Soft winter light graces Isis Temple as a storm clears from the Canyon. This view is from the Rim Trail, a mostly paved, 13-mile route that runs from the South Kaibab Trailhead to Hermits Rest.
Adam Schallau
FUJIFILM GFX100S, 1/13 SEC, F/8, ISO 100, 48.8 MM LENS
With Zuni Point in the distance, Moran Point, along the South Rim’s Desert View Drive, offers a look at the Canyon filled with clouds. This relatively rare phenomenon, known as an inversion, happens when cold air below the rim is trapped by
warmer air above it.
Adam Schallau
NIKON D800E, 2.5 SEC, F/11, ISO 100, 22 MM LENS
Heavy snow and low clouds dominate a winter view from the South Rim’s Mather Point. This overlook is where many South Rim visitors get their first view into the Canyon.
Claire Curran
CANON EOS 5DS R, 1/50 SEC, F/16, ISO 100, 24 MM LENS
A gnarled tree at Yavapai Point wears a heavy blanket of snow as
it punctuates a view into the Canyon’s depths. Yavapai Point is an easy walk northwest from Mather Point.
Claire Curran
FUJIFILM GFX100S, 1/100 SEC, F/16, ISO 200, 66.3 MM LENS
Earth shadow — literally, the shadow the Earth casts through the atmosphere — defines a view of the Palisades of the Desert and the Colorado River from the Desert View area of the South Rim. The flat-topped mountain on the right is Cedar Mountain.
Adam Schallau
NIKON D800E, 2.5 SEC, F/16, ISO 100, 16 MM LENS
Heavy snow and clouds shroud the Grand Canyon at sunrise, as seen from a spot on the Rim Trail between Mather and Yavapai points. On average, the South Rim receives about 5 feet of snow per year.
Adam Schallau
SONY ALPHA 7R III, 1 SEC, F/16, ISO 100, 19 MM LENS
Trees, hoodoos and the Canyon’s walls wear a blanket of snow in morning light at the South Rim’s Grandview Point. This scenic spot east of Grand Canyon Village was the site of the Grandview Hotel in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Claire Curran
CANON EOS 5D MARK III, 1/6 SEC, F/22, ISO 100, 45 MM LENS
The setting sun lights the tops of the Canyon’s buttes in a view from snowy Yavapai Point. This overlook is home to the Yavapai Geology Museum, which provides an overview of the Canyon’s rock layers.
Adam Schallau
CANON EOS 5DS R, 1/8 SEC, F/16, ISO 100, 33 MM LENS
Fog and low clouds loom over the snowy Canyon in a South Rim panorama. About 90 percent of visitors to the Canyon come to the South Rim, rather than the more remote North Rim.
Suzanne Mathia
CANON EOS 5D MARK III, 1/25 SEC, F/14, ISO 100, 28 MM LENS
A snowy Grand Canyon greets the rising sun in a view from Yavapai Point, northeast of Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim. The trail visible in this photo is the Plateau Point Trail, which is closed until March 2025 for replacement of the pipeline that supplies water to the South Rim.
Claire Curran
CANON EOS 5DS R, 1/5 SEC, F/20, ISO 200, 24 MM LENS