In 2022, Angel's Landing switches to a lottery system to give permits for the hike. We kicked around the idea of hiking it over Christmas break and Mikayla said that we promised her we could hike all the way out on the chains once she turned 8. That was a few years ago. The best day for weather was Wednesday, the first day of Christmas break. I scheduled dentist appointments for the same day but they were in the afternoon. So the first day of Christmas break, we woke up early and headed to Zion.
It was icy and windy!
Most people had ice cleats for better traction but we were silly and just hiked it in our regular shoes. We only slipped a few times.
Made it safely out and had a snack. The wind wasn't blowing where we stopped.
I'm sure we looked like bad parents for taking our children all the way out on the chains, in the ice, some in shorts, but c'est la vie. It wasn't even that bad out there.
We had a great time and we were glad to check this off our list before 2021 ends!
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