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Lottery system in the works for hiking Zion’s Angels Landing

More than 300,000 a year make the half-mile trek along a treacherous cliff.

(Nikki Boliaux | The New York Times) Hikers cling to chains along the trail leading to Angels Landing in Zion National Park where the number of visitors has surged, Nov. 23, 2020. The National Park Service is now proposing a lottery system to regulate the number of people on the half-mile trail which was used by 300,000 hikers in 2019.

(Nikki Boliaux | The New York Times) Hikers cling to chains along the trail leading to Angels Landing in Zion National Park where the number of visitors has surged, Nov. 23, 2020. The National Park Service is now proposing a lottery system to regulate the number of people on the half-mile trail which was used by 300,000 hikers in 2019.

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