If you’re rafting when there are monsoons in Grand Canyon, you might experience something incredible Imagine this: It’s your second...
Monsoons in Grand Canyon make rafting even more amazing
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Mary Colter: Quietly Building the Grand Canyon
Mary Colter: Quietly Building the Grand Canyon “Don Alphonso de los Pajaros walked one last time among the peacocks. The market crash of 1929 had wiped him out. La Posada, his family home for 120 years, had been sold to the Santa Fe Railway. The childless Don Alphonso...
6 Grand Canyon Flowers to Spot on Your Hatch Trip
Look for these 6 Grand Canyon flowers on your trip! (Especially if it’s spring!) With spring fast approaching, the plants in the Grand Canyon are beginning to awaken! The canyon is home to a variety of fascinating plants, many of which bloom during the spring....
Practicing Good “River Citizenship” on a Grand Canyon River Trip
Be a good river citizen on your Grand Canyon river trip! Sometimes Hatch takes such good care of you, it’s easy to forget that the Grand Canyon is a remote backcountry area. This remoteness is part of what makes this kind of trip so great, but it does have its...
A Badger, Soap, and the Side Canyon Names That Stuck
A Badger, Soap, and the Side Canyon Names That Stuck Two of the first drainages you’ll encounter in the Grand Canyon are named Badger Creek and Soap Creek. Like much of the Grand Canyon, there’s an interesting story behind the names of these two side...
Grand Canyon Haiku by Alexi Kimiatek
Grand Canyon Haiku by Alexi Kimiatek Writing poetry on a river trip is a wonderful way to stay present and notice all of the beauty and little miracles in the Canyon. One of our recent guests, Alexi Kimiatek, wrote an astonishing 131 haiku on his river trip!...