J. Harvey Butchart Hiking Logs, 1954-1987
Compiled by Tony Voth
Butchart annotated a series of hiking maps, including western and eastern half of the Grand Canyon and others from throughout the Grand Canyon region that are also available.
Table of contents arranged chronologically. To search for a particular hike or location, use the Find in Page Command (Control-F or under "Edit" in your browser's menu).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Backpacking in the Grand Canyon
Exploring the gorge of the Little Colorado River
EARLY PROTOLOGS
My first visit to Phantom Canyon
My first visit to Supai
My first trip to Clear Creek
Indian Gardens to Hermit's Rest loop hike
Supai
Roaring Springs and Ribbon Falls
Grandview Trail
Old Bright Angel Canyon Trail
Down the Old Hance Trail to Sockdolager Rapids
Echo Cliffs and Navaho Bridge
First Trip to Thunder River
South Kaibab and Bright Angel Trails
Grandview Trail to New Hance Trail loop hike
Phantom Creek and Haunted Canyon
South Kaibab Trail and Bright Angel Trail loop hike
Hance Rapids
Clear Creek
Hermit Trail to Granite Rapids
Floating the Colorado River through Sockdolager and Grapevine Rapids
Floating the Colorado River from Tanner Rapids to Hance Rapids
Grandview Trail to Hance Canyon
New Hance Trail to Old Hance Trail loop hike
Navaho Bridge Sheep Trail
Point Imperial to Tanner Trail
Clear Creek
Tanner Trail and Hopi Salt Mine
Old Hance Trail to Sockdolager Rapids then out the Grandview Trail
Little Colorado River
Deer Creek Falls
South Bass Trail
South Bass Trail and Copper Canyon
South Bass Trail and Elves Chasm
Cremation Canyon
Clear Creek
Sockdolager Rapids
Old Hance Trail
Old Hance Trail
The Colorado River at Mile 79.9
My first hike down the Boucher Trail
Phantom Creek and Haunted Canyon
Great Thumb Trail
Rim to rim with car exchange
Climbing Shiva Temple
Widforss Point and west
Dripping Springs and Mesa Eremita
My first visit to Powell Plateau and the North Bass Trail
Looking for the Point Atoko Route
Thunder River and above Tapeats Creek Source Cave
Toroweap and the Lava Rapids Trail
Cottonwood Creek to the Colorado River
Lee's Ferry to Badger Rapids
Clear Creek
Big Saddle, Tapeats Cave, Deer Creek Falls, Chamberlain Canyon, and Kanab Canyon
Blue Springs Trail
Mouth of Horn Creek Rapids
New Hance Trail to Old Hance Trail loop hike
Asbestos Canyon
Hermit Trail to Boucher Trail loop hike below the Tapeats
Spur trail west of Cottonwood Creek to the Colorado River
Aerial tram across the Little Colorado River Gorge
Cape Solitude, Blue Springs, and Tanner Trails
Grand Scenic Divide, South Bass Trail, and Royal Arch Creek
Phantom Creek
Butte Fault Trail
Atoko Point Route to Nankoweap Trail loop hike
Unkar Creek
Hopi Salt Source
DETAILED HIKING LOGS
Floating on the Colorado River
From Hance Rapids to the Kaibab Suspension Bridge
From Tanner to Hance Rapids by water
Grandview, Tonto, and Hance Trails in one day
Tragedy between Point Imperial and Desert View
Atoko Point Route
Notes: South Bass Trail
South Bass Trail to Copper Canyon
South Bass Trail to Copper Canyon
Boucher Trail to the Tonto Trail and across to the South Bass Trail
Phantom Canyon
Horse trail from Bright Angel Creek to upper Phantom Canyon
Great Thumb trip
Shiva Temple
The Search for a trail into Lava
Thunder River and Tapeats Creek trip
North Bass Trail to Shinumo Creek
Down Cottonwood Canyon to the Colorado River
Badger Creek Rapids
Clear Creek
Thunder Spring, Tapeats Source, Deer Creek, Kanab Creek, and Hack's Canyon
Comanche Point and the Little Colorado River Gorge
Down the Bright Angel Trail and then towards Horn Creek Rapids
Search for the foot of the Grandview Trail
Reaching the mouth of Hance Creek
Asbestos Canyon via Clear Creek
Down the Hermit Trail, along the Inner Gorge to Boucher Creek, and up the Boucher Trail - Version 1
Down the Hermit Trail, along the Colorado River, and up the Boucher Trail - Version 2
Blue Springs Trail to the Tanner Trail
Grand Scenic Divide, Mount Huethawali, and Royal Arches Creek
Basalt Canyon, Lava Canyon, and the Butte Fault Trail
Kwagunt and Nankoweap Canyons
Unkar Creek
Hopi Salt Spring
From the Tanner Trail to the New Hance Trail
Trip from Clear Creek to the foot of Deva Temple
To Horn Creek Rapids on the north side of the Colorado River
Red Canyon to Old Hance Trail loop
Cheops Pyramid and the Colorado River
Loop trip from Topocoba Hilltop north on the Esplanade and then on to Supai
Sipapu, Marston Boat Party, and Disney Crew
Deva Temple
From Pipe Creek past Horn Creek to the North Rim
Original Tanner Trail and Solomon's Temple
Apache Point and Royal Arches Creek
Old Hance Trail, upper Mineral Canyon, and Red Canyon
Newspaper Article Written by Harvey Butchart for the Arizona Republic about the Goldwater Natural Bridge
To the Colorado River below Horn Creek, then on to Salt and Epsom Creeks
Fossil Bay
Fossil Bay
Esplanade from Apache Point to Great Thumb Point
Sinking Ship and Mesa Eremita
Diana Temple
Through Marble Canyon
Eastern end of the North Rim
To the mouth of Epsom Creek
Rainbow Bridge
Apache Point to the Redwall above Elves Chasm
Above Royal Arch
Fossil Bay
Fossil Bay
Letter to Dock Marston
Boucher Camp and Slate Canyon
Redwall north of 75 Mile Canyon and Escalante Butte
Soap Creek
Desert View to Cardenas Butte
Rider Canyon
Right Bank descent into Marble Canyon at Mile 19
Wotan's Throne and Kibbey Butte
Down the South Bass Trail then along the Colorado River to Fossil Bay
Toltec, Chemehuevi, Piute, and Jicarilla Points
Coronado Butte, Red Canyon, and Papago Canyon
Hartman Natural Bridge, Lava and Unkar Creeks
The Tabernacle; Unkar, Asbestos, and Lava Canyons; and Juno Temple
Cape Royal Area
Below Jicarilla Point
Below Jicarilla and Mescalero Points
Caves in Cottonwood Canyon
From Mescalero Point into Slate Canyon
Above the mouth of Havasu Creek
West of Sinking Ship
Down Epsom Creek to the Colorado River
The Grandview Trail and Grapevine and Cottonwood Canyons
Grapevine Canyon
South (Paradise) Canyon
Topocoba Trail
Fifth ascent of Wotan's Throne
Nankoweap Basin
Cape Royal to Freya Temple
The Sinking Ship
Fishtail Mesa
Source of Bright Angel Creek
The Goldwater Natural Bridge from Point Imperial
Saddle Canyon
Powell Plateau
Downriver from Pipe Creek to Hermit Rapids
Unkar to Krishna Shrine
Red Canyon, Asbestos Canyon, and Rama Shrine
Fragment of a log to Cardenas Canyon
Upper end of Lake Mead
Defense ruin at Enfilade Point
Tahuta Point
Attempted descent to Supai near the telephone line
Cape Final to Juno Ruin
Esplanade above 140 Mile Canyon
Supai
Around Pattie Butte
Shinumo Wash Trail
Bridge west of the Tanner Trail and the seeps below Desert View
Little Colorado River, Hopi and Moody Trails
Rim above Slate Canyon, Papago Point, and Coconino basin
From Manakacha Point to Supai
Below Tahuta and Great Thumb Points
Rim of the Little Colorado River Gorge
Blue Springs Trail
Hubbell and Poston Buttes, and Jupiter Temple
Lava and Carbon Buttes, and a route to Lava Creek
Piute Trail
Barbenceta and Nankoweap Buttes, and Nankoweap Mesa
Buck Farm Point and Saddle Canyon
Nankoweap Basin
Rope Trail trip to the Colorado River at Supai
Eminence Break to above President Harding Rapids
Eminence Trail, sites on the right bank, and Mile 43.2
Vishnu Creek, Newberry Butte, and to the Colorado River at Mile 99.8
Horse Trail Canyon and the Little Colorado River Gorge to Cameron
The Moody Trail and Rockfall Crater
Hermit Trail and along the Redwall to Hermit Creek
Moody and Indian Maid Trails
Horse Trail to Blue Springs and the Indian Maid Trail
Navaho Mountain and North Trail
Attempted descent north of Cardenas and a shortcut in the Tanner Trail
Along the Redwall rim and down Royal Arch Creek to the beach east of its mouth
Topocoba Trail to Sinyala Fault and Matkatamiba Canyon to Supai along the Redwall rim
North between Escalante and Cardenas Buttes, down the Redwall between Twin Promontories, and to the Colorado River down Escalante Creek
My broken wrist and the Little Colorado River
Salt Trail Canyon with a broken arm
Dam Site Trail, Dam Site, and Sheep Trail
Hermit Basin to Bass Canyon, Dragon and Crystal Creeks
North Rim trip off Cape Royal and to the Indian ruins near Point Sublime
Point Sublime, Dragon, Shiva Saddle, and Salt Water Wash
Tanner Wash
To the Colorado River below President Harding Rapid and the pole platform
Salt Trail Canyon
Steamboat Mountain
Phantom Canyon
Down Peach Springs Wash to the Colorado River
Thunder River
Mile 24.6 and Hot Na Na Wash
Marble Canyon at Mile 15.5
Cremation Canyon
Black Water Canyon (Oak Canyon on the Navaho Mountain Quad)
Clear Creek
Redwall rim south of Shiva Temple
Down the South Kaibab Trail then above the Redwall to Cremation Canyon
The Transept and Ribbon Falls Creek (Upper Ribbon Falls)
Coconino west of Cape Royal and the rim above Clear Creek
Ascent of Bridger's Knoll and Tapeats, Stone, and Deer Creeks
North of Saddle Mountain (Saddle Canyon)
North Canyon, Mile 19 Break, and Jacob's Pools
Redwall ascent at Sumner Saddle
Impressions from the air
Venus and Apollo Temples
Into Hance Canyon southwest of Coronado Butte and the burro trail out of lower Hance
South Kaibab Trail to Lyell Butte
Hermit Trail
North Rim (Dragon Creek and Hartman's Bridge #1)
King Arthur Castle and Guinevere
Impressions from the air
Pattie Butte
Climbing the Sinking Ship
Crystal and Tuna Creeks from Point Sublime
Echo Peaks, left bank upstream, Jacob's Pools to the Paria Platform
Upper Havasu Canyon
Left bank of the Colorado River above Lee's Ferry
South fork of Diamond Creek
Diamond Creek
Salt Trail Canyon and travertine dome
To the Little Colorado rim above Blue Springs
Clear Creek
Impressions from the air
False start, Mount Burro and Havatagvich
South Kaibab to Bright Angel Trail along the Redwall
Marble rim from Tiger Wash to Mile 21.7
Cave and Mile 21.7 Wash
Dragon and Crystal Creeks and the Tower of Ra
Bridge, Separation, Spencer, and Meriwitica Canyons
North Rim to Olla Vieja Cave and Tower of Ra
Meriwitica and Spencer Canyon areas, Western Grand Canyon
Ervin climb area revisited
Fossil Bay and Redwall rim to Specter
Tapeats, Deer Creek, and Galloway Canyons
Upper Crystal Creek
Aerials - Shiva, Osiris, Ra, Flint, and Specter
Old Hance Trail and Tse An Bide
Boucher, Slate, and Hermit Canyons
From west of Crazy Jug Point to south of Fire Point
Horseshoe Mesa and Hance Canyon
Horn and Salt Creeks
Diamond Peak to Granite Park
Attempted descent at Mile 21.9
Moran Point to the head of Papago Bay
Ruins above Papago Canyon and two false descents
Diamond Creek to 234 Mile Canyon
Upper Beaver Canyon and Wescogame Point
Wescogame Point and Diamond Peak
Kolb and South Rim ruins
Conversation with Emery Kolb
Impressions from the air
Sierra Club trip and Sumner Butte
Kirby Trail and the upper Cataract Canyon
Shinumo Amphitheater
Tanner Trail and direct route up from Unkar
Clear Creek
Tuna - Crystal
Grandview Point to Sinking Ship
Cope Butte
Ropeless (?) route from rim to Wotan
Review of the route west of Point Atoko
Through Obi Canyon to Deva Saddle
Route (?) to canyon floor around Kibbey Butte
Cogswell Butte
Below Kibbey Butte along the Redwall and down
Water sources in Grand Canyon National Park
National Canyon
Trip to Turquoise Bay
National Canyon
Quest for the Hillers' picture of Dox Castle
Kaibab-Coconino descent on the east side of Papago Canyon
National Canyon
Olla Cave
Across from Cape Solitude
Spencer Trail and east of Lee's Ferry
Tonto east of Indian Gardens
Pipe Creek
Quartermaster Canyon
Quartermaster Canyon - route reconnaissance
Quartermaster Canyon
Quartermaster Trail
Letter from Donald Davis
Mohawk Canyon
Aztec Amphitheater
Havasupai, Manakacha, and Enfilade Points
North Rim
Attempted descent off the east side of Papago Canyon
Salt Water Wash to Tanner Wash
Crazy Jug Canyon
Grand Canyon flight
Mohawk Canyon
Sewrey Route down from the Dripping Springs Trail
Walter Powell Route up from the mouth of the Little Colorado
Mohawk Canyon
From Apache Point to Colorado River and Forester Canyon
Diamond Creek
Through the Redwall across from Diamond Peak
Middle Echo Peak
Towards Lonetree Canyon
Lonetree Canyon
Papago Point and the Little Colorado
Black Tank Wash and Highwall Spring Trail
Across from Diamond Creek to Trail Canyon
Black Tank Wash
Success at Black Tank Wash
Route up from Secret (Oak) Canyon
Jicarilla Point
Gunther Castle
Discovery of undisturbed Indian storage grotto, Lava Canyon
Descriptions of Lava Canyon Indian site and contents
Clubb Route to Merlin and Modred
Frustration near Cape Royal
Citadel Route, Cliff Spring Route, and Lancelot Point
Payoff - east side of Papago Canyon
Elaine Castle
Granite Creek
Redwall between Grapevine and Cottonwood Canyons
Inspecting Havatagvich
Hot Na Na Wash
Mohawk - Stairway Route
Impressions from the air
Beaver Canyon
Apache Point
Fault Route at Mile 30.4 and Saddle Canyon
Redwall west of Cottonwood Creek
Bass Trail, Arch Creek, Fossil Creek, and the Tonto Trail
Redwall routes in Cottonwood Canyon
Saddle Canyon to Little Nankoweap
Saddle Canyon
The Coconino in Saddle Canyon
Miles 219 and 220 Canyons
Trail near Trail Canyon
Deva-Brahma arm of Clear Creek
Pollux Temple
Snyder Mine and Bighorn Trail Canyon
Letter from John Nelson to Doc Marston
Saddle Canyon rappel
Granite Park Creek
Redwall gorge of Beaver Canyon
Havatagvich Canyon and Moqui Trail
Vishnu Canyon, Sheba, and Solomon
Impressions from Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek
Kirby Trail to Blank Tank Wash
Recovery of pots at Mile 43.3 (Eminence Break Route)
Up Wotan like an Indian (almost)
Second ascent of Lyell Butte
Redwall west of the spring in Cottonwood
Trip to Siegfried
Redwall climbs in Cottonwood Canyon
Left bank from Mile 30.4 to Mile 24.3
O'Neil Butte
Indian ruin below Bright Angel Point
Marble Canyon, Mile 43.8 to Mile 41.8, and Shinumo Altar
Horseshoe Mesa mine and Redwall west of the Sinking Ship
Mile 27 Wash to Stanton's Marble Pier
Clear Creek to Indian ruins south of Deva and the Redwall west of Brahma
To the Colorado River at Lonetree Canyon
Off Shoshone Point
Route to river at Mile 21.7
Visbak Tapeats route and Kolb picture of the skeleton
Right bank, Diamond to Mile 204
Havatagvitch Canyon
Mount Wodo
Supai in one day
Long Canyon - Boynton Canyon loop
Fossil Bay
Coronado Butte
Watahomigi Point and old trail by Havasu Falls
Scouting the way to the river at Mile 123.7
Route to the Colorado River at Mile 123.7
Capitol Butte and the Indian ruin on the ledge
Redwall descent between Pinal and Lipan
Across and back at Toroweap
Route west of Cove Canyon
Mohawk Canyon
Saddle west of pinnacle 5580 near Lake Powell
Mystic Spring (?) and Spencer Terrace
Siegfried Pyre
Second try for Mystic Spring
Road to Mount Dellenbaugh and the Shivwits Plateau
Diamond Creek, Kelly Tanks, Separation Canyon, and left bank Tonto
Redwall west of White Switchbacks and ruins in Pipe Creek
Haunted Canyon, Redwall Ravine west of Sturdevant, and the Miners Trail between Kaibab and Bright Angel Trails
Down Matkatamiba Canyon to the Colorado River
Third try for Mystic Spring picture
Routes off Great Thumb Mesa into Matkatamiba
From Great Thumb Mesa into Matkatamiba
Beyond the Boucher Trail toward Vesta
Glen Canyon, Mile 13.5 to Mile 0, Secret Canyon, and the Klondike Trail
Sinking Ship
Fourth try for Mystic Spring
Matkatamiba Canyon
Mystic Spring
Second try for Vesta
Glen Canyon, Mile 13 to Mile 0
Route to Vesta
Nankoweap via Kibbey Route
Wall Creek, Manzanita Canyon, route to Clear Creek
Climbing to Wall Creek Spring
Direct route to Hartman Bridge
Information from Herman Pollock
My observations of Manzanita Canyon
Interview with Melvin McCormick
Ayer Point
Newton Butte
Access routes to Phantom Canyon and Johnson Point
North Canyon to Vasey's Paradise
East from Lee's Ferry
Tanner Wash to Hot Na Na
Skeleton site revisited
Howlands' Butte and source of Clear Creek
Trinity and west on the Tonto and Shiva Redwall
Seal Head Rock near Mystic Spring
Port Hole and Grand Scenic Divide
Vesta Temple
Nankoweap area
Cochise Butte and Point Chiavria
Little Dana Butte
Little Dana Butte
Shivwits Plateau
Big Canyon
Third try for Dana Butte
Route into Kwagunt and Swilling Butte
Esplanade between Fishtail and Deer Creek Canyons
Big Canyon
Big Canyon
Hance Trail and Papago Canyon
Long Canyon and Maroon Mountain
Nankoweap Trip
Papago Canyon
Buck Farm Canyon
Possible route Montezuma Point
Down Crazy Jug Canyon and up Saddle Canyon
Sowats, Jumpup, Kanab, and Kwagunt
Tatahatso Canyon
Saddle Mountain Trail and Boundary Promontory
Hakatai cable site
Point Huitzil Route
Montezuma Point Route
Grapevine Canyon
Inscription overhang - Grapevine Canyon
Redwall at Mile 50 and lower Saddle Canyon
Fiske Butte
Fourth try for the Stiles Route off Point Huitzil
Enfilade Point Route, Specter, and Fossil
Saddle Mountain Route to river Mile 50
Fifth try for the Stiles Route at Point Huitzil
Lee's Ferry to Soap Creek
Pierce and Emery Falls Canyons
Rider to Soap
Parashant - Whitmore area
Blue Springs Trail area
Mile 36.8 Canyon
Coconino from Centeotl to Quetzal
Tatahatso Canyon to the Bridge of Sighs
Oak Canyon and Music Temple Canyon
Espejo Butte and possible routes
Access to Oak Canyon from the east
Promontory east of Cliff Dwellers
Scouting Sullivan Peak
Dry Rock Creek Route
Espejo Butte
Montezuma and Huitzil Point Routes
Sullivan Peak, Colonnade
Jicarilla to Slate
Montezuma Point to Apache Point
Jicarilla Point and Diana Temple
Pearce Canyon
East side of Cremation Canyon
East side of Cremation Canyon
Tincanebitts and Burnt Spring Canyons
Around Coronado Butte and along the Redwall
Redwall Route, east prong of Horseshoe Mesa
Shinumo Canyon to Tatahatso
Hermit Trail and river at Mile 94.5
Cane Spring Trail
From Saddle Canyon to Buck Farm Canyon
Comanche Point Route to the Colorado River
Salt Trail Canyon
Reflection Canyon (Cottonwood Gulch)
Buck Farm Canyon to South Canyon
Red and Mineral Canyons
Buck Farm Canyon from the river
Hakatai Canyon, Modred Abyss
Marion Point and Huntoon and Tibbetts Routes
Coconino route into the east arm of Clear Creek
Red Canyon and Redwall in Mineral Canyon
Boucher Canyon
Comanche Creek
Evans Butte
North Rim trip and Bundy tales
Western Grand Canyon
Western Grand Canyon
Ninety-four Mile Canyon and Redwall near Set
Ninety-four Mile Creek to Crystal Creek
Lower Hance Canyon and Sockdolager Rapids
Paria Canyon
Little Dragon and Lawes-MacRae Route
Boucher Creek and Hermit Camp
Pearce, Spencer, and Milkweed Canyons
Phantom and Sturdevant Canyons
Boucher Canyon
Supai rim in Boucher Canyon
Upper Paria Canyon
Lower Kanab Canyon and vicinity
Twilight, Music Temple, and Navaho Valley
Upper Boucher Canyon
Reflection Canyon
Cave Canyon, Rampart Cave, and Quartermaster and Burnt Canyons
Upper Cave Canyon
Surprise and Lost Canyons
Clear Creek
Twilight Canyon
Colonnade Route and Dutton Canyon
Escalante Country
Clear Creek
Clay Tank (Lost) Canyon
Milkweed Canyon
Clear Creek
Hall Butte
Surprise Canyon
Surprise Canyon
Maxon and Salt Canyons
Hawkins Butte
Surprise Canyon
209 and 214 Mile Canyons
Thor's Hammer bay and Papago rim
Wall Creek
Surprise Canyon
Surprise Canyon
Clear Creek
Burnt and Twin Springs Canyons
Routes to Lake Powell
Powell Plateau
North Rim
Paria Plateau
Surprise Canyon
Pearce Canyon and Snap Point
From Burnt Canyon south of Twin Point
Indian Gardens with Dennis Mihiel
Lake Powell
Lake Powell
Twin Spring Canyon, Toroweap, etc
Western Grand Canyon
Western Grand Canyon
Mile 265 and Tincanebitts
Pearce Canyon
Helicopter to 209 Mile Canyon and Kiels at Mead
Pearce to Tincanebitts
Tincanebitts, Twin Creek, and Dellenbaugh
Pearce Ferry to Surprise
Anita Mine and South Bass Trail
Surprise Canyon
Surprise Canyon
George Bain