While not located in the Grand Canyon National Park, it is located in a smaller part of the same canyon system, offering a view like no other can.
Owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe, the Skywalk will be the first-ever cantilever shaped glass walkway to suspend more than 4,000 feet above the canyon’s floor and extend 70 feet from the canyon’s rim. March 28, 2007 as the official public opening date of The Skywalk.
Access to The Skywalk will run from dawn to dusk and will cost $25 per person in addition to the cost of a Grand Canyon Hualapai West entrance package. One hundred and twenty people will be allowed on the bridge at a time. Admittance is first come, first serve for walk up visitors; however, reservations can be made. Guests will enter and exit the walkway via temporary buildings while the adjacent visitor’s center is being completed. The Hualapai Tribe plans to issue numbered shoe covers, in order to avoid scratches and slipping, to each visitor that enters the open-air walkway.
Prior to the public opening
in March, Grand Canyon Hualapai West will host a “First Walk” event for
media and VIPs. The name of the first public figure to step on The Skywalk will
be announced closer to the opening.
The historical rollout of The Skywalk structure, with the glass in place, is
scheduled for February 27 to March 2. The initial part of the rollout process
involves jacking the structure up off of the supports and then subjecting the
structure to several days of thorough tests that replicate the conditions of
final placement. After the final testing is complete, the multi-million pound
steel enforced structure will be rolled out across the canyon’s edge, which
takes multiple days. Immediately after the structure is in position, it will be
seated and attached to the foundation. Details for a media event during the
rollout will be revealed closer to the event.
Located at Grand Canyon
West’s Eagle Point, The Skywalk facility will also include a 6,000 square-foot
visitor’s center on three levels – underground, first story and second story
– which will contain a museum, movie theater, VIP lounge, gift shop, and
several restaurants and bars, including a high-end restaurant called The Skywalk
Café that will offer outdoor patio and rooftop seating on the edge of the
canyon. The second story will be where visitors can access The Skywalk glass
walkway. The visitor’s center will also offer private indoor and outdoor
facilities for meetings, special events and weddings.
Grand Canyon West is located approximately 120 miles east of Las Vegas, Nev.,
and 72 miles northwest of Kingman, Ariz. Attractions available at Grand Canyon
West include The Indian Village with authentic dwellings, The Hualapai Market,
and The Hualapai Ranch, a western town with horseback and wagon rides. Grand
Canyon West is the only location throughout the entire Grand Canyon where
visitors can access the river and water recreation activities at the bottom of
the canyon via helicopter tours. In addition to boat tours on the river, Hummer
tours are available along the rim of the canyon and through private areas that
are otherwise inaccessible to the public. There are more than 30 tour and
transportation companies that service Grand Canyon West from Las Vegas, Phoenix
and Sedona by airplane, helicopter, coach, SUV, and Hummer. In addition, Park
& Ride services are available from Dolan Springs, Ariz., a one-hour drive
from Las Vegas. The Hualapai Tribe, consisting of approximately 2,000 Hualapai
members, owns nearly one million acres of land throughout the Grand Canyon’s
western rim. The capitol of the Hualapai Reservation is Peach Springs, Ariz.
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