Before arriving at Hermits Rest, The Abyss and Pima Point provide two dramatically different perspectives into the canyon. Dropping a vertical 3,000 feet directly into the canyon, visitors protected by a single thin rail, The Abyss presents a vertigo inducing view of the Tonto Plateau, Colorado River and the Monument, a large sandstone column in the Grand Canyon. Further west, following the curve of the rim, Pima Point juts into the canyon with views of Powell Plateau and the distant Bright Angel Canyon.