It took us just under 3 hours to cover the 3.7 miles to the National Park Boundary and the start of the Nankoweap Trail. We had a break there for about a half of an hour before starting the hike to our first night's camp near Marion Point. At one point I had thought about trying to make the first camp on Tilted Mesa but given the time of day that we were starting out on the Nankoweap Trail it did not take long to give up on that idea. I did not get any complaints regarding this as people were already pretty tired from just the hike up the Saddle Mountain saddle.

We passed the first "scary spot" just before Marion Point and everyone just walked right past it. By the time you get to that point you are used to walking on the edge so it really isn't that big of a deal. As long as you don't let yourself get creeped out by it or forget how to walk it's not a big problem. It does seem to be a little worse than the last time I was there in 2012.

It took a little more than 2 hours to cover the 2 miles or so to camp and we arrived there around 630. We had just enough time to setup camp before sunset but it was already starting to get dark by the time we finished dinner. The stars that night were glorious and we had several hours of darkness before the moon rose around midnight.