A storm had lumbered in the previous evening and coated the canyon in nine inches of snow. This is not what we’d imagined when we started this venture, an end-to-end hike of the Grand Canyon.

March brought enough snow to open all five chairlifts and all 29 ski trails at Lee Canyon for the first time all season. “In terms of terrain, being 100% open, March has been the first month ...

The Grand Canyon is preparing for a flood of spring break visitors, but a wave of layoffs has left the park short-staffed.