Angels Landing Trail
Reviews
Bathrooms 2.5 miles up, tons and tons of people until the permit check. Chains are awesome and very unique to this hike. The view from the top is pretty epic. Be prepared for it to take 2-4 hours of travel time WITHIN the park to even get to the trailhead and another 2-4 hours to leave the park. No parking will be available in the park after sunrise, you've been warned
Angels landing plus emerald pools. Very light drizzle but the rocks were all dry. It was nice to have the clouds
Was a tough hike but not as bad as i thought it would be. it was a nice cool cloudy day and i got an early start that definitely helped
Great experience. Get there early. Not as bad as it looks on social media (coming from someone who’s afraid of being on ledges). Just take your time
The climb and drop offs are not nearly as traumatic as people make them seem, I felt safe the whole time, just be careful and take your time. Definitely want shoes with good traction and I wouldn’t recommend without at least a little bit of hiking experience and/or athleticism. The view is absolutely stunning!
The most over-hyped, over fear mongered, scare tactic central, you're gonna die trail in the U.S. This trail is not scary AT ALL. It never gets as narrow as everyone says it does. Friendly reminder all of the videos you watch that make it seem so scary and you're gonna fall off and die are filmed on a 360° cam which makes hikes seem narrower. I hiked with 2 others with an insane fear of heights but convinced them to push through to the "narrow" part. When we got there they laughed and we all got really angry at how people fear monger and try to make this trail seem so dangerous. You would have to be a dumba$# to die on this trail. DO IT, IF YOU'RE READING THESE REVIEWS FOR VALIDATION OR TO SCARE YOURSELF OUT IF IT JUST DO IT, IT'S A HIKE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET, COOLEST HIKE IVE EVER DONE.
Hiked Friday 05/30/25 starting just after 4pm and the conditions were excellent. Usually that would be the hottest part of the day, but we happened to hike during an overcast time, and by the time we made it to the top, the sun was shining. Not too many people at that time as well. We made it up and back down in time to catch the last shuttle down to the visitors center. Not half as scary as people make it out to be, and the views are remarkable! (If anything is going to kill you, it’ll be Walter’s wiggles)
An amazing hiking trail, start early like around 7:30am, less crowded, awesome view, by 9:30am start to get crowded and the weather got hot.
Bring gloves for the chain. Arrive early to avoid direct sunlight. At least 2-3 liter water would help. I’m afraid of height but the road is broad enough for me.
Better in the morning to avoid the heat if possible! Strenuous uphill to start - about 2 miles of straight incline and 30 or so switchbacks. Difficult but worth it and rewarding! Need a permit for the actual angels landing- so fun!
Bucket list hike that every capable person should do. That being said, parking is a mess and its overcrowded. It also starts getting real hot after 10am. So for all of those reasons, its best to get there early (visitor center by 7am)
The Zion National Park lottery system really helps with numbers of hikers at Angel’s Landing. What a great day and hike.
Amazing hike! I got my permit after 12 PM and wasn’t allowed on the chains section until 12:45. All people were really nice and it wasn’t overcrowded. The views were absolutely incredible, and the hike to Angel’s Landing isn’t too difficult. As long as you don’t have a fear of heights, you’ll be fine. I watched so many YouTube videos before doing this hike and honestly it’s not as scary as it looks!
We got a permit the day before ( second time both applying for one) we did the hike on Thursday this week. Got to the park for 630 and it already had a line up for the shuttle bus - some for Scouts Lookout / angels landing and a bunch for the narrows. We got off the shuttle to the trail head to start at 730. When we reached scouts Lookout there were quite a few people there and could see others had started the angels landing. You can start the hike up even if your permit says 9 am as we reached the permit check spot in 45/50 min. They checked our permits as we left. The views are amazing , we had a snack and the little critters were all over us. We didn't cross many people on the chains heading up but coming back down it got busier. So I highly recommend getting to the park and starting as early as you can. It took us 2hr 2min moving time ( we hike a lot) but 2hr 40 with stops and a snack / pic at the top. By the time we left the trail for the shuttle it was very hot in the sun.
First, I’m scared of heights, but I did it! Second, the time on the permit is the time at The Grotto. So we had timed our hike to arrive at Angels Landing around our permit time, only to find out we couldn’t enter until 9:45 at Scouts Lookout. Somehow we missed that. NBD, we only had to wait 10 minutes. Took us an hour and a half to do the Angels Landing section. It was crowded and hot. On our way down to the shuttle, temps were in the high 90s at noon.
The crew at the top of Angel’s Landing. Started at 7:15 and not too crowded but quite crowded on the way down. Great climb!!
Awesome challenge! Second time up to the landing. First time since the permit requirements. I did it in 2021. And now, 4 years later it was a little harder than I remembered. . But still a lot of fun.
Conditions were excellent. We got on the 6am bus and were on the trail by 6:30. The approach was a bit more strenuous than I expected, but by the time we reached Walter's Wiggles we were in good shape. We made the summit in 2.5hrs. Uphill traffic was still light so the descent was easy. Once back at Scout Lookout our permits were checked and the ranger suggeated a side hike up the West Rim Trail to a white domed summit with great canyon views. On the way down the sun was getting high and uphill hikers were feeling it. We got really lucky with a premium 9am permit. One of the most unique hikes I've done. Just awesome!
Coolest trail I’ve ever done. Start as early as possible, we started at 6:30am and hit crowds on the way back. Overall lovely hike.
I got a permit rented a bike at 3:00 a.m. from e-bike Zion bicycled into the park and climbed it and only saw two people. One other person was at the top before I got there. Perfect conditions do it in the morning. Do not hike this during the day. It's going to put some stress on you. Plus all the people on the trail makes it horrible on the way down. Do it in the morning
As beautiful as 4 years ago! Hiked from 6-8 pm and only 4 other groups on the trail with the whole crest to ourselves! (+ no permit checking on a Wednesday night)
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What is the expected weather this week for Angels Landing Trail?
- Tue, June 3 - 80 degrees/thundershowers
- Wed, June 4 - 67 degrees/thundershowers
- Thu, June 5 - 70 degrees/clear
- Fri, June 6 - 73 degrees/clear
- Sat, June 7 - 82 degrees/clear