Hermit Trail

Name: Hermit Trail
Rating: 4.5

4.5 (11)

Length 5.9 Miles 9.4 Kilometers	306' 93 m Ascent -3,716' -1,133 m Descent
13% Avg Grade (7°) 48% Max Grade (25°)	6,628' 2,020 m High 3,218' 981 m Low

Shared By Peter Olson

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“A rocky fun singletrack trail into the Grand Canyon.”

— Peter Olson

Driving Directions GPX File

Dogs No Dogs

Features Birding · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Description

From the Hermits Rest Access, follow the signs down into the canyon. The trail descends on steep and rocky switchbacks and also contours around amazing views of the Grand Canyon. The trail descends to the Tonto Trail. This trail sees fewer travelers than the main corridor trails from the South Rim. There is one spring, Santa Maria, that has water and a shade shelter.

Contacts

Land Manager: National Park Service - Grand Canyon National Park

Easy: walking with no obstacles and low grades

Easy/Intermediate

Intermediate: 10% grade, small rocks and roots, easy scrambling

Intermediate/Difficult

Difficult: 15% grade, large obstacles, possible scrambling or climbing

Extremely Difficult: 20% grade, 15+" obstacles, many harder sections

Your Check-Ins

Check-Ins

Sep 21, 2018

Miranda Wenzel

Aug 29, 2018

Jordan Ellstrom

May 24, 2018

Cyrus Moh

6mi

May 14, 2018

Ryan Schneider

5mi

Mar 8, 2018

Connor Shaffer

Left at 6:50 am reaches camp at 12:50 pm. Ate lunch and explored hermits “town” for about an hour. Was hiking with 10 others. 9mi

Dec 28, 2017

Quirine Besseling

Walked a little, by mostly watched the sunset.

Nov 25, 2017

Kati Jones

Hiked down to junction with Dripping Spring Trail 3.2mi

Sep 22, 2017

Kris Ullman

5.9mi

Aug 13, 2017

Austyn Byassee

I hiked down Hermit's Trail to Santa Maria Spring then back up to Dripping Springs then returned to the trailhead. 7.6mi

Jul 30, 2017

Buck Pate

May 13, 2017

Dirck Toe

May 1, 2017

Shaun Jalbert

18mi

Apr 13, 2017

Ken Cannon

to waldron trail junction 1.3mi

Mar 30, 2017

Erika H.

9.3 miles to Monument Creek 9.3mi — 7h 30m

Mar 21, 2017

Ken Fellman

Left Monument Creek Campsite BL7 at 5:00 am to beat the heat! 9.3mi

Mar 19, 2017

Ken Fellman

Hiked down Hermit then side trail to Monument Creek. Super hot (80 degrees plus) and in the sun made it tough

Mar 13, 2017

David Capo

ow. not well maintained, steep and angry. beautiful 2.5mi

Feb 14, 2017

Megan Kantor

Beautiful trail, more remote than some of the other Grand Canyon trails so there are far fewer people. Several rock falls that require scrambling tho. 5.9mi

Aug 4, 2016

Ryan McNeil

Jun 20, 2016

Stephanie Vito

Apr 4, 2016

Robert Tapling

Day one hike in

Jan 15, 2016

Jessie Smith

5.9mi

Oct 5, 2015

Andre Powell