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I didn’t see anything about this. I’m surprised. This is so fucking sad. We met up with my bff and his wife last September and went on a road trip that included both the South and North rims. We stayed at the Lodge. The food was aight, but the views were amazing from there along with a huge patio where you could watch the sunset. I feel lucky I was able to visit it. I would be surprised if it’s rebuilt

 https://apple.news/AvD5hkc9tSZ6_gANFeb_NaA

just realized it might be apple subscription or something. Anyhoo

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Non-Apple link + the fact it was allowed to burn by NPS before they took action (too late)

https://apnews.com/article/grand-canyon-fire-lodge-north-rim-e2af8a6a42c40c74a8ba69517ba1e592

 

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire that tore through a historic Grand Canyon lodge and raged out of control Monday had been allowed to burn for days before erupting over the weekend, raising scrutiny over the National Park Service’s decision not to aggressively attack the fire right away.

The wildfire along the canyon’s more isolated North Rim, where most visitors don’t venture, was burning quickly with no containment, fire officials said. No injuries had been reported, but more than 70 structures were lost, including a visitors center and several cabins.

At first, the fire didn’t raise alarms after igniting from a lightning strike on July 4. Four days later, the Park Service said the fire was being allowed to burn to benefit the land and fire crews were keeping close watch.

 

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I've only been to the North Rim once vs probably 4-5 times to the South.  I really liked it and it was much less crowded with it being harder to get to. 

We stayed in one of the stand alone cabins.  It looks like a lot of them burned too.  What a shame.

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Seeing this freaked me out a bit at first.  Been to the South Rim numerous times and am familiar with the lodging (El Tovar, etc.) in that area; not so much the North Rim  When I first read the headline my thoughts went to the Canyon Lodge in Yellowstone where we will be staying in early October.

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1 hour ago, miguelito said:

My stay at the north rim cabins is one of my favorite national park experiences. So peaceful and quiet, especially compared to the south rim zoo.

Agreed.  The wife and I camped at the north rim 28 years ago.  The experience was wonderful and the lodge was amazing.

Interestingly, one of the park rangers noted that there was little to no preventive controlled burns and that the whole place would be wiped out with a real wildfire.

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1 hour ago, Jerry Callo said:

Agreed.  The wife and I camped at the north rim 28 years ago.  The experience was wonderful and the lodge was amazing.

Nothing like a good rimming with the wife.

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