Guía de Duck Creek
Guía de permisos, detalles del sendero y consejos locales para la ruta más famosa de Zion
Angels Landing es una de las caminatas más icónicas del sistema de parques nacionales.
No es para todo el mundo, pero si estás preparado y tienes permiso, es el tipo de experiencia que recordarás durante años.
September 2026
Escribimos está guía desde la perspectiva de huéspedes que hacen una excursión de un día desde Duck Creek Village Inn.
Preguntas comunes de quienes planifican el viaje.
For the last half mile, yes — every day, at every hour, all year. You do not need one to hike the West Rim Trail to Scout Lookout, which is 1.9 miles and 1,187 feet of climbing and gets you almost the same view. The permit covers only the chained section beyond the lookout, and hiking it without one is a federal offence carrying a fine of up to $5,000 and up to six months in jail.
The park puts the overall average across both lotteries at about 50%, ranging from 8% in the day-before lottery on Memorial Day weekend to 100% on quiet midweek days. It does not publish odds for a specific date, because that depends on how many people apply, which is not public. What we can show you is the supply side: the number of permits issued each day, which runs from 250 in midwinter to 850 in high summer.
There are four seasonal lotteries a year, each opening about two months before its season and running for roughly three weeks, plus a day-before lottery that runs every single day. If your dates are more than a couple of months out, use the seasonal lottery. If they are not, the day-before lottery is genuinely your main route in — it holds about half of each day’s permits plus every seasonal permit that got cancelled.
The climb to Scout Lookout is 1,187 feet on paved switchbacks — strenuous but ordinary. The chains are a different question entirely, and it is one of nerve rather than fitness. Our measurement puts the last quarter mile at about 1,600 feet per mile, the steepest of the whole hike, and it arrives when your legs are already tired.
The park says no, and so do we. Walk to Scout Lookout with your group, let them go on without you, and enjoy a genuinely excellent view while they queue. Far more people regret starting the chains and freezing partway than regret stopping at the lookout.
Before 9 am, every time you get the choice. Cool rock, the switchbacks still in shade, fewer people on the fin and you are off the ridge before the afternoon weather. In summer there are only two slots, and "after 9 am" means the exposed climb in full sun.
The park says about four hours for the 5.4-mile round trip, and that is realistic if you are fit. Add the shuttle: it is roughly 45 minutes from the visitor center to the Grotto and back, so the outing costs most of a day. Do not plan anything you have to be on time for afterwards.
No. Angels Landing permits exist only through the two online lotteries on recreation.gov. There is no walk-up, no day-of option and no desk in the park that can issue one.
About 46 miles and 55 minutes to the east entrance, then the tunnel, the drive down to the visitor center and the shuttle to stop 6. For a before-9 permit you want to be leaving the inn by about six.
Reserva tu habitación o cabaña en Duck Creek Village Inn: a una hora de la entrada este de Zion y con mañanas frescas de montaña antes de que el cañón se caliente.
