Most people have seen photos of hiking the Wave in Arizona- a gorgeous red sandstone formation along the Utah\/Arizona border in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. I really wanted to hike the Wave\u00a0last April at the tail end of my\u00a0Paria Canyon trip, but I\u00a0was confused by the competitive permit process and the weather also wasn\u2019t cooperating.<\/p>\n
I recently met up with Josh Allen, a fellow Utah adventurer, and the\u00a0founder of RAWTrails \u2013 a project intended to help improve people\u2019s lives through the outdoors. He recently returned from hiking\u00a0the Wave in Arizona and offered to write up a post sharing everything you need to know about hiking the Wave, including the crazy permit process that you have to endure if you want to see the Wave in person.<\/p>\n
So check out his detailed writeup below, mark the permit application deadline on your calendar, and cross your fingers!<\/p>\n
Back on July 22, 2009 the world suddenly became aware of some miraculous place that perhaps was previously hidden to the masses.\u00a0 The above date was the initial release for Microsoft\u2019s operating system, Windows 7.\u00a0 The mention of Microsoft or anything in the technology sector is important only to this article because it introduced all of us to the beautiful desktop wallpaper of The Wave in Arizona, and since that time an increasing number of people have sought to make their way to this breathtaking location.<\/p>\n
Making the trek isn\u2019t as easy as one might imagine. The Wave is situated on the Utah-Arizona border, halfway between Page, Arizona and Kanab, UT in the Paria Canyon\/Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, and these days it\u2019s even harder to find yourself as one of the lucky ones to draw a permit for the site.\u00a0 Due to the overwhelming popularity of the site, the Bureau of Land Management limited foot traffic to 20 people\/day.\u00a0 That\u2019s right \u2013 only 20 people are allowed to the site at a time, thus preserving the integrity and beauty of the Wave.\u00a0 In 2014 alone, there were approximately 50,000 applicants, which means 7300 people were allowed access with a 14.6% success rate, and it\u2019s only going to get harder to get in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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