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One Million People Have Experienced Grand Canyon West

The Skywalk at Grand Canyon West is a glass walkway 4,000 feet above the riverbed.
The Skywalk at Grand Canyon West is a glass walkway 4,000 feet above the riverbed.

Grand Canyon West announced this week that it recorded its one-millionth visitor.

Grand Canyon West is owned by the Hualapai Tribe, who installed Skywalk, a glass bottomed bridge that juts out from the canyon’s edge.

Grand Canyon National Park is located about three hours east of the attraction, and records about 5 million visitors each year.

KJZZ senior field correspondent Kathy Ritchie has 20 years of experience reporting and writing stories for national and local media outlets — nearly a decade of it has been spent in public media.