Skeleton Point - Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

Jarrett Sech

Easy 3 miles down (about 2 hours since we stopped for pictures along the way) and a pretty strenuous 3 miles up (about 1.5 hours of nonstop uphill). Amazing views the whole way and well worth the time and effort.

Pass Ooh Aah Point and Cedar Ridge on the way down (Cedar Ridge has a bathroom)

Beware of not used to altitude or longer hikes!

Uli Schreiner

Sehr schöne Tour. Man sollte früh beginnen und zum Mittag wieder am Rim sein. Es wird sehr warm und - zum Glück - windig. Die Aussichten unterwegs sind beeindruckend. Je weiter man läuft, desto einsamer wird es, was sehr angenehm ist. Für den Aufstieg sollte man genug Wasser dabei haben. Durch die trockene Luft und Wärme benötigt man etwas mehr Wasser als üblich.

S L

As the brochure mentioned, this would be the longest day hike you could undertake. My hubby (40) and I (35) were exhausted afterward!

However, you get to experience different views from the rim and "feel" all the layers of millions of years of geological strata. I wouldn't say this point offers the best view of the Colorado River since we could see more of it from the Desert View.

The hike took us 5.5 hours, with about 30 minutes stopped at Cedar Ridge and another 40 minutes at Skeleton Point for a snack break. Considering all the stops, the actual walking time would have been 4 hours, but breaks are necessary to catch your breath, eat, hydrate, and take lots of pictures while enjoying the view.

So, 1) plan the hike for 6 hours; 2) I personally think hiking poles are a must for this 6-mile hike; 3) bring plenty of water and snacks; 4) and ENJOY!

* We started at 7am, but definitely would start earlier if possible. The mornign shade was super helpful! Coming back was hard with the full Sun exposure!!

Patrik Tomanovic

Great short walk with some vertical meters but with beautiful views to Grand Canyon. Definitely worth to visit

Grabriela V. Barbosa

Let me start by saying this hike is not for the weak lol

My husband and I went over the Labor Day holiday. Our goal was to make it to ooh ahh point which we did and the views were spectacular. We decided to hike down a little further and again looks were amazing! Decided to just go ahead and hike to skeleton point.

Did we love it? Most definitely! Was it worth it? It surely was. The hike back up is what got us a bit. It’s is challenging because you’re going straight up like flight of never ending stairs. We kind of figured it was going to be a struggle on our way down.

We are not avid gym goers so we just took it a bit at a time. On the way down we stopped 3 times total to rest and have snacks. Had lunch at skeleton point. On the way up we literally stopped more than 20 times lol

It was hot that day and that’s what will get you. You have to have plenty of water or you will regret it the farther you go up. Try and hydrate as much as you can plus more on the day before. Take double or triple the water you usually drink in a day on a hot day.

We plan to make it to the river next time but have learned quite a bit doing this trail. Will most definitely be doing it again!

Waleed

Third major checkpoint you’ll come across on your descent down. Personally it was underwhelming for the entire journey we took, but couldn’t go wrong with the exceptional views from all sides and the entire way through. Took my friend and I about 2 hours to reach this point from the start of the trail. Come prepared with plenty of water and snacks so you can make it down here and all the way back up!

Marius R

You are going deep and down to the canyon, then you come back. 600 meters down, 600 meters up. It is hard trail, do not forget to take at least 3 liters of water for each. We did it in 4:30 hours with a lunch enjoying the views. Keep in mind, from the Cedar Ridge there are almost no shadows until you reach Skeletons point. Also, go a minute down beyond the Skeletons point to get into shadow, there the view is even better.

Yuke Lin

Worth the hike! You can see the river from here. The view of the canyons are absolutely stunning.