Top Grand Canyon Trails: 20, Cliff Spring Trail

Unlike most other paths on the North Rim and South Rim of the Grand Canyon, the Cliff Spring Trail neither descends towards the river nor leads to a viewpoint; instead it follows a wooded, quite narrow ravine, ending at a dripping spring, which sustains a group of ferns, mosses and other plants. The spring has formed in an elongated alcove in the buff-colored Coconino sandstone. Also of interest is a small Anasazi granary, near the trailhead. The path starts half a mile before the end of the road to Cape Royal.

Length 0.5 miles (0.8 km), elevation change 150 feet (46 meters)

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