Grand Canyon National Park to Begin Modified Shuttle Bus Operations

News Launch Day: August 27, 2020

Get hold of: Joëlle Baird, 928-638-7609

Grand Canyon, AZ – As section of its phased reopening, the National Park Services (NPS) continues to improve leisure entry and providers at Grand Canyon Nationwide Park. Park officials are happy to announce the resumption of shuttle bus companies on September 5. 

The Hermit Highway Route (Red Route) and Kaibab Rim Route (Orange Route) eastbound will function from 5 a.m. right until just one hour just after sunset each and every working day. The Village Route, Kaibab Rim Route westbound, and the Tusayan Route will not run when services resumes. 

Shuttle provider was suspended in mid-March thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. To defend general public well being, all buses and shuttle functions have been modified to fulfill COVID-19 rules. The modified buses will have a scaled-down quantity of travellers for each excursion with added basic safety actions in position. 

Protection modifications to standard shuttle functions include things like: 

• Shuttle capability is restricted to 15 passengers. 
• Encounter masks/coverings are necessary. Prior to entry passengers need to have their have deal with mask/covering. 
• Hand sanitizer will be out there for use. 
• Travellers must stick to all CDC and public well being actual physical distancing tips when in line and on the bus. Sidewalk decals, tape, and signage has been installed at bus stops to boost physical distancing. 
• Buses will go through each day cleansing in accordance to CDC and public health and fitness direction. 
• Shuttle bus staff members will observe distinct screening protocols when reporting to get the job done every single day. 

Crucial parts and solutions that people will have obtain to: 

• Hermit Street Route and all shuttle stops alongside Hermit Road. Visitors wishing to accessibility the Hermit Road Route have to have to park in a selected parking place in the vicinity of the Hermit Street. This contains the Village Loop roadside parking and the Backcountry Info Centre parking lot. 
• Kaibab Rim Route (eastbound only), like South Kaibab Trailhead, Yaki Level, and Pipe Creek Vista
• Hikers’ Express
  • Hikers’ Convey buses will operate each day from the Backcountry Info Middle to the South Kaibab Trailhead only at 6 a.m., 7 a.m., and 8 a.m. No other stops will be built together the route. 
  • Hikers can also park at the Grand Canyon Customer Center and entry the South Kaibab Trailhead by using the Kaibab Rim Route (Orange Route).

The NPS has supplied cost-free shuttle bus provider on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park for far more than 40 years. Grand Canyon’s shuttle system offers a trouble-cost-free way to obtain South Rim trails, viewpoints, and other places of fascination. 

For much more information about shuttle bus functions in Grand Canyon Nationwide Park, check out: South Rim Shuttle Bus Routes: Grand Canyon Countrywide Park

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