A person sitting on a ledge overlooking a canyon
A person sitting on a ledge overlooking a canyon

Don’t Forget to Pack These 12 Things on Your Grand Canyon Vacation

Trying to figure out what to pack for your trip to the Grand Canyon? We can help. After numerous trips to this world wonder, we’ve honed in on a list of gear we’d never visit without. This tricky desert landscape combines intense heat with high elevations, making packing a little bit tricky. Use this guide to get started.

As part of the Outside family, we’re lucky to have a rockstar in-house gear team that spends their time testing thousands of products each year so readers (and myself!) don’t have to. They are my trusted resource for all my own gear purchases, so I’ve included their best picks in each category (and links to their in-depth guides) to help you find your new favorite adventure items. This is what you should pack on your next trip to Grand Canyon National Park.

Continue reading to learn more about packing for a trip to the Grand Canyon Vacation, written by Mikaela Ruland.

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Mikaela Ruland

Mikaela is the editor in chief of National Park Trips. She lives in her beautiful home state of Colorado with her husband and loves writing about the outdoors, travel and the environment. Her passion is to introduce people to the outdoors so that they fall in love and help protect the wild places she loves to play in.

She spends most of her free time outside hiking, skiing, mountain biking, doing yoga – you name it. When she’s not outside, you can find her researching cheap flights, exploring hipster coffee shops or on the hunt for Denver’s best mac n’ cheese. You can follow her adventures on Instagram @themillennialoutside.

Rocky Mountain National Park is Mikaela’s home park and she spends summer and winter mornings alike exploring its trails. She even hiked to Dream Lake to get her engagement photos taken in a dress. Don’t worry, she was wearing hiking boots.

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