Dude rim to rim to rim is no joke! Absolutely gorgeous video. Can't wait until work travel has me popping around the country again so I can tackle some different climates!
Excellent job guys! I ran Rim2River 2 weeks after you were there, and went back mid August to run R2R. Heading back in late Oct to get in one more Rim2River run, this time with my daughter. She started running R2R with me at age 15, and racked up 5 in a row.
That's so awesome you get to do that with your daughter! And impressive!! The Grand Canyon is such an incredible place, I'm jealous you two get to spend so much time there. Keep being awesome! And thank you for watching the video and taking time to comment.
@@jaredmcclure9615 I'll share my personal thoughts on R2R. Others may have a different take on it. I, personally, would not hike or run in the canyon during June and July. The heat is stifling and extremely dangerous, and the sun's angles are directly overhead, which reduces any shade that might be available. Factor in altitude, and the fact that this isn't a "normal" walk/hike/run type of trail....there are miles and miles of gnarly rock and log steps with deep dug out areas on either side, and crazy steep climbing and descending....and it just makes a recipe for disaster. Plus, if you did leave at midnight, 1, 2, etc. you wind up missing out on seeing a large portion of the canyon, because you're traveling with a headlamp on. IMO, the better months for R2R and Rim2River, are April/May, and Mid-Aug-Oct. Their monsoon season begins around the last week of July and first week of August, and it dramatically changes the temps at the rims and down inside. For example, mid-Aug, it will be 45*F overnight on the North Rim, maybe a high of 95*F at phantom, and 80-85*F at the South Rim. If you do the math on your travel time, you can get a pretty good idea of what temps will be like, based on your starting time, and travel speed. For example, if we leave North Rim at 3am (Mid-Aug) at 45*F, it will be about 75*F, 7.5mi and 1.5hr of run time later, at Cottonwood Campground. Temps will increase to 85ish during the 1.5hr 7.5mi run into Phantom, but then remain there, during the 9.5mi climb to the rim, due to every increasing altitude, up to 7,000'. So when we arrive at around 11-12, it's been 75-80ish, the entire last 5-6mi (from the top of Devil's Cork Screw and onward to the S. Rim). When I've run R2R in Oct., from the N. Rim, I've waited until first light, and stepped onto the trail when lighting was nice, and no headlamp was needed. That was fantastic, because in August, I don't get to see that first 4mi of trail, due to running in the dark, until just about Manzanita Rest Stop, about 5.5mi down. Same with Rim2River. In May, I wait until sunrise to step in, and in October, I can wait until 6:30am, which is really nice. You can see our 2019 R2R, and our 2020 and 2021 Rim2Rivers on my channel. I've run both a few times amongst those trips, but didn't bring a camera because I wanted to push the pace pretty hard and really get after it. When we video, it's a much more relaxed cruise.
@@john.maynard Pacing at Badwater, that's going to be awesome! That race is on my bucket list. We are planning on doing the Teton Crest Trail in early September. Will definitely be posting a video!
Just found your channel and subscribed! I'll be watching your "Capitol Butte" video next, and hoping to run R2R2R myself one day (and record the journey for my channel). Cheers!
Awesome coverage and accomplishment - congrats! I was wondering, why did you choose to go up the Bright Angel Trail on the way back as opposed to the way you came down (South Kaibab)? Variety? Water access?
Great question, and you nailed it! Water. There are no pump houses on South Kaibab, so you have to carry all your water for the climb. We did our run in late May since we had friends doing the R2R and had to wait for the north rim to open. And it was really hot. I know people going for "fast times" to South Kaibab up, but also tend to do it in cooler weather. Have a great trip, such an amazing place!
Thanks for checking out the video! We used the AllTrails App on our phones (make sure to download the offline map, there is very little cell reception at the canyon) and for water check out the official NPS website for the most current pumphouse info (links below). It’s good to double check the list before you hike too as they open/close the pump houses at different dates and sometimes they are closed for maintenance. www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/south-kaibab-to-north-kaibab-to-bright-angel-trail www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/trail-distances.htm Let me know if you have any other questions, always happy to help! And we’ll be taking on the Teton Crest Trail in a few months so make sure to check that out too
Haha you are totally right! Wait until you hear me try and pronounce the names from our trip to Iceland! Appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment
That downhill is brutal. The grade is not awful, it's just really long. We did a lot of walking lunges, which did well for preparing us. I have a training plan I can send you if you want to check it out. Let me know how it goes!
Hey Mark! Sorry for the late reply, we were out running in the Tetons last week. We had friends drop us off at the SK trail head in the morning. But you can also take the shuttle from the main South Rim Visitor Center starting at 4am. Then catch the shuttle from BA to the visitor center after. The shuttle runs until 8pm I believe. Or you can also park about a mile down from the SK trail head at the intersection you turn down. Then catch the shuttle from BA to SK when done. This will let you start earlier than the shuttle. Let me know if you have any other questions! And let us know how it goes!!
Sorry about that! Once the sun came up and the heat kicked in, watching our time went out the window. It took us about 7:30 to make it to the north rim. That's with about 45 minutes at the Tunnel pump house to get rehydrated from the big climb in the sun. It took us just under 10 hours to make it back (just over 17 hours total). Including another 45 minutes at Phantom Ranch enjoying some lemonade before the big climb up BA. Are you doing the canyon this year? Such an amazing trail.
Hey Roman, You can camp at either Phantom Ranch or Cottenwood inside the canyon but would need to get a permit. Some people will also do one crossing then camp at the opposite rim, then head back the next day. I Believe this can be done without a permit. Here is a link to an article with a bunch of info on the trail: runbryanrun.com/r2r2r-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim-to-rim-run-info/
Hey Tim! We had friends drop us off at the SK trail head in the morning. But you can also take the shuttle from the main South Rim Visitor Center starting at 4am. Then catch the shuttle from BA to the visitor center after. The shuttle runs until 8pm I believe. Or you can also park about a mile down from the SK trail head at the intersection you turn down. Then catch the shuttle from BA to SK when done. This will let you start earlier than the shuttle. Let me know if you have any other questions! And let us know how it goes!!
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This one was a doozy! Such a beautiful place. Truly a bucket list adventure.
#wolflife #adventuretime
Adventure is an understatement! Ha! What a day. Awesome one for sure. I know I said I wouldn’t do it again that wasn’t true though. Let’s go
This is so awesome... this is definitely on my list now. Thanks for sharing your adventure!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
Dude rim to rim to rim is no joke! Absolutely gorgeous video. Can't wait until work travel has me popping around the country again so I can tackle some different climates!
Excellent job guys! I ran Rim2River 2 weeks after you were there, and went back mid August to run R2R. Heading back in late Oct to get in one more Rim2River run, this time with my daughter. She started running R2R with me at age 15, and racked up 5 in a row.
That's so awesome you get to do that with your daughter! And impressive!! The Grand Canyon is such an incredible place, I'm jealous you two get to spend so much time there. Keep being awesome! And thank you for watching the video and taking time to comment.
Was it crazy hot during those summer months? Thinking of doing R2R2R in June. We’d likely do a very early start (1 am or so)
@@jaredmcclure9615 I'll share my personal thoughts on R2R. Others may have a different take on it. I, personally, would not hike or run in the canyon during June and July. The heat is stifling and extremely dangerous, and the sun's angles are directly overhead, which reduces any shade that might be available. Factor in altitude, and the fact that this isn't a "normal" walk/hike/run type of trail....there are miles and miles of gnarly rock and log steps with deep dug out areas on either side, and crazy steep climbing and descending....and it just makes a recipe for disaster. Plus, if you did leave at midnight, 1, 2, etc. you wind up missing out on seeing a large portion of the canyon, because you're traveling with a headlamp on.
IMO, the better months for R2R and Rim2River, are April/May, and Mid-Aug-Oct. Their monsoon season begins around the last week of July and first week of August, and it dramatically changes the temps at the rims and down inside. For example, mid-Aug, it will be 45*F overnight on the North Rim, maybe a high of 95*F at phantom, and 80-85*F at the South Rim. If you do the math on your travel time, you can get a pretty good idea of what temps will be like, based on your starting time, and travel speed. For example, if we leave North Rim at 3am (Mid-Aug) at 45*F, it will be about 75*F, 7.5mi and 1.5hr of run time later, at Cottonwood Campground. Temps will increase to 85ish during the 1.5hr 7.5mi run into Phantom, but then remain there, during the 9.5mi climb to the rim, due to every increasing altitude, up to 7,000'. So when we arrive at around 11-12, it's been 75-80ish, the entire last 5-6mi (from the top of Devil's Cork Screw and onward to the S. Rim).
When I've run R2R in Oct., from the N. Rim, I've waited until first light, and stepped onto the trail when lighting was nice, and no headlamp was needed. That was fantastic, because in August, I don't get to see that first 4mi of trail, due to running in the dark, until just about Manzanita Rest Stop, about 5.5mi down. Same with Rim2River. In May, I wait until sunrise to step in, and in October, I can wait until 6:30am, which is really nice. You can see our 2019 R2R, and our 2020 and 2021 Rim2Rivers on my channel. I've run both a few times amongst those trips, but didn't bring a camera because I wanted to push the pace pretty hard and really get after it. When we video, it's a much more relaxed cruise.
That is such a very nice place... I hope to see myself running there too... Good job
Now that's what I call epic views! The REAL Grand Canyon. Our little Grand Canyon in Chiang Mai is peanuts compared to that 😂
Haha We try to do one bucket list run per year and this one was epic! That's how I found your channel, looking for awesome places to go run
Sweet vid! Keep um coming. What’s the next adventure boys and girls?
We'll be in Gadsden Alabama June 19th for the Barbarian Challenge and some water fall hunting! #wolflife
Looks like a really beautiful trail. Great work with the video and the trail running. Sweet!!
Thank you for stopping by and watching!
You two are cray cray!!
Haha Thank you!
Wow this looks like heaven!
Great job, and great vid. I was there the same day. I’m sure we crossed paths. That climb up NK was a killer. Glad you got past it!
Thank you! And that's awesome you were there the same day. Do you have any other big runs planned for the future?
@@wolfliferunning next up: going to crew/pace a buddy of mine at Badwater. That’ll be tough! How about you?
@@john.maynard Pacing at Badwater, that's going to be awesome! That race is on my bucket list. We are planning on doing the Teton Crest Trail in early September. Will definitely be posting a video!
Awesome! Bucket list trip right there!
Nice job, fellas! What an amazing adventure and accomplishment!
Thank you!! And you guys crushed the Rim-to-Rim!! Can't wait for the next adventure...
That is a pretty epic run my friend!
Thanks man! It was a bucket list for us and well worth the pain haha Really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!
Great run guys! Love the scenery. Would definately love to get over there for some epic trails
It's such an amazing place, definitely add it to your list! And thank you for watching and commenting
Just found your channel and subscribed! I'll be watching your "Capitol Butte" video next, and hoping to run R2R2R myself one day (and record the journey for my channel). Cheers!
Thank you for checking out the video!
Beast for doing it on a hot day!
Thanks Anthony! IF we do it again it will be when the weather is cooler haha
Well done. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for taking the time to watch!
Awesome coverage and accomplishment - congrats! I was wondering, why did you choose to go up the Bright Angel Trail on the way back as opposed to the way you came down (South Kaibab)? Variety? Water access?
Great question, and you nailed it! Water. There are no pump houses on South Kaibab, so you have to carry all your water for the climb. We did our run in late May since we had friends doing the R2R and had to wait for the north rim to open. And it was really hot. I know people going for "fast times" to South Kaibab up, but also tend to do it in cooler weather.
Have a great trip, such an amazing place!
@@wolfliferunning Awesome, thanks! Keep crushin!
Nice man!
Yeah Boys!!! Taking it on easter thanks for the stoke video
Thank you so much! And let us know how your trip goes on Easter. Such an amazing place to experience.
Great job and thanks for sharing! Which phone App did you use/recommend that shows all the trailheads/water sources ?
Thanks for checking out the video! We used the AllTrails App on our phones (make sure to download the offline map, there is very little cell reception at the canyon) and for water check out the official NPS website for the most current pumphouse info (links below). It’s good to double check the list before you hike too as they open/close the pump houses at different dates and sometimes they are closed for maintenance.
www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/south-kaibab-to-north-kaibab-to-bright-angel-trail
www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/trail-distances.htm
Let me know if you have any other questions, always happy to help! And we’ll be taking on the Teton Crest Trail in a few months so make sure to check that out too
Cool stuff dudes I'm subbing
K'bob lmao
KY Bab is the correct pronunciation
Haha you are totally right! Wait until you hear me try and pronounce the names from our trip to Iceland!
Appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment
How’s the decline on the quads? I’m doing this in October.
That downhill is brutal. The grade is not awful, it's just really long. We did a lot of walking lunges, which did well for preparing us. I have a training plan I can send you if you want to check it out. Let me know how it goes!
How did you get to the south Kiabab trail head so early? Did you hike to it or was a bus running? Thanks, looking to do this at the end of September.
Hey Mark! Sorry for the late reply, we were out running in the Tetons last week. We had friends drop us off at the SK trail head in the morning. But you can also take the shuttle from the main South Rim Visitor Center starting at 4am. Then catch the shuttle from BA to the visitor center after. The shuttle runs until 8pm I believe. Or you can also park about a mile down from the SK trail head at the intersection you turn down. Then catch the shuttle from BA to SK when done. This will let you start earlier than the shuttle. Let me know if you have any other questions! And let us know how it goes!!
Call the Xanterra Taxi, it is 24/7 and will bring you to the trailhead
Epic!!!
Such an amazing place! We are already planning another trip. Thanks for watching and commenting
Awesome!
Thanks for checking out the video Daz!! Appreciate you taking the time to comment
Brave souls!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
You stop giving time splits???? You got down in 2 and that was last time split ?
Sorry about that! Once the sun came up and the heat kicked in, watching our time went out the window. It took us about 7:30 to make it to the north rim. That's with about 45 minutes at the Tunnel pump house to get rehydrated from the big climb in the sun. It took us just under 10 hours to make it back (just over 17 hours total). Including another 45 minutes at Phantom Ranch enjoying some lemonade before the big climb up BA.
Are you doing the canyon this year? Such an amazing trail.
@@wolfliferunning we already did this yr. Back in early april. Epic.
👍🏻💪🏻
Thank you for checking out the video!
We’re would be best camp, to make 2day hike
Hey Roman, You can camp at either Phantom Ranch or Cottenwood inside the canyon but would need to get a permit. Some people will also do one crossing then camp at the opposite rim, then head back the next day. I Believe this can be done without a permit.
Here is a link to an article with a bunch of info on the trail:
runbryanrun.com/r2r2r-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim-to-rim-run-info/
Great video. How did you get to South Kaibab for the start? Taxi? How early does the shuttle start?
Hey Tim! We had friends drop us off at the SK trail head in the morning. But you can also take the shuttle from the main South Rim Visitor Center starting at 4am. Then catch the shuttle from BA to the visitor center after. The shuttle runs until 8pm I believe. Or you can also park about a mile down from the SK trail head at the intersection you turn down. Then catch the shuttle from BA to SK when done. This will let you start earlier than the shuttle. Let me know if you have any other questions! And let us know how it goes!!
Kiabab is pronounced k-eye-uh-bab NOT KABOB
How do you film this.without your hands sir?
This looks dangerous