The National Park Service reports visitors to the Grand Canyon brought about $1 billion to Arizona’s economy last year. But visitation is still not back up to pre-pandemic levels.Last year, 4.7 million visitors came to Grand Canyon National Park. That’s an improvement from the previous year, but still nearly 30% below 2018 numbers.“Grand Canyon National Park, pre-pandemic
Wyatt Kauffman, a 13-year-old boy from North Dakota, was visiting the Grand Canyon's North Rim with his family on August 12, 2023, when he had a near-fatal accident. He fell nearly 100 feet from a ledge while moving out of the way for people to take pictures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPVY zBrgmc Teen speaks out after falling off cliff…
In a summer of deadly heat for hikers in the Southwest, rangers at Grand Canyon National Park use a pioneering approach of aggressive messaging and outreach to prevent disaster on the trails.
Extreme heat appears to be leading to the deaths of people in America s national parks at an alarming pace this year, highlighting both its severity and the changing calculus of personal risk in the country s natural places as climate change fuels more weather extremes.