Grand Canyon News Week of Dec 12th 2016

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Las Vegas family helps Grand Canyon hit visitation milestone
Grand Canyon National Park has broken the 6 million mark in annual visitation for the first time, and it was a family from Las Vegas that put the national park over the top.

Source:  www.reviewjournal.com
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Grand Canyon hits 6 million visitors, setting annual park record
The Arizona Daily Sun reports that the park announced Monday that it had received its 6 millionth visitor, a 9 percent increase over the 5,520,736 visitors from 2015.

Source:  www.foxnews.com
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The Grand Canyon’s Stunning Hermit Trail Needs Your Help
Few hiking paths offer such epic views as the Grand Canyon’s Hermit Trail. This legendary “rim-to-river” path stretches from the canyon rim to the Colorado River, with a nearly 2,000-foot drop in the first 2.5 miles.

Source:  www.huffingtonpost.com
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Best day of 2016? Hiking Grand Canyon Tonto Trail
Imagine not encountering another hiker for 4.6 miles.

Source: www.azcentral.com
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Tis the season for big game hunting
Still frigid air, calm forests, and the light crunch of snow beneath your boots: the pine forests of northern Arizona draw hundreds of hunters to the area each winter to hunt everything from birds to big game.

Source:  www.grandcanyonnews.com
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