The Hermit Trail enters in a broad side canyon.
Planning and safety are crucial in the Grand Canyon.
Stop to admire limestone fossil beds just below the canyon's rim.
As you start down the sandstone switchbacks, look for fossilized footprints.
Tracks of prehistoric reptiles that slid down the sand dunes are now frozen in time.
Santa Maria Spring, 2.2 miles from the rim, is a rest stop with year-round water.
Mountain mahogany boasts early spring blooms.
Look Out Rock is a spectacular lunch location midway down the trail.
Looking up at Cathedral Stairs.
Huge canyon walls below Cathedral Stairs.
Vast views from the Tonto Platform, 7 miles into the Hermit Trail.