
| via the East Rim Trail at night, due to a very late start and very early sunset. I was pleasantly surprised to encounter a group of people camped on Cable Mountain by the cable works. The trail was very well marked, until I reached a portion of rock trail, approximately a mile before the junction of the Observation Point Trail, where the rock cairns were difficult to see at night. Total mileage from the East Rim Trail to Weeping Rock Trail head (and a 6 mile detour to go to Cable Mountain) was 16 miles. |