Currently people hoping to hike the Wave have to enter an online or in-person lottery in Kanab. But Bureau of Land Management officials are planning to move the entire system online soon.

The Wave is a popular hike on the Arizona-Utah border along delicate and scenic sandstone.

A majority of the permits are already offered online and they’re awarded four months in advance. But on weekdays, people can enter in person at the Kanab Center. Four groups or 16 people can win a day — whichever comes first.

People who entered the in-person lottery said their odds are better there.

For more on the permit lottery system, visit KUER.

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