In 1907, deeper in the canyon, the enterprising David Rust set up a tent camp near a crossing of the Colorado River—laying the foundation for Phantom Ranch as we know it today. David Rust’s ...

Scott Sims, 69, of Austin, Texas, died Saturday while hiking the Grand Canyon's River Trail for an overnight stay in Phantom Ranch.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK — Tourists peer over the railing at the South Rim, where the earth falls away nearly a mile to the Colorado River below.

“Leave it as it is,” declared U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt after a 1903 sojourn at the Grand Canyon. “You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it ...

Phantom Ranch closed Jan. 2 and will remain closed until at least March 30 for the installation of new water and electric lines for the Transcanyon Waterline, according to Grand Canyon park staff.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park officials are warning that E. coli bacteria has been detected in the water supply close to Phantom Ranch, the only lodging at ...

Scott Sims, 69, of Austin, Texas, died Saturday while hiking the Grand Canyon's River Trail for an overnight stay in Phantom Ranch.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park officials are warning that E. coli bacteria has been detected in the water supply close to Phantom Ranch, the only lodging at ...

Phantom Ranch and the immediate vicinity—all reachable only by a long hike or mule ride from the canyon rim or by raft on the Colorado River—are the only areas of the park affected.