The trailhead is reached by driving up the Yaki Pt Road to the Kaibab Trail Head parking area. Cedar Ridge is about 1.5 miles down. Figure three-quarters of an hour down and twice that coming back up. Great views of the Canyon both east and west from Cedar Ridge. The trail is patrolled regularly by Park Rangers.
Some mule trains use the trail.
In particular, there will be one or two mule strings carrying people coming up in the morning from Phantom Ranch. Also, the supply mule trains for Phantom Ranch use this trail going down and coming up. The trail is reached by taking the West Rim road to the end. The trail head is about a quarter mile past the buildings at the end of the pavement. The meadow is about two miles and roughly 1200 feet down.