Trans-Zion itinerary
Every mile marker on the Trans-Zion route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Trans-Zion Traverse permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Trans-Zion. One reservation is an ordered sequence of nights at named sites, issued by reservation.
4 of the stops below are camps this permit sells a night at, and each one is marked. One trip books a sequence of them, not all of them.
- Stops mapped
- 4
- Across the markers
- 3.0 mi
- Published route length
- 36.2 mi
- Published ascent
- 6,500 ft
How long it takes: 4-5 days. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the camps this permit sells, listed in the order the route runs them, with the mile positions the booking system publishes.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Trans-Zion route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
La Verkin Creek
Reserve a night here: a named camp you reserve
1.0 mile to Hop Valley
Mile 1.0
Hop Valley
Reserve a night here: a named camp you reserve
1.0 mile to Wildcat Canyon
Mile 2.0
Wildcat Canyon
Reserve a night here: a zone you reserve and camp anywhere inside
1.0 mile to West Rim
Mile 3.0
West Rim
Reserve a night here: a named camp you reserve
Getting a Trans-Zion for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Trans-Zion dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Trans-Zion around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.