Beautiful photos show first snowfall in new year at Grand Canyon

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Friday, January 2, 2015
Snow covers the Grand Canyon in Arizona on New Year's Day.
Few tourists walk out to Mather Point at Grand Canyon in Arizona on New Year's Eve.
Clouds and snow covers the last sunset of 2014 at Grand Canyon Yavapai Point.
A Grand Canyon Park snow plow works to clear snow on New Year's Eve.
Snow covered the Grand Canyon in Arizona on New Year's Day.
Beautiful photos show first snowfall in new year at Grand CanyonSnow covers the Grand Canyon in Arizona on New Year's Day.
Grand Canyon National Parks Service

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -- The Grand Canyon kicked off 2015 with a fresh coat of snow.

The flakes began falling on New Year's Eve and lingered through New Year's Day, leaving the South Rim blanketed in powder.

The same system also brought flurries to Phoenix and about 1.5 feet of snow to Flagstaff.