How late for the Grand Canyon S. Rim
Hello everyone, I am roughly planning our full time traveling for 2014. How late in the year can we plan to visit the Grand Canyon, S. Rim and not have snow or ice. Could we plan for late October o...
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http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/weather-condition.htm#CP_JUMP_155163
I was there a couple years ago in mid-september, and as we were driving in, there was a hail storm that left a couple inches of accumulation on the ground. It melted off in a few hours. But a couple days later as we were hiking on the Bright Angel Trail, a thunderstorm dumped more hail on us. Again, left a half-inch or so on the ground that took an hour or so to melt off.
So read the web page, and bear in mind that weather in the fall is highly variable.
I was there a couple years ago in mid-september, and as we were driving in, there was a hail storm that left a couple inches of accumulation on the ground. It melted off in a few hours. But a couple days later as we were hiking on the Bright Angel Trail, a thunderstorm dumped more hail on us. Again, left a half-inch or so on the ground that took an hour or so to melt off.
So read the web page, and bear in mind that weather in the fall is highly variable.
