Grand Canyon in Winter
Anyone ever camp in Grand Canyon during winter? I was thinking of going around Christmas and New Years. Thinking of camping at Mather CG and would luv to see the Canyon in snow.
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GordonThree wrote:2gypsies wrote:
Definitely stay in the park at Trailer Village RV so you could have electric for heat. Mather doesn't have electric and I'm not sure it's even open in winter. If you can drive there in snow it would be a very special place to be in winter. I've seen pictures of RVs there.
It was open for 2015, and that campground was actually busier than Trailer Village. I don't know how those young people were staying warm, it was really cold with the wind chill, and that's from someone from Northern Michigan.
To the OP:
I don't know where my pictures went from that trip. I don't think I took many, because operating the camera with gloves was too much hassle. As I recall, there was 4-5" of snow on the ground in the campground. The roads were plowed, with patches of heavy ice.
The little cafe at Hermit's Rest was not serving food or beverage, but their gift store was open. Parking was VERY restricted out there, many spots were filled by the snow plow hills. Some folks with the fancy jeeps and toyotas saw those hills as a way to show off their expensive toys.
Expect icy walkways at the various overlooks, and icy parking lots. If you don't have some yet, get YAKTRAX (or other suitable slip-on traction devices) for everyone who will be out and about. The NPS does not use salt, they use volcanic cinder, which requires bright sun to work. The cinders themselves are also slippery when you walk on them over bare concrete.
Yaktrax, Had to look that one up. Interesting, never knew they had a product like that.
