Hualapai Skywalk at Grand Canyon West
— — the canyon read through glass.
Not only on a wall.
“The Skywalk is a horseshoe of glass that cantilevers 70 feet from the West Rim of the canyon, on land held by the Hualapai Tribe. The drop to the Colorado River below is around 4,000 feet. Visitors put on cloth booties before stepping onto the glass; personal cameras and phones are not allowed on the walkway itself. It opened in 2007 and remains the only structure of its kind on the canyon. — from the studio
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The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a glass-floored horseshoe walkway projecting 70 feet from the West Rim of the canyon, at Eagle Point on the Hualapai Reservation in Mohave County, Arizona. The Hualapai Tribe owns and operates the site as part of Grand Canyon West, about 120 road miles east of Las Vegas. The walkway is suspended approximately 4,000 feet above the floor of the canyon, where the Colorado River runs. It opened to the public on March 28, 2007.
From the Skywalk the canyon reads vertical: roughly 4,000 feet of layered rock falling toward the river below. The Hualapai have called this land home for centuries; the tribe today numbers about 2,300 enrolled members, with headquarters in Peach Springs. The West Rim sits lower than the South Rim of the national park and the air carries more of the Mojave than the high pine country east. On most days the river is visible as a thin green line at the bottom of the gorge.
Entry to the Skywalk is included in the Grand Canyon West admission package, with timed-entry tickets sold by the Hualapai Tribe. Visitors wear cloth booties over their shoes on the glass to prevent scratching. Personal cameras, phones, and bags are not permitted on the walkway; in-house Skywalk photographers take photos that are offered for purchase afterward. The site is reached by road from Las Vegas in roughly two and a half hours, and a hop-on shuttle runs between viewpoints inside the park.