Not far along the Clear Creek trail is an incredible overlook to the inner gorge area from above the black and silver bridges.

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1. Not far along the trail, you can look back and see the cottonwoods of Phantom Ranch nestled in the lower end of Bright Angel Canyon.

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2. Cactus.

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3. A little farther up the trail and this birds eye view of Phantom Ranch opens up.

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4. We saw these occasionally along the trail.

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5. Jagged rock.

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6. We've reached the overlook.  Here you can see the black bridge and boats on the beach just below Bright Angel Campground.

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7. The South Kaibab trail leading to the black bridge is quite obvious here being heavily worn by mule traffic.

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8. This view is looking downstream.

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9. This view is looking upstream.

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10. Again looking upstream.  It's a good spot for lunch.