Panorama view from above Sand Hill Spring at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, with snow covered land in the distance of the Kaibab Plateau, location of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Female hiker waits for pack horses to pass on the South Kaibab Trail in Grand Canyon National Park north of Williams, Arizona May 2011. The South Kaibab Trail starts on the south rim of the Colorado Plateau and follows a ridge out to Skeleton Point allowing for 360-degree views of the canyon then down to the Colorado River. At the Colorado River the trail connects with the North Kaibab trail as part of the Arizona Trail system, that crosses the state of Arizona from Mexico to Utah.