South Bass Trail - Grand Canyon National Park, AZ - part of the trail created by William W. Bass

South Bass Trail found in Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park is part of a trail named for William W. Bass. Bass created the trail during the forty years that he lived on the canyon's rim. The trail is over fifty miles long and the majority of it can still be walked down today. The Bass Trail has a North Bass Trail as well.

The South Bass Trail's bottom has a boat that was abandoned by Tadge and Russell during 1915. Bert Loper built the Ross Wheeler which was named for a friend that had been murdered. The remains of Loper where found twenty-six years after his 1949 death by heart attack on the Colorado River.

The Grand Canyon Village is thirty miles to the northwest of the trailhead for the South Bass Trail. The main access from the Kaibab National Forest to the trail is by taking FR 328. A wide range of adventure can be gotten by traveling the South Bass Trail through the Grand Canyon National Park.

The South Bass Trial is still travelable and is a great way to see the natural beauty that is the Grand Canyon. Additional information about the Grand Canyon and South Bass Trail can be obtained by contacting the Arizona State Park Service.