--- title: Grand Canyon New Years Snowstorm description: The picturesque scene is not expected to last long canonical: https://time.com/3652757/grand-canyon-new-year-snowstorm/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-03T15:37:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:40.098Z og:title: Here's a Beautiful Photo of the Grand Canyon After a Snowstorm og:description: The picturesque scene is not expected to last long og:url: https://time.com/3652757/grand-canyon-new-year-snowstorm/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fb759a08bb05ece/698777f9cd68483f5e098e65/15980169869_ac3dd3a52a_o.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Grand Canyon New Years Snow og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Beautiful Photo of the Grand Canyon After a Snowstorm twitter:description: The picturesque scene is not expected to last long twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fb759a08bb05ece/698777f9cd68483f5e098e65/15980169869_ac3dd3a52a_o.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Grand Canyon Looks Like a Winter Wonderland After Snowstorm  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 3, 2015 3:37 PM UTC  The Grand Canyon, blanketed in snow following a snowstorm, on New Year's Day. The Grand Canyon, blanketed in snow following a snowstorm, on New Year's Day.Michael Quinn—National Park Service  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 3, 2015 3:37 PM UTC A New Year’s snowstorm transformed the Grand Canyon’s South Rim into a picture-perfect winter wonderland. According to [a post](https://www.facebook.com/GrandCanyonNationalPark/posts/889996784377754) on the Grand Canyon National Park’s Facebook page, --- > “” --- The park also [wrote](https://www.facebook.com/GrandCanyonNationalPark/photos/a.389587114418726.96972.131965493514224/889218471122252/?type=1&theater) that it expected the snow to melt soon as dry weather sweeps in over the weekend and into next week. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3652757/grand-canyon-new-year-snowstorm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3652757/grand-canyon-new-year-snowstorm/"},"headline":"Grand Canyon Looks Like a Winter Wonderland After Snowstorm","datePublished":"2015-01-03T15:37:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:40.098Z","description":"The picturesque scene is not expected to last long","url":"https://time.com/3652757/grand-canyon-new-year-snowstorm/","keywords":["Newsfeed","snow","winter","U.S.","Snowstorm","national park service","new years"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fb759a08bb05ece/698777f9cd68483f5e098e65/15980169869_ac3dd3a52a_o.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fb759a08bb05ece/698777f9cd68483f5e098e65/15980169869_ac3dd3a52a_o.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Grand Canyon New Years Snow","caption":"Grand Canyon New Years Snow","creditText":"Michael Quinn—National Park Service","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3652757/grand-canyon-new-year-snowstorm/","name":"Grand Canyon Looks Like a Winter Wonderland After Snowstorm"}}]}] ```