This forms a terrace known as the Tonto Platform along which you can walk easily for miles. Steep red and yellow cliffs rise above while dark, sombre crags lie below, rimming the narrow Inner Gorge. Stream beds and gullies break up these cliffs and it is mostly down these that ways can be found in and out of the canyon and down to the river. Often passable sections are linked by narrow terraces that run dramatically across the cliffs to the next place where a descent or ascent can be made. T here are many paths in the Grand Canyon but only a few are maintained, the popular Corridor Trails that link the North and South Rims.
Most paths are crude and narrow in places with scrambling required at times.
Rock slides and dense vegetation may hide the paths in places too. However, the biggest problem in the canyon is water - or rather lack of it. There are only a few streams and some of these are seasonal. I had 12 days to spend wandering in the Canyon. To fully experience the walking available my plan was to descend the rough but fairly popular Hermit Trail to the Tonto Platform which I would walk along for several days.