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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Rim and Loop Hike with Lunch

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Rim and Loop Hike with Lunch

Overview

The Grand Canyon Rim Hike is one of the best hikes in Yellowstone National Park. This hiking tour is a loop. Your tour guide will watch for bears and answer your questions. Lunch, snacks, and gear provided. Not only do we hike along the Rim of the Canyon but also through the forest to lakes, mud pots, and meadows.

City: Yellowstone National Park

Sun 22 Sep

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Starting at $182.00

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Sun 22 Sep

Starting at $182.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Use of Backpack, Bear Spray, Trekking Pole, Binoculars (when no coronavirus restrictions exist)

Professional guide

Snacks

Lunch

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff

What To Expect

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Your expert guide will meet you at the Pavilion next to the Upper Falls Parking Area at 8AM. This is also the staring point for Uncle Tom's Trail. The hike is a 6-mile loop. The hike is along the Canyon Rim, through the forest out to Ribbon Lake, and then past a geyser basin, Clear Lake, and the Wapiti Meadows with big views of the Hayden Valley. If you hike one trail in Yellowstone this is it!

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (254)

szbramer

Sep 2017

Josh, Emily and Jake were amazing. So knowledgeable and patient. My mom is vegetarian and they have been so accommodating with her diet and making sure that she had a lot to eat for snacks and lunch. The hikes have been so beautiful. We have nothing but nice things to say. Absolutely a great group!

Hayley20144

Sep 2017

We hiked Bunsen Peak and Osprey Falls with Emily Jo at the start of August. Yellowstone was the highlight of our 6 week North America holiday and these hikes were the highlight of Yellowstone for us. We were too nervous to go out on the trail on our own so chose to book a guided hike... so glad we did! Emily Jo had so much knowledge and was so invested in the Yellowstone area, as well as the broader ecological community. She explained about all the different trees, grasses, flowers, rock formations, and we saw so much wildlife including an amazing encounter with the endangered Pika! We also saw woodpecker, some fancy green birds that I can't remember the name of but sounded like 'tangerine', a baby short tailed weasel, some chipmunks getting very friendly with each other, a grouse, a marmot, learned to see where the bear have been, and the difference between wolf and cat poo. There were only maybe 4 or 5 other groups (usually couples) encountered on these two hikes combined, and lunch and snacks were delicious. Highly recommend.

scogor

Aug 2017

My wife and i just returned from a three week "road trip" that included visits to four national parks. One of the wisest decisions I made in planning our trip was contacting Josh and Emily Jo and setting up hikes on three consecutive days in Yellowstone. Josh and Emily Jo guided the two of us and one other lucky park visitor on our first day--our most difficult (but certainly suitable for anyone in good physical shape) hike to the summit of Bunsen Peak (with our lunch break near the summit and surrounded by incredible views and nothing else)--we then descended taking a different path and finished the last half mile braving rain and hail. Quite an exciting and energizing day! Josh and Emily Jo did a great job of educating us, measuring our pace (and taking care of my wife's twisted ankle--a freak and unavoidable accident that occurred on our descent). Saw lots of wildlife, including the elusive pica. The next day, Jake and I had a great hike to and from Lone Star geyser--much more impressive than Old Faithful and almost no one that visits Yellowstone sees this geyser. Jake also was able to show me the "before" and "after" (old growth/new growth forests) results of the 1988 fires. This geyser was so impressive that I took my wife on the shorter hike to and from Lone Star later that day. We joined Jake and a family of four the next morning for our final hike in the Lamar Valley and were amazed with Jake's ability to locate wildlife--we spotted a coyote, a ground squirrel (lucky with this one as they are supposedly already hibernating), a badger, sand hill cranes, trumpeter swans, a pronghorn, and more bison than we could count. We were truly "up close and personal" with the bison and Jake took great care to make sure that we were well aware of the need to give the bison their space--there is nothing quite like watching bison on the move. Josh, Emily Jo and Jake really love Yellowstone and their enthusiasm for the park and being guides made our three days with YHG highlights of our "road trip". Like all first time visitors to Yellowstone, we visited the "laundry list" of sights (Old Faithful, Grand Prismatic, etc.) and dealt with the throngs of other tourists and battles over parking spaces. Thankfully, when we were with YHG, we were away from the crowds and really experienced the breathtaking splendor of Yellowstone. If you really want to experience Yellowstone, spend some time with YHG. You will not be disappointed! (BTW, Josh, Emily Jo, and Jake, Cheryl's doing fine--just a sprain and we got a few more short hikes in--and one long one to and from Avalanche Lake in Glacier--thanks to all three of you for three unforgettable days!)