# Grand Canyon Overlook opens in March **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675 "2006-12-11T13:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/21 "2006-12-12T02:17:34Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] I \*so \*want to see this! I haven’t been to the canyon yet, but I’m thinking next year may be the year! [/QUOTE] It’s worth seeing, but it’s basically a really big hole. Bryce Canyon, Arches National Park and The Badlands were more impressive to me. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/22 "2006-12-12T02:22:23Z")
**Ale** , look at the artist’s concept picture, (Scroll _up_ from where the link opens) There are no supports under the glass area. There are cross pieces under the glass, but that shouldn’t be too obstructive. **Wee Bairn** , It’s 70 feet , so you’d actually walk 140 feet. Does that make it worth the price? 😃 **Qadgop the Mercotan** , I was going to mention that too. There’s a map at the bottom of the page. **CalMeacham** , Overlook was my word, they call it a Skywalk. I remember a sky bridge in Kansas City… :eek: Sorry, if I confused you. **Mindfield** , Here is a [comparison](http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com/skywalk.html) of the worlds tallest structures. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/23 "2006-12-12T03:11:21Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] **Ale** , look at the artist’s concept picture, (Scroll _up_ from where the link opens) There are no supports under the glass area. There are cross pieces under the glass, but that shouldn’t be too obstructive. [/QUOTE] Yep, I´ve seen the illustration, but the actual thing in construction looks much more bulky, the beams on the painting seem to be about 60 cm high while on the real thing they look more like 170 cm high. Also the space between the beams in the illustration is noticeably wider than on the actual structure. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/24 "2006-12-12T04:18:21Z")
I’d like to go check it out. I’m a Grand Canyon junkie. You can’t really experience the Grand Canyon without _going down into it_, though. Looking up from the Colorado River–now, **that’s** an impressive view. Not the immense, sweeping vista out to the horizon, to be sure. But there’s something magical and wonderful down there that you just can’t imagine from atop the rim. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/25 "2006-12-12T04:55:34Z")
I would so do it, and I’m afraid of heights…but $25??? Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/26 "2006-12-12T05:57:00Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] The [Overlook](http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp#update) glass platform, 4000 feet above the Colorado river will be finished in Feburary and open to the public in March. I get a little queasy looking at the pictures. I know they _say_ it’s safe but, four inches of glass between me and 3/4 mile of air? I don’t think so. Is it worth the $25/visit? Not to me. [/QUOTE] I was looking at this today, I’d definitely do it. Probably a major pucker-factor but I like that stuff. So four inches of glass is scary but 1/8" of aluminum (airplane skin) is OK? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/27 "2006-12-12T13:11:07Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] I was looking at this today, I’d definitely do it. Probably a major pucker-factor but I like that stuff. So four inches of glass is scary but 1/8" of aluminum (airplane skin) is OK? [/QUOTE] I can’t see through aluminum! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/28 "2006-12-12T13:33:26Z")
I think it’d be fun to go out to the end & begin jumping up & down just to watch everybody else panic. #25? Cheap at the price for a truly unique experience. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/29 "2006-12-13T09:46:32Z")
So how long before an action movie’s final conflict is set there? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675.md?page=1)