Grand Canyon Glass Deck

Built in 2007 the skywalk gives you the feeling you are walking on air.

Grand canyon glass deck. Courtesy grand canyon west. Have no fear the skywalk is strong enough to hold seventy fully loaded 747 passenger jets. See all 26 grand canyon skywalk tickets and tours on tripadvisor. And they start cracking which is what happened to willis tower visitors wednesday.

No the grand canyon skywalk isn t going to fall three panes of glass separate you from a 1 000 foot fall. In fact you ll see some tourists anxiously grab the handrails with their eyes shut. Nervous about walking on glass almost a mile above the floor of the grand canyon. Located at grand canyon west on the hualapai indian reservation the new grand canyon skywalk opened to the public on march 28th 2007.

Grand canyon skywalk can be crowded so we recommend booking e tickets ahead of time to secure your spot. The skywalk managed by the hualapai tribe and located on tribal lands consists of a horseshoe shaped steel frame with glass floor and sides that projects about 70 feet 21 m from the canyon rim. For more information please call 1 888 868 west or 928 769 2636. 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.

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. Walk on a glass bridge suspended over the grand canyon.