Qué hay en Parque nacional del Gran Cañón, Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter on the South Rim (1 Dic – 28 Feb)

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter on the South Rim (1 Dic – 28 Feb)

Máxima afluencia — Spring break crowds, Spring break en Estados Unidos

• Temporada

  Spring break crowds

  1 Mar – 15 AbrVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  The first real rush of the year, when the rim is comfortable and the inner canyon is not yet dangerous. Village parking fills by mid-morning and the shuttle queues start; the east entrance is the quieter way in.

Concurrido — Spring break crowds

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Spring break crowds (1 Mar – 15 Abr)

Concurrido — Memorial Day weekend

• Apertura

  North Rim season

  15 May – 15 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de senderosCierres

  The North Rim opens around mid-May and closes to services in mid-October, with the highway in gated for winter. The 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire took the lodge and the visitor centre, so there is currently no lodging or drinking water up there. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Inner canyon heat

  15 May – 15 SepCalor extremo

  It is routinely fifteen degrees hotter at the river than on the rim, and the park tells people not to hike below the rim between ten and four in summer. Most rescues here are people who felt fine on the way down. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Peak summer season, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Temporada

  Peak summer season

  1 Jun – 20 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Half the park's annual visitors arrive in these weeks. Rim rooms are booked a year out, the free shuttle is the only sensible way along Hermit Road, and sunrise is the only quiet hour.

Sigue en marcha: North Rim season (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Inner canyon heat (15 May – 15 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — Peak summer season, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Riesgo

  Monsoon storms

  1 Jul – 15 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de inundaciones

  Afternoon thunderstorms build over the canyon from July, bringing lightning on exposed rim points and flash floods in the side canyons below. They also make the best light and the best photographs of the year. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: North Rim season (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Inner canyon heat (15 May – 15 Sep), Peak summer season (1 Jun – 20 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — Peak summer season, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: North Rim season (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Inner canyon heat (15 May – 15 Sep), Peak summer season (1 Jun – 20 Ago), Monsoon storms (1 Jul – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Labor Day weekend, Summer break en Estados Unidos

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: North Rim season (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Inner canyon heat (15 May – 15 Sep), Monsoon storms (1 Jul – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Sep)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: North Rim season (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Thanksgiving break en Estados Unidos

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Winter on the South Rim

  1 Dic – 28 FebCierre de temporada baja

  The rim sits above two thousand metres and gets snow, which is the one time the canyon looks different in photographs. Viewpoints are empty, rooms are available, and the inner-canyon trails ice over at the top.