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Sedona to Grand Canyon in April - How is the weather?

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We are planning a trip to Arizona for Easter week (April 4-9)
Has anyone travelled from Sedona to the Grand Canyon at the beginning of April? How is the weather, how likely is it to snow?

The weather service says average low of 45 in April.

Thanks
 
Its variable at best. I've been at Bryce Canyon the first week of May and it has snowed. Yet Zion the next day was 60s. The north rim of GC does not open until May.

Sedona is a little lower in elevation than GC so it will be a bit warmer, but be prepared for anything, and be willing to change plans based on the weather.
 
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Sandy VDH said:
Its variable at best. I've been at Bryce Canyon the first week of May and it has snowed. Yet Zion the next day was 60s. The north rim of GC does not open until May.

Sedona is a little lower in elevation than GP so it will be a bit warmer, but be prepared for anything, and be willing to change plans based on the weather.
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Excellent advice + Dress in Layers...

Sedona weather should be perfect!

South Rim (7k elevn) of GCNP is open 24/7/365; should be nice weather for the inner canyon trails (depending on whatever is the status of the Trans canyon pipeline repair with all the NPS funding/staffing changes).. There may be some snow on the Rim Trail, if any major snowstorm etc. If serious hiker, planning a R2R (Rim to River, vs Rim 2 Rim), nice weather (can pack micro-spikes for the very beginning of the BA or SK trails); usually one peels off layers, as one hikes down..

North Rim (8k elevn) will likely be significantly impacted from the recent Dragon Bravo fire; the beautiful North Rim Lodge was lost, as you know :-(...
North Rim is fairly far from Sedona to drive, so would recommend South Rim anyways.

Page/Antelope Canyon are many hours East and worth a separate trip with an overnight stay in Page/Kanab (may add Coyote Buttes North or South or White pockets, if any Photography buffs in your group & you can get permit for CBN or CBS) or may tag Monument valley but way outside the scope of this.

Enjoy our precious state at it's nicer time of the year weather!
 
Just to show how fickle weather is, we made a reservation to tour Mount Whipple Observatory, 35 miles south of Tucson, on the first day it opened, Friday March 1. It had not rained a drop in Tucson the entire three months we had been there. We had our tour fortunately because that weekend it finally rained and on Mount Whipple it came down as snow. All tours were cancelled for the next week and we would have never been able to take that tour. I believe that observatory is slightly higher than the south rim of the GC. I remember stopping at the Grand Canyon the first week in April and it was very cold.
 
I am trying to remember when we made this trip. I think it might have been in May. Sedona was warm, quite comfortable. The Grand Canyon was much colder. We got up early to watch the sunrise and I was freezing by the time we went back into the lodge (and I did have some kind of coat on).
 
Some of my favorite places on the mainland are in and around Sedona -- Montezuma's Castle, Jerome, Cottonwood and Cornville.

As for the weather at the canyon in April -- roll the dice. Most people drive to the rim, spend 15 minutes looking at the canyon, and then drive away. So unless it's white-out snowing, the weather doesn't really matter. When we lived in Las Vegas we implemented a "we're not driving to the canyon ever again" rule. Because all our visitors wanted to drive five hours to the canyon, spend their 15 minutes and drive back.

"Have fun! Call us when you get back!"

"You.... don't want to go?"

Nope.
 
Thank you. Sounds like we will enjoy Sedona and Jerome. The week before is Phoenix and almost certainly pool weather. Taking my two grandsons (4 and 6 1/2) if we spend 30 minutes or a couple hours at the South Rim, it is still something you should see. I bet the little boys can do more hiking than Grandpa :cool:.

Wife and I did the Antelope Canyon w/ overnight in Page. That is a great visit for another time with the grandsons. We want to go to Best Friends with the remains of three family dogs.
 
ScoopKona said:
Some of my favorite places on the mainland are in and around Sedona -- Montezuma's Castle, Jerome, Cottonwood and Cornville.

As for the weather at the canyon in April -- roll the dice. Most people drive to the rim, spend 15 minutes looking at the canyon, and then drive away. So unless it's white-out snowing, the weather doesn't really matter. When we lived in Las Vegas we implemented a "we're not driving to the canyon ever again" rule. Because all our visitors wanted to drive five hours to the canyon, spend their 15 minutes and drive back.

"Have fun! Call us when you get back!"

"You.... don't want to go?"

Nope.
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Exactly. You can get pretty much the same experience at Waimei Canyon on Kauai and the drive from Poipu is way shorter.
 
We vacationed in Sedona at the Hyatt Pinion Pointe for a week the first week of April 7 years ago....after the long flight from the East coast,We stayed at the at the Marriot Canyon Villas in Phoenix for 2 days..Temps were in the low 80's...We drove up to Sedona and the daily Temps were in the low 70's daily and the nights were in the mid 40's...we used the fireplace every morning....we took a day trip up to the Grand Canyon and i remember seeing mountain snow in Flagstaff....the weather at the Grand Canyon was cool but not uncomfortable....We returned to Sedona,took a ride on the Verde Canyon Railroad, rented ATV's to explore the Red Rocks..and a couple days later returned to Canyon Villas for a night and flew back to the East Coast..We never saw a drop of rain the whole trip..only sunny blue sky
 
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Sedona was warm, quite comfortable. The Grand Canyon was much colder.
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Sedona is 4300 ft elevn; GCNP S Rim 7k & N Rim 8k elevn, so much cooler at the Canyon.
Nice weather for hiking DOWN into inner canyon but likely fairly cold at the top early am or later pm; during the day, if nice sunny day without wind (gusts), should be beautiful...
 
ScoopKona said:
Most people drive to the rim, spend 15 minutes looking at the canyon, and then drive away. So unless it's white-out snowing, the weather doesn't really matter. When we lived in Las Vegas we implemented a "we're not driving to the canyon ever again" rule. Because all our visitors wanted to drive five hours to the canyon, spend their 15 minutes and drive back.

"Have fun! Call us when you get back!"

"You.... don't want to go?"

Nope.
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Same here for us, in PHX too.
(Although I do get roped in when someone wants to hike down to the River & up)...
 
We spent one week at Sedona Summit in April. Our room faced Thunder Mountain and while we were parking we could see a heart shadow on Thunder Mountain towards the evening. The weather is mild. Wear layers and bring water.

We did drive to the Grand Canyon and did the South Rim. It was pretty nice but did get cooler at sunset. Wear layers, bring a hat, gloves and water/snacks. We use small back packs to carry the things we aren't using. In contrast, we did the South Rim in September and it was very warm but did cool down at sunset.

My one regret is never making it to the North Rim thinking we would get to it some day. The area has had significant fire damage so it's off the go to list for us.

Bill
 
gln60 said:
We vacationed in Sedona at the Hyatt Pinion Pointe for a week the first week of April 7 years ago....after the long flight from the East coast,We stayed at the at the Marriot Canyon Villas in Phoenix for 2 days..Temps were in the low 80's...We drove up to Sedona and the daily Temps were in the low 70's daily and the nights were in the mid 40's...we used the fireplace every morning....we took a day trip up to the Grand Canyon and i remember seeing mountain snow in Flagstaff....the weather at the Grand Canyon was cool but not uncomfortable....We returned to Sedona,took a ride on the Verde Canyon Railroad, rented ATV's to explore the Red Rocks..and a couple days later returned to Canyon Villas for a night and flew back to the East Coast..We never saw a drop of rain the whole trip..only sunny blue sky
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Sounds like my trip. I have the week before at Canyon Villas
 
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