Grand Canyon Private Trip Permit Information
from Canyon REO

The Grand Canyon private permit system has been under review for over a year now. This year (2004) the waiting list was frozen. Nobody has been able to get on the waiting list this year.

The Grand Canyon waiting list system had been growing steadily over the past decade, with potential wait times of 15 - 20 years expected for those who entered the list in 2003. With such a backlog, the system just wasn't working, and the NPS decided to review the entire process. There is much speculation and rumour about how the new system will work, but as yet, nobody has all the answers.

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