Conquer The Canyon®

A Typical Adventure - More of What to Expect!

Your Grand Canyon Experience begins HERE!

Conquer The Canyon and The Walking Connection welcome YOU to Arizona and the Grand Canyon. Depending upon which adventure team you will be participating on, your exact itinerary will vary. All teams begin and end in Phoenix, Arizona.

Upon arrival at Sky Harbor International Airport, you will transfer to our Phoenix/Scottsdale host hotel the day prior to our departure for Northern Arizona and Grand Canyon. The day is at your leisure and we recommend that if you have not already begun your pre-adventure hydration, that you start right away. Prepare for an early wake up call the next morning -- we depart "The Valley of The Sun" before 9:00am.

Your first full day we will journey through the heart of Arizona and watch as the the lower Sonoran Desert gives way to the climb up the Mogollon Rim into the high desert plains and lower edge of the Colorado Plateau. Then we drop back down into The Verde Valley in the landscape where the Verde River flows and one of only several above ground rivers in Arizona. You will delight in your transfers guides knowledge and the dramatic changes in the landscape as you ride from the lower desert to the Red Rock Country of Sedona, our midday stop. There you will have an opportunity to check out the awesome scenery, grab lunch and visit a few shops and galleries.

Legs stretched and stomachs full, we return to our journey through the steep walls of Oak Creek Canyon toward Flagstaff and the Ponderosa Pine Forests and San Francisco Peaks at its edge. We'll pass through the Aspen and Pine forests until we reach the open plateau indicating that we are nearing our destination of the South Rim of Grand Canyon.

All told, your journey to the canyon is approximately four hours and though the Canyon seems centrally located between several western states, it is actually quite remote. So remote that your cell phone may not work in many areas along the trip and while at Grand Canyon. This is your elevation acclimation day and you will spend most of it between 6000' to 7000' (1823 to 2134 meters) of elevation.

After your introductory visit to Grand Canyon as described earlier on the pages of this site, you will proceed to the hotel in time to relax a bit, clean up and get ready for the Mission Inspiration Carbo Loading Dinner! The evening ends early giving you a chance to organize your day pack and prepare for a very early wake call on Hike Day! See the Trail Descriptions for your options for this day.

Your Mission Celebration Dinner is next! Following your fantastic adventure in Grand Canyon National Park, you will be treated to an excellent dinner, with old and new found friends to celebrate your accomplishments over the last 4 or 5 months!

Conquer The Canyon is proud to be associated with our .ORG Partners! We are certain that the efforts everyone has put into making this adventure a success -- including YOU, will have a lasting effect on those who benefit the most from this program -the patients, the people, the families and the organizations Conquer The Canyon supports.

You will leave Grand Canyon tired! But it will be a "good" tired. You will have the satisfaction of knowing you conquered the elements, your own physical, mental and emotional challenges and at the same time, made someone else's live better!

Take this opportunity in your life to learn more about the organizations participating in Conquer The Canyon. Then, complete the interest form on the individual organization's pages on this site and register to get started.

Come Hike The Grand Canyon With Us!