Arizona Christmas Escape-22
The park turned 100 years old in 2019 and has seen a lot of traffic over its years just in 2017 alone there were 6 million visitors to the Canyon and most to the Southern rim.
If solitude is your goal at the canyon you need to head to the North rim, it is only open from April to November due to weather access issues but in summer when the temps soar at the Southern Rim to triple digits it is 10 degree cooler to the North.
It is a 4.5 hour drive from rim to rim in the Canyon so plan accordingly, the North rim is better accessed from Las Vegas than places in Arizona and with over 350 miles of marked trails and 250 miles of river to float through there is enough adventure for everyone North or South.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mmmm 2.8 G2 Lens at 52mm 1/100s, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia,
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress.