Hot Town Hikes: The Depths of Summer
Hiking through the hot box in the Grand Canyon on a single-day rim-to-rim hike. Wide brimmed hat, cooling towel, wet Buff, and long sleeved cotton shirt made it bearable. Now's the time where only the brave, stupid, or completely prepared dare venture outside into our desert parks to enjoy a hike. Most of us safely stick to air conditioned homes or misted patios while waiting for fall, or at least a good monsoon rain, to arrive before getting back onto the trails. But it doesn't necessarily have to be that way.