As we stood near the cliff’s edge of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, my mind had a hard time grasping just how high it really was — and my eyes had a hard time figuring out just how far it was to the ...

‘It’s a doozy alright,’ says the receptionist, fixing her eyes on the snowstorm battering the hotel window. ‘We’ve had guests calling all afternoon saying that they won’t be able to get here, as the ...

Ida Nilsson had the trail all to herself when she pushed off from the Grand Canyon’s South Rim just before sunrise on the morning of November 16. The first rays of sun crested over the chasm as she ...

The Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim (R2R2R) route—which requires a runner to run from one rim of the Grand Canyon to the other and back, typically via the North and South Kaibab trails—is well-known in ...

I once ran across the Grand Canyon and back in a single day. This 51-mile run is commonly known as the Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim (R2R2R). There’s really no set formula to run 50 miles. Training, nutrition, ...

Running 42 miles rim-to-rim across the Grand Canyon and back is arguably one of the best adventure trail runs in the country. Despite the burly mileage and nearly 11,000 feet in vertical climbing, if ...

South Strabane Township resident Natalie Momplaisir’s 46.7-mile run through the Grand Canyon included a stretch of the Bright Angel Trail. Pinion pines and sagebrush were lit by luminous stars as ...

More runners, more issues There are no broad statistics on the number of runners who do R2R or R2R2R runs in the Grand Canyon. Everyone agrees, though, that the number is increasing. The rise in ...