Perhaps no other landscape in the world contains such an expansive variety of terrain, and is subjected to such an all-encompassing spectrum of weather, as Grand Canyon.
Photographers can explore its true grandeur from the relative safety of the rim. Others immerse themselves, backpacking through the layers of stone, or join an adrenaline-charged, whitewater raft trip.
Witness this enormous amphitheater, and you’ll eventually experience the extreme gamut from sunshine and playful clouds to wild winds, hail, sleet, snow and gigantic dark curtains of rain violently colliding into temples and buttes.
Over the past 25 years, I’ve witnessed Grand Canyon’s many moods from top to bottom, logging hundreds of miles on foot and on river trips. I’ve heard the echo of distant rock falls, awoken to snow on my tent, flipped…