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Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Regel

  Angels Landing permit lottery

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  The chains section needs a permit, all year, won in a seasonal lottery months ahead or a day-before lottery at long odds. Turning up without one is not an option here. Kilde ↗

• Regel

  Permits for the Subway and Narrows

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidligStengninger

  The Left Fork, the top-down Narrows and every canyoneering route need a wilderness permit, drawn in a monthly lottery three months out with a last-minute round two days before. Angels Landing is a separate draw. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  California condors over the canyon

  1. jan – 31. desFuglesesong

  The reintroduced birds nest in the cliffs and ride the thermals over Angels Landing and the Kolob Terrace area most days, tagged with numbered wing markers. Rangers set scopes on them at the lodge in the afternoons. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter: drive the canyon yourself (29. nov – 6. mar (vanligvis)), Ice on the high trails (1. des – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Winter: drive the canyon yourself (29. nov – 6. mar (vanligvis)), Ice on the high trails (1. des – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Spring break crowds, Spring break i United States

• Helligdag

  Spring break crowds

  1. mar – 20. apr · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  March and April are the park's busiest weeks alongside high summer, with the shuttle queue at the visitor centre running an hour before nine. Springdale beds price accordingly. Kilde ↗

• Regel

  Canyon shuttle season

  7. mar – 28. nov · vanligvisStengninger

  From early March to the end of November the scenic drive is closed to private cars and the free shuttle is the only way up the canyon. It runs again for the week between Christmas and New Year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Winter: drive the canyon yourself (29. nov – 6. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Spring break crowds

• Stengt

  Narrows closed to snowmelt

  1. apr – 10. jun · vanligvis

  The Virgin River runs too high to wade for most of the spring melt, and the park shuts the bottom-up Narrows above 150 cubic feet a second. It usually reopens in June. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Spring break crowds (1. mar – 20. apr (vanligvis)), Canyon shuttle season (7. mar – 28. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Memorial Day weekend

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Canyon shuttle season (7. mar – 28. nov (vanligvis)), Narrows closed to snowmelt (1. apr – 10. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Canyon heat

  1. jun – 10. sep · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  The canyon floor sits above forty degrees on midsummer afternoons and the rock radiates it back. Angels Landing and the East Rim are morning walks or they are not walks at all. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Canyon shuttle season (7. mar – 28. nov (vanligvis)), Narrows closed to snowmelt (1. apr – 10. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Monsoon flash floods

  1. jul – 20. sep · vanligvisFlomsesongStengninger

  Late-summer storms over the plateau put water into slot canyons under blue sky downstream. The Narrows and the Subway close on a flash flood warning, sometimes for days. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Canyon shuttle season (7. mar – 28. nov (vanligvis)), Canyon heat (1. jun – 10. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Canyon shuttle season (7. mar – 28. nov (vanligvis)), Canyon heat (1. jun – 10. sep (vanligvis)), Monsoon flash floods (1. jul – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

• Natur

  Dark-sky nights

  1. sep – 31. okt · vanligvisMørkhimmelsesong

  The park is certified for its night skies and the autumn air after the monsoon is the clearest of the year. Go on the nights either side of a new moon, and the canyon walls take half the sky with them.

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Canyon shuttle season (7. mar – 28. nov (vanligvis)), Canyon heat (1. jun – 10. sep (vanligvis)), Monsoon flash floods (1. jul – 20. sep (vanligvis)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep)

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Natur

  Cottonwoods turning

  20. okt – 20. nov · vanligvisHøstfarger

  The cottonwoods along the Virgin go yellow against red rock through late October and November, several weeks after the maples on the plateau above. It is the best light of the year here.

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Canyon shuttle season (7. mar – 28. nov (vanligvis)), Dark-sky nights (1. sep – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Thanksgiving break i United States

• Åpning

  Winter: drive the canyon yourself

  29. nov – 6. mar · vanligvisStengt utenfor sesong

  With the shuttle parked you can take your own car up the scenic drive, which is the only time of year that is possible. Ice on the shaded trails is the trade. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Canyon shuttle season (7. mar – 28. nov (vanligvis)), Cottonwoods turning (20. okt – 20. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Ice on the high trails

  1. des – 28. feb · vanligvisEkstrem kuldeStengninger

  The shaded switchbacks up to Angels Landing and the East Rim glaze over for weeks and the park closes sections outright after a storm. Traction devices are the difference between a walk and a rescue. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Angels Landing permit lottery (1. jan – 31. des), Permits for the Subway and Narrows (1. jan – 31. des), California condors over the canyon (1. jan – 31. des), Winter: drive the canyon yourself (29. nov – 6. mar (vanligvis))