Skywalk Update Grand Canyon

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

The following is an update from the Las Vegas Advisor - September 2006

"Skywalk, the observation deck that will jut out over the Grand Canyon with a view 4,000 feet straight down, is progressing. The steel beams that will hold up the deck are now being welded into place. Skywalk should be open by the end of the year; access will be through a temporary tunnel, while the visitor center, expeced to open early next year, is completed."

[bigeyes1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigeyes1]

Thanks for the update. Hope it will be completely finished by Sept./Oct. '07. We're wanting to see this. I'm sure I won't have the nerve to walk out on this thing, but DH will.

[Anne1125 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Anne1125]

Thanks for the update. We're hoping it's completed by March 07. I'll give it a try.

[Keitht Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Keitht]

How long will you have to queue to go out onto it? One report I saw suggested it will hold a maximum of 80 people at a time. With thousands of visitors every day the queues could make Disney look like a dream land.
I also hope they have some strong security staff to pry hands off railings when people realise how little is between them and eternity.

[cluemeister Member Find all posts View Profile Close cluemeister]

I had previously read that the road leading to the skywalk was a bumpy dirt road. I don't think the tribe building this skywalk is ready for the infrastructure requirements, i.e. food, restrooms, etc. necessary to make this a success.

The people coming from Vegas alone will be HUGE.

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

The people coming from Vegas alone will be HUGE.

aw, geez...not everyone from Vegas is a "Whale", tee hee

[cluemeister Member Find all posts View Profile Close cluemeister]

Correction:

The NUMBER of people coming from Vegas will be HUGE.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

We are going to be in LV the first week of November, 2006, if it was ready, we would go and "DO IT".

[Keitht Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Keitht]

Correction:

The NUMBER of people coming from Vegas will be HUGE.

From what I observed when we were in Vegas last year, your original statement is much more accurate

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

The lastest that I heard is that the SKYWALK was to open in March, 2007. Has anyone heard an update?

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

I think they are still hoping for late March or early April....I saw some video of the workers on the thing....let me tell you, it will be a thrill! I wouldn't want to walk out on that thing, though....the guard rails that were installed already were about thigh high on some of the workers, curving in a bit, as far as I could see. That is not something that would appeal to me jutting out into space with possible winds or other anxious viewers about.....if I hear anything else, I will post an update.

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

seek and sometimes I do find....

On this site I found the following, click the link to read it in its entirety and to find more links and info.

Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon’s western rim, announces March 28, 2007 as the official public opening date of The Skywalk. 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.

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 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. Grand Canyon West 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 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.

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

Supposedly they have "rolled" out the walkway for placement.


Grand Canyon Skywalk opens deep divide - Los Angeles Times

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

This photo is on this news story from CBS here

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

My wife and daugher are out at Sedona and interested in going. Does anyone know if it has opened? And directions to get there?