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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish someone said the Grand Canyon is not kid friendly and pretty dangerous and it’s not that impressive in my opinion. I loved the arches at Utah but something about our Grabd Canyon trip was a bust. [/quote]

Dangerous, how so? Thanks![/quote]

NP- A misstep on a trail and you are dead. You sit on a ledge and lose balance? You could be dead. It is a very dangerous place for small kids, you could not let a 2yo out of your sight for 2 seconds without them being at risk near the rim. I have vertigo so stayed on the paved biked trail and went viewpoint to viewpoint that way. I disagree about it not being impressive though, it is breathtaking, but the hiking is inherently dangerous.[/quote]

This. A dear friend fell to her death in GC. [/quote]

Sorry that happened.

We just got from GC with 5 yo twins and had a great time. It felt very safe. We hiked down the south rim. It felt like a calm, nature‐based Disney[/quote]

But it isn't.  A 69 year old man just died there hiking[/quote]

From the article I read, it sounds like that man died from the heat:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2024/07/02/grand-canyon-hiker-death/74278942007/

The article mentions that another hiker aged 41 died a month earlier near the same area, also possibly from the heat.

So my takeaway is that the heights and heat are something to protect yourself and family against at the GC.[/quote]

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