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Reply #18: It's dry, and it can be 100 F at the bottom when it's snowing at the top. [View All]

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politicat

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Sun Jun-04-06 11:36 PM
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18. It's dry, and it can be 100 F at the bottom when it's snowing at the top.

It's a huge elevation drop. Are you planning on hiking back up, too?

The hike down is not bad, though I'm a North rim girl myself. (Grew up in the area.) If you can get a lift back up, you're golden.

If you don't live at altitude now, you'll need about 3x the water that you would need at sea level. We who live in the thin air adapt... a little. But you'll lose water faster than you do at a lower altitude. It's also dry as a bone.

If you have a dog big enough to pack, you might want to get him boots, a pack and teach him to pack with you. Carry extra socks and lots of blister-bandages.

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