El Tovar e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This latter chasm begins near the mouth of the Little Colorado River and extends southwest 217 miles. The granite gorge section is sixty-five miles long. Here the plateau level varies from to feet above the sea. The river has carved a winding channel through the uplift more than a mile deep and from ten to thirteen miles wide. In-this titanic trough are hundreds of mountains more imposing than Mount Washington, yet none of which project their peaks above the canyon's rim. The ages-old rock strata are many tinted, creating a rainbow sea of color. There are safe trails at three points on the southern side from rim to river.