Royal Arch via Point Huitzil backpacking trip - Grand Canyon, AZ
October 20-22, 2006
This trip was a three day out and back from the Pasture Wash Ranger Station
to Royal Arch via the Point Huitzil Route. The trip was inspired by our
February
2006 trip to Royal Arch via the more traditional Royal
Arch Route. The Point Huitzil Route follows an amazingly steep ancient
Anasazi route into the canyon. The route features significant exposure,
bouldering and route finding, an authentic Anasazi log ladder, moki steps,
and well preserved rock art. A quick Google search yields plenty of writeups
on this route so I won't rehash the details here. See: here,
here, and here
for more information. The only difference between these trip writeups and
our itinerary was that we entered and exited the canyon via the Huitzil
Route. Note that navigating between the canyon rim and Pasture Wash can
be a bit tricky - upon reaching the canyon rim on the way out, we had success
getting back to the ranger station by walking a compass bearing across the
plateau. |
