Grand Canyon views can be discovered if you drive into the Kaibab National Forest…
…to the Saddle Mountain trailhead.
There’s a trail register yet it appears that many would rather sign the aspen trees.
We didn’t really hike much of the trail as it’s long with a lot of up and downs that we didn’t have time for.
But we did walk to a viewpoint winding through the young aspen.
And grazed on some Oregon grape, service and elderberries along the way.
The views are spectacular.
Even beyond the canyon onto the Marble Plateau.
And Marble Canyon where the Colorado River cuts a crooked path past the Vermilion Cliffs.
We noticed a small fire on the east side of the Kaibab Plateau.
Turned out to be the Woolsey fire started by lightning and located just north of the park’s Point Imperial overlook.
In fact the road to Point Imperial was closed for about a week because of this 450-some acre fire which burned in part of the 2000 Outlet fire area.
All in all, a very nice day in the forest.