While a mule ride also isn’t for the faint of heart, it’s a great way to see the Grand Canyon’s depth’s that is easier on your legs, lungs and feet. The Grand Canyon’s South Rim is ...

Grand Canyon visitors can ride along the rim for spectacular ... a two-hour trek along the edge of the South Rim. A special bus takes us from the Village mule barn to the stables at Yaki Point.

If you’re traveling with children, visiting Grand Canyon ... fidgety youngsters. The Canyon Vista mule ride lasts three hours (two in the saddle) and stays atop the rim following a gentle ...

GRAND CANYON ... the North Rim. Always, we stop with our mules facing out; a spooked mule's auto reflex is to step backward. As we descend, the canyon seems to morph. At the South Rim, the ...

I’ve wanted to ride a mule at the Grand Canyon since I was in second grade ... A sight to behold, it can be accessed from its South Rim or experienced on its more untrammeled North Rim, an ...

On a chilly morning near the Grand Canyon’s busy Bright Angel trailhead ... In 1914, National Geographic estimated the South Rim’s tourist mule traffic at 7,000 riders per year.

The popular mule train rides from the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona have been temporarily halted while canyon trails undergo maintenance. The mule rides could resume in about ...

They ride 10 miles to reach Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the canyon, where they spend the night before riding back up to the rim the following day. Meanwhile, in the mule barn on the South Rim ...

For millions of people around the world, a trip to the Grand Canyon is a lifelong ... tourists embarking on mule trips. Since quality water wasn't available on the rim to develop their film ...

the landscape transitions to prairies and then pine forests before ending at the South Rim, said Sam Langner, a spokesman for the Grand Canyon Railway and Hotel. Train rides feature roaming ...