By TY ONEIL, MATT YORK and RIO YAMAT GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Sharon Ellison and Fred Jernigan spent four days hiking and camping from one end of the Grand Canyon to the other…
FILE – The South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is seen in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., Aug. 8, 2023.
Guests leave the Maswik Lodge, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Grand Canyon, Arizona. Visitors won’t be able to stay overnight in hotels at Grand Canyon National Park beginning Thursday after a series of breaks in the only pipeline that serves the popular tourist destination. The restrictions will run throughout the Labor Day holiday, when hotels are near or at capacity.
Under the current water restrictions, visitors won’t be able to stay overnight starting Thursday, including at the El Tovar Hotel, Bright Angel Lodge, Phantom Ranch and Maswik Lodge, where Jernigan and Ellison had booked a room for the night. “So I did all of that and, when I got here, I was prepared to camp out and with no reason why,” she said. “Except that’s just the way it worked.”
Park officials hope to make repairs and welcome back overnight guests on the South Rim as quickly as possible. But restoration efforts won’t be easy for an aluminum pipe that isn’t insulated and sits above the ground near hiking trails in some areas.
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