Antelope Canyon

Steel stairs with handrails dropping through Lower Antelope Canyon on an April morning, wedged between walls that curl like breaking waves. Fixed stairways and ladders like these carry visitors down the sheer drops in the canyon floor. If you are choosing between the two canyons, this is the frame to study. The steps are steep and narrow, so Lower asks more of your knees and your nerve than Upper's level walk does, and its tight V-shaped slot is not for anyone who dislikes close spaces.