Load up your backpack and join professional naturalist and explorer David Gilligan as we venture deep into the stone halls of geologic time in the Grand Canyon. We will spend half our time backpacking on epic canyon trails and half our time studying geology, birds, and plants. Each day will include backcountry travel, structured sessions on Grand Canyon rock formations and habitats, and time for sessions focused on plant and bird identification and the practice of natural history. We will spend our first day and night exploring the Grandview Trail and Horseshoe Mesa, then spend two nights at a base camp in the riparian oasis of Cottonwood Creek.

Where: Grand Canyon National Park

When: May 13-16 (3 nights, 4 days)

Group Size: 9 participants, 2 guides

Ages: Adults and youth 16 or older

Cost: $1085 plus Eventbrite Fees

Van transportation from Natural History Institute in Prescott to Grand Canyon will be provided