North Rim Transitions to Day Use Operations Beginning October 19, 2020

Information Release Date: Oct 8, 2020

Contact: Joelle Baird, 928-638-7609

Grand Canyon, AZ- Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim will start off working day-use functions on Oct 19, 2020. At this time, the Grand Canyon Lodge will shut and no overnight lodging, including tenting, will be readily available to readers at the North Rim.

The entrance gate on Condition Route 67, which supplies vehicular accessibility to the North Rim, will be closed on November 30, 2020, or right after the very first important snowstorm if prior to that date.

Visitors checking out the North Rim after October 19 must strategy to be self-sufficient and deliver ample food and water for the working day. Minimal solutions will be readily available.

The next companies will continue being operational:
 

• The Basic Retailer will offer you constrained groceries while materials previous and retail objects Wednesdays by Sundays from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• The self-provide gasoline station, which includes diesel, will be accessible for as long as State Route 67 is open. It will only take credit and debit playing cards.
• Soon after October 31, h2o will only be readily available at the North Rim Backcountry Information Middle.

The North Rim Backcountry Information and facts Heart will close for the season on November 1, 2020. The North Rim Visitor Center remains shut.

All visitors traveling to the North Rim concerning now and November 30 ought to be prepared for winter season driving situations on Point out Route 67 and throughout the park. Snow, ice, and rain are widespread in the course of this time of the 12 months. Remember to connect with Arizona Highway Data to verify street situations: 1-888-411-Highway (7623).

Close by, calendar year-spherical lodging, food stuff providers, and fuel are situated 45 miles north of the North Rim at Jacob Lake. Extra lodging and visitor services are offered in Fredonia, AZ and Kanab, UT.

The South Rim and Inner Canyon services remain open calendar year-spherical.

You should get in touch with 928-638-7888 or take a look at www.nps.gov/grca for further details.