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2008

January
(see “Meet the Canyon” in Family Classes)

February

(see “Meet the Canyon” in Family Classes)

March
11–14 Intro. Backpack: Indian Garden
15–20 Tanner to New Hance Geology Backpack
17–21 Intro. Backpack: Colorado River
23–4/7 Tonto Trail: End to End
24–28 Clear Creek Natural History Backpack

April
1–4 Take a Load Off: Mule-Assisted Backpack
4–12 Royal Arch Backpack
7–12 Hermit to Bright Angel Geology Backpack
14–17 Intro. Backpack: Indian Garden
14–18 Havasu Canyon Natural History Backpack
14–19 Six Days, Five Trails: History
19–29 Scotty’s Hollow to Tuckup Backpack
21–25 Women’s Intro. Backpack: Colorado River Grand Canyon Mule-Assisted Backpack Class

May
1–7 Fishtail Mesa Circumnavigation Backpack
2–5 Take a Load Off: Mule-Assisted Backpack
9–13 Horseshoe Mesa Backpack
12–16 Intro. Backpack: Colorado River
15–19 Rim-to-Rim Natural History Backpack
16–23 Tanner to Grandview Natural History Backpack
16–21 Women’s Rim-to-Rim Backpack
19–23 Havasu Canyon Natural History Backpack
23–27 Rim-to-Rim Natural History Backpack

June
1–5 Rim-to-Rim Natural History Backpack
2–6 Rim-to-Rim Natural History Backpack
2–6 Women’s Havasu Canyon Backpack
7 Grand Canyon Wildlife
7–10 Intro. Backpack: Indian Garden
8 Meet the California Condors
9–13 Hands-On Archaeology
9–18 Wilderness First Responder
14 Geology Meets Astronomy
20–22 Wilderness First Responder Recertification

July
5 Grand Canyon Wildlife
6 Meet the California Condors
28–31 Growing Native Plants at Grand Canyon
31–8/3 Journaling on the North Rim

August
4–8 Botanical Survey of the North Rim
8–10 Writing Along the Rim
15–17 Grand Canyon through the Eyes of an Artist
23–26 South Rim Photography
28–31 North Rim Photography

September
4–10 Hermit to Bright Angel Backpack
9–12 Take a Load Off: Mule-Assisted Backpack
12–17 South Bass Geology Backpack
12–16 Rim-to-Rim Natural History Backpack
15–19 Rim-to-Rim Natural History Backpack
18–22 Backcountry Medicine Backpack
19–26 Boucher to Bass Natural History Backpack
22–26 South Canyon Ecology Backpack
22–26 Rim-to-Rim Geology Backpack
24–29 Women’s Hermit to Bright Angel Backpack
27–30 Take a Load Off: Mule-Assisted Backpack
27–29 Yoga on the Rim

October
1–5 Rim-to-Rim Natural History Backpack
2–9 Nankoweap Botanical Backpack
4–9 Women’s Rim-to-Rim Backpack
6–10 Havasu Canyon Natural History Backpack
6–10 Rim-to-Rim Natural History Backpack
10–18 Dry Canyon to Pearce Canyon Backpack
13–18 Six Days, Five Trails: History
13–17 Intro. Backpack: Colorado River
18–25 Nankoweap Geology Backpack
20-24 Havasu Canyon Natural History Backpack
20-25 Thunder River Archaeo-Geology Backpack
24–27 Women’s Intro. Backpack: Indian Garden
27–31 Intro. Backpack: Colorado River
31–11/3 Yoga Below the Rim

November
1–4 Whitmore Wash Geology & History
2–8 Tanner to Grandview Natural History Backpack
3–7 Intro. Backpack: Colorado River
5–8 Take a Load Off: Mule-Assisted Backpack
6–9 Intro. Backpack: Indian Garden
9–11 Learning & Lodging: Photography on the Edge

December
(see “Meet the Canyon” in Family Classes)


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