“The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is like another world,” said Ethan Aumack, executive director of the Grand Canyon Trust, who has fond memories of skiing through the woods to the rim after the lone road that leads there closes for the winter. “It feels like a much more personal place.”

About 235 structures were in danger, or were already damaged or destroyed by the Dragon Bravo Fire, according to a preliminary structure loss report released by the Grand Canyon National Park on July 15.