The only remaining hotel for visitors to the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has reopened. The Kaibab Lodge was threatened by the massive Dragon Bravo Fire that destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge in July.
Larry Innes is its owner and announced Thursday afternoon that his hotel had reopened.
"We are hoping to get the trailhead open. I don’t know that that’s going to happen this year but that’ll help tremendously for the rim to rim hikers. Which is a lot of people that we cater to," he said. "But yeah we’re happy to see it open. We’re glad we’re still there."
The news comes as Kaibab National Forest officials announced the reopening of a 77,000 acre swath of the forest as the fire continues to decrease in intensity.
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