Skywalk

An astonishing glass walkway that juts out seventy feet off the West Rim, the horseshoe-shaped Grand Canyon Skywalk offers visitors a view that will literally take their breath away. The Skywalk suspends those who dare to walk its glass floors high in mid-air and offers a truly dazzling—and quite unnerving—view from 4,000 feet above the canyon floor. And though frightening, the Skywalk is also amazingly safe; its walls and floors are made of four-inch glass and reinforced by over a million pounds of steel beams. The structure has been thoroughly tested and proven to support more than 71 million pounds, endure winds in excess of 100 miles per hour, and withstand an earthquake of 8.0 magnitude. Originally the brainchild of David Jin, The Skywalk’s construction was overseen by the Hualapai Indians and opened to the public in early 2007.