Rainbow Rim Trail

Rainbow Rim Trail is a 43.4-mile out-and-back foot trail in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. It climbs 1,141 ft to a high point of 7,936 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Rainbow Rim Trail, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo: Kaibab National Forest · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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