  3
31.209:17  6
41.2509:19  7
51.309:20  8
61.5509:26 57001.5 mile resthouse
71.6509:31  new toilet!
81.7509:35  11
91.9509:39  13
102.0509:43  14
112.309:48  16
122.409:51  17
132.4509:52 525018
142.5509:55  19
152.5509:56  20
162.609:58  21
172.709:59  22
182.810:02  23
192.9510:05  25
20310:07  26
213.2510:11 47503 mile resthouse
223.3510:14  27
233.5510:20  28
243.7510:24  29
25410:29  30
264.0510:31  31
274.310:36  32
284.510:40  33
294.810:46   
304.9510:49   
315.0510:52 3700day use area at indian gardens
325.311:24  36
335.5511:32 355039
345.911:40  41
356.2511:49  43
366.311:50  44
376.411:54  46
386.511:56  47
396.712:01  48
406.912:06  49
41712:10  50
427.0512:11  51
437.1512:13  52
447.312:18  53
457.512:26  55
467.6512:29  56
478.0512:43  60
488.212:46  61
498.2512:4901:122400river resthouse
508.401:1601:232300beach. water temp: 54, air temp: 78
518.501:25  62
528.601:28  61
538.7501:31  60
548.801:34  59?
55901:38  57
569.0501:41  56
579.2501:45  55
589.2501:47  54
599.401:53  53
609.5501:59  52
619.6502:02  51
629.702:05  50
639.802:10  49
641002:15  48
6510.202:22  47
6610.2502:26  46
6710.402:29  45
6810.4502:30  44
6910.7502:41  42
7010.7502:44  41
7111.1502:53 365039 - tonto east
7211.4503:03  36
7311.4503:05 3800indian garden resthouse
7411.5503:43  36
7511.7503:49  past 35
7611.8503:51  34
7712.103:58  33
7812.2504:03  32
7912.504:09  31
8012.5504:10  30
8112.7504:16  29
8212.904:21  28
8313.0504:28  27
8413.204:3104:404700jct. 3 mile resthouse
8513.3504:46  26
8613.404:48  25
8713.504:51  24
8813.504:52  23
8913.604:55  22
9013.704:57  21
9113.704:59  20
9213.7505:00  19
9313.805:02  18
9413.8505:04  17
9513.9505:07  16
9614.0505:11  15
9714.205:14  14
9814.2505:17  13
9914.3505:21  12
10014.505:25  11
10114.5505:27  10
10214.5505:2905:4157001.5 mile resthouse
10314.705:44  9
10414.8505:50  8
10514.905:52  7
1061505:55  6
10715.0505:58  5
10815.206:01  4
10915.2506:05  3
11015.2506:06  tunnel
11115.4506:12  2
11215.7506:31  1
11316.0506:45  top


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