Originally Posted by
Aliquot
Flagstaff is much closer.
With more expensive flights, as well.
BTW, North Rim of the GC is quite snowed in during the winter. The road is closed, though you can get there by snowmobile. North Rim is, I believe, genrally open from mid-May until November, though when we visited that rim 2-3 years ago, the lodge at the rim was closing in mid-October (Kaibab Lodge and Jacob Lake Inn were both staying open).