Grand Canyon Skywalk: Breath New Life Into Your Adventures With Skywalk

Grand Canyon Skywalk Breathe New Life Into Your Adventures With Skywalk The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a transparent horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge and tourist attraction in Arizona near the Colorado River on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon. 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 they show that the height of the precisely vertical drop directly under the skywalk is between 500 ft (150 m) and 800 ft (240 m) From Start To Finish Skywalk The Skywalk is a comerstone of larger plan for the cayon. To date, the Skywalk is reported to have cost $31 million to develop. Future plans include a museum, a movie theater, a high end restaurant. Hualapai & Environmental Views Hualapi tribal members fear over development. Many view the water usage for I Iskywalk as non-Sus- De veloping skywalk I is considered by Some to be a defacement of I tainable. national treasure. An Idea... Businessman Davi Jin envisioned te Skywalk after a flight-seeing tour to view Grand Canyon. Ist Walk March 20, 2007 It included the Haulapai tribe members and former astronauts Dr. Buzz Aldrin and John Herrington. Beauty and Substance The Skywalk deck is made from Saint-Gobain Diamant low iron glass manufactures in Germany. The Skywalk's glass vailings are specialy designed for high wind pressures. Visitor The Grand Canyon hosts 5 million The Skywalk has hosted more than visitors every year. 1.8 million visitors from around the world Junior Ranger Program Train Tours Train Tours Families Grand Canyon Experiences For Al! Thrill Seekers White water Rafting Helicopter Tours Extreme Canyon Camping Resources: THE WAL STREET JORNAL HUALAPAI TOURISM NATIONAL CEOGRAPHIC OO WSJ e grand canyon Visit: www.cegrandcanyon.com by cobalt escapes Copyrights @ 2013 Cegrandcanyon. All Rights Reserved.