Vermilion Cliffs National Monument · Lottery permit
The Wave Permit (Coyote Buttes North)
Hiking The Wave takes a lottery win: an advance lottery four months out, or a daily lottery you can only enter near the permit area.
The rule
Advance lottery
Enter during any calendar month for dates 4 months later; the drawing runs early the following month.
Verified August 10, 2026 · Recreation.gov · covers Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2027
Daily lottery (geofenced)
A daily lottery runs 2 days before each date, 6:00 AM MT to 6:00 PM MT.
Verified August 10, 2026 · Recreation.gov · covers Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2027
Pick a date above and we'll do the arithmetic. For dates after June 30, 2027 we'll say so rather than guess.
Book and verify at the source
Rules change. We verify ours on a schedule, and the official page always wins an argument with us.