One of the most elusive hiking permits in the world will be a bit easier to obtain starting next month.
This week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it will allow 64 people per day to hike the popular rock formation known as The Wave, in the Paria Canyon–Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness near the Utah-Arizona border. Previously, only 20 hikers per day were allowed onto the formation. That limit had been in place for more than two decades.
The Wave is a sandstone formation that is famous among nature photographers and hikers for its unusual features. Its popularity is also due, in part, to the fact that it is extremely difficult to access.
U.S. Triples Daily Capacity Allowed At 'The Wave' Hike In Arizona - Across Arizona, AZ - Outdoor enthusiasts hoping to land one of the elusive permits needed to explore The Wave will have a better shot under a new federal plan.
The Wave: US triples visitor permits awarded by Red Rock lottery
12 Jan, 2021 08:28 PM
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215,500 applied for a permit to visit The Wave in Arizona. Only 4 per cent were granted. Photo / Brian Witte , AP Photo
215,500 applied for a permit to visit The Wave in Arizona. Only 4 per cent were granted. Photo / Brian Witte , AP Photo
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By: Brady McCombs
Outdoor enthusiasts and landscape photographers hoping to land one of the elusive permits needed to explore the colorful, contoured landscape of a hike called The Wave in the US Southwest will have a better chance under a federal plan announced Monday that allows more than three times the previous number of daily visitors.