Glass Floor Overlook At Grand Canyon

Once you arrive at the west rim home to the hualapai native tribe you ll get to visit eagle point where the famous skywalk is located.

Glass floor overlook at grand canyon. What feat of engineering enables a 1 2 million pound steel and glass structure to extend straight out from the edge of the west rim and float 4 000 feet above the canyon floor. Before the grand canyon skywalk a 40 million glass and steel structure surrounded by simmering controversy even opened to the public it received a huge amount of national and international attention. Grand canyon west hours. Built in 2007 the skywalk gives you the feeling you are walking on air.

For any questions or to inquire about children s rates please call 1 888 868 9378 or 928 769 2636. The structure consisting of a u shaped cantilevered glass walk jutting 70 feet past the rim of the grand canyon was dreamt up by las vegas businessman david jin while taking part in a grand canyon tour in 1996. Summer months are april 1 aug 31 hours are 9 00 am 7 00 pm. This glass framed overlook sits 4 000 feet above the grand canyon and boasts a 10 foot wide horseshoe shaped glass bridge peering over the west rim of the canyon.

Towering 4 000 feet above the grand canyon is the 30 million skywalk a horseshoe shaped glass walkway. Usgs topographic maps show the elevation at the skywalk s location as 4 770 ft 1 450 m and the elevation of the colorado river in the base of the canyon as 1 160 ft 350 m and. Skywalk at the grand canyon hualapai indian reservation. The grand canyon skywalk is a horseshoe shaped cantilever bridge with a glass walkway at eagle point in arizona near the colorado river on the edge of a side canyon in the grand canyon west area of the main canyon.

The most spectacular views come from the skywalk. Located at grand canyon west on the hualapai indian reservation the new grand canyon skywalk opened to the public on march 28th 2007. For more information please call 1 888 868 west or 928 769 2636. While the skywalk is the most famous attraction at grand canyon west tours also include other points of interest and unique canyon views.

In fact you ll see some tourists anxiously grab the handrails with their eyes shut. Walk on a glass bridge suspended over the grand canyon. Nervous about walking on glass almost a mile above the floor of the grand canyon. Have no fear the skywalk is strong enough to hold seventy fully loaded 747 passenger jets.

Grand canyon west is located on the hualapai s tribal lands therefore the national park passes and entrance fees do not apply at grand canyon west. A picnic pavilion makes a great home base for leisurely strolls 600 feet out onto the sky walk where you can gaze across miles of breathtaking scenery view mangled support towers and peer down into the kinzua gorge through a glass floor at the end of the walkway.