Willis Creek Slot Canyon | Wave Permit Lottery Drawing
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- Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2021
- This is about hiking the Willis Creek Slot Canyon and attending the Wave Permit Lottery Drawing in Utah in Kanab, Utah. Visited: October 21, 2021.
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Another fantastic video! We wanted to take a moment to encourage you and your family in making wonderful memories in a faith-based and family based adventure. It's so refreshing to see how your family honors you and are respectful in your videos, something sorely needed in today's world. You always ask your children what they think and listen to their viewpoints. America's Parks are my favorite video blog and we always watch for your next video. I love how you explain the history of what you're looking at and make it fun! I truly believe that you've instilled many wonderful qualities in your children, qualities that they will enjoy with their families someday. Blessings upon your family and Happy Thanksgiving!
Hey Sherri, just shared your beautiful comment with two of my children who are home right now. It encouraged me dearly to read your kind words. I'm so grateful you see in the videos what I aiming for! It's been a great journey for our family - many lessons learned, deeper bonding and memories created all for the glory of God. God bless you and so thankful you are enjoying the channel!
I love slot canyons. They are so photogenic.
You have good taste, Bekki!
We love America's Parks on RUclips!
Right on!!!!
Thank you for sharing God's creation.
@@oriolesfan7807 Amen! God bless you!
You have the best National Park and travel youtube site without a doubt! Keep up the great work!
Really encouraged to read that, Gary! Thanks so much!
I can feel and hear the stone mountain calling my name now!. I got to run to the Rock, Don't you see I need you, Rock? I the sound the of a stream running through you calming my nerves. That's what I need today a good hike, feeling the rock. I said Rock! Don't you know that I need you Rock?
So poetic! Sounds like something I preached this morning... Have a super Thanksgiving!
Stunning sunrise and full moon in that morning shot ! What a way to start the day. Thank you for sharing the process for the wave. Amazing (and not supposing) how many folks enter the lottery. One day luck will smile upon you for all you give to the community of National Park fans. Maybe next time you'll get number 50 for Mike Singletary........didn't you see him at a campfire one time LOL. Beautiful slot canyon, looks like some modest yoga training to get through some points :) Assuming this is the last video prior to thanksgiving may I share my annual message of gratitude. Thank you Randy, Smith family and the cast of characters that join from time to time for sharing your adventures amongst God's grand creation. Every adventure brings inspiration and a strong desire for me and my family to get out there. We hit 6 major parks this year and 14 smaller units
Great words, Jymn! You have been have been among the inspiration God has used to keep the journey going! Wishing you and your dear family a wonderful Thanksgiving! ...and good call on the Singletary remark.... yes! you watched the Sequoia video! :)
Nice video, a wonderful and enjoyable tour. Looks so beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your day
Your kind words are much appreciated!
I definitely dig the 360 in the slot! Great move! Gives me a few ideas as well.
Right on! You get some of the coolest effects with the 10' pole. Appreciate you getting me started with this one!
Gorgeous sunrise you got to see with the moon! And I loved the waterfall in the canyon.
And how about those horses? :) Thought of you when I saw that one!
Wow, again👍🏻🌝
Thanks so much, Mark!
Thank you Randy for another excellent video. Willis Creek looks like such a beautiful hike. Southern Utah is absolutely Awesome for people like us that love the outdoors. God Bless you and your friends !! ... Robin :-)
Hey Robin, thanks and wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving!
Glad to that there are supporters all over the country
They were such a fun group!
I really enjoy your videos! Here’s a hot tip. If you can get to Kanab tomorrow they will award 5 days of permits due to the holiday. It’s your best chance of winning. That’s how we got ours last year.
Hey Elizabeth, thanks for the kind words and tip! Will keep that one in mind! ...The Wave, one of these days!
Thank you for such a fantastic video. Can you please do one video for the fiery furnace hike in Arches and also it will be great if you post videos of amazing national parks of Alaska - specifically the remote ones like Kobuk Valley, Gates of Artic, Katmai, Lake Clark.
Yeah, fiery furnace is on the to-do list! Would love to hit those remote Alaska parks. Lord willing, one of these days! Thanks for your interest in the channel!
Beautiful hike! Thanks!
Thanks Alice! Hope you are having a great week!
This is a really great alternative for The Wave hike…beautiful colors and scenery. Thank you for letting us know about this place! Take care always.
Glad you enjoyed it, James! Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
One more for my bucket list! Thank you!
Great to hear, Bill!
GORGEOUS! What a fantastic trip!
Thanks so much!
That looks amazing! What a fun trip
Special place with a special group of guys!
Always good to have a backup plan! We found that out the hard way years ago lol now every time we go somewhere we bring a back-up plan.
Everything worked out though that canyon was beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Nick! Heading over soon to catch your latest!
@@AmericasParks you're welcome!
Great video of a wonderful walk. I love slot canyons. We have nothing like them in the UK. Thanks for showing this. No matter how many times I do road trips across this region there is still so much more to see. Have a great Christmas.
Thanks, my friend! Some really special places out in western USA. Have a super Christmas!
Nice job and nice find! Looked like a beautiful little slot canyon. Adding this one to my ever-growing list on AllTrails.
Nice, Michael... well worth the stop!
Excellent video. I'm sorry about the losing three times at the lottery to The Wave. I plan on doing the same one or two times in August 2024. Noah's flood did a good job of laying down the many layers of sand (temperature change can cause a new layer). I'm glad you didn't mention that the slot was from a million years of erosion.
Right on! A lot of water in a short time (the great flood) will produce what the evolutionists claim - a little water in a long time.
Thanks Randy for putting up another video and as always for taking us to your amazing journeys!
Thanks and wonderful to have you guys joining us! Have a great Thanksgiving!
Same to you and your family, Happy Thanksgiving!
Randy, very nice alternative, looks like you all did very well, great scenery. THANK YOU FOR TAKING US INTO THE CANYON ON A VERY NICE HIKE, . . . Mike
Thanks for joining us, Mike! Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Wow. Awesome hike. Beautiful. Maybe the wave next time.
Sure hope so, Darlene... not giving up! :)
Great video. I hiked this slot canyon back in May of 2020 and it was slightly crowded but not bad. Beautiful colors and trail was epic. Keep trying on the wave permit. I tried 5 times before I succeeded. I need to do it again this year.
That's encouraging... 1 in 5!!! Yeah, plan to stay with it. Lord willing, one of these days! Enjoy your weekend!
Wow! Totally amazing long time, so good to hear from y’all 👍💯
Thanks so much, Jim! Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Good luck on the draw and thanks for sharing guys.
Thanks, Donnie! We'll get it one of these days!
Such beautiful lighting in the morning! The slot Canyon is incredible! I just get a little creeped out in them 😂
Thankfully, this one wasn't too tight and it offered many outlets if that dreaded unexpected flash flood came.
Becanyon beautiful
Thanks for watching!
Looks like I am going to be needing to add a slot canyon to the list of "need to do" trails! Great adventure and really well captured. Love all the people that you ran into that really wanted to help promote the channel!
Thanks, Josh! So many good folks out there!
Must beautiful place
It sure was special. Thanks for watching!
We hiked Willis Creek this summer. We also didn't notice any smells and didn't experience any crowds. There were a couple other cars parked at the trailhead, and we saw one other family while we were hiking. Our family really enjoyed it. Glad you did too!
Very nice, Cindy! Glad you and your family had a nice time out there!
Even though you didn’t get the wave, the slot canyon was a great Plan B! The water flowing through looked so cool.
Thanks, Kayla! Think you would have really enjoyed this one!
Another great video!Amazing how your 0-for on The Wave but you won the Half Dome lottery on your first try.
Yeah, got a little spoiled with that HD lottery! :) Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
Beautiful view of the canyon with your 360 degrees camera ! Loved watching the video 👍😉
Have a great weekend Randy !
H&S 👩❤️👨🌈🇨🇦
Thank you, my friend!
@@AmericasParks Welcome Randy !
Hope you’re doing fine 😉👍
#34 Sweetness! My mom showed me a picture with him at her work in the 80s but I was way too young to remember anything. I do have Superbowl Shuffle on vinyl. The Bear with the best verse on that video was ....Steve Fuller!
Yes, "I sure can" Steve Fuller!!!! Living in Chicago back then... those were the days!
@@AmericasParks LOL it's true! The Bear with the 2nd best lyrics was Samurai Mike, then Sweetness.
I didn't know you can actually go someplace to do the lottery I thought it was only online for the Wave. I have done the Willis Creek Slot Canyon before and it is pretty awesome! A great yet easy hike to do for the whole family. I definitely didn't experience the heavy crowds or the bad smells myself either. Thanks for bringing me back brother.
Thanks, Eric! Glad you enjoyed this one. Yes, one lottery online for some permits and the remainder are distributed via the lottery the day before the hike.
Beautiful hike. Love the rock formation.
The lottery system for these parks always put me on alert when I want to do stuff. My luck is not so high. But, I always try regardless. Next year with the increase in crowds at National Parks, it's not going to get better.
Yeah, same here. 0 for 3 on the Wave. Thankfully I did get a "Subway" (Zion NP) permit this past fall. Hope to get the video up around February. Merry Christmas!
sorry you miss out on the Wave but sure is a nice alternative, especially love that you had some water in the little creek flowing through
Yeah, still a wonderful hike that day!
Bravo!
Thanks for joining us, Tom!
Pretty cool Plan B.
Right on, Renee! Have a nice Thanksgiving!
Wonderful video sledgehammered that like button stay safe awesome and blessed enjoyed and shared
Thanks and have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Just did Willis Creek in Sept. That drop off you came to there is a path that leads up and around it. You should of gone 1 mile south on the road from the Willis Creek parking lot to get to Bull Gorge. There is a bridge over Bull Gorge and you can see the truck that slid off the bridge 60 years ago. It is still wedged and stuck between the two walls of the canyon. Both people in truck died.
We also did the Wave lottery and did not get it. So we got 2 of the daily 20 permits to Coyote Butte South. It is the areas just south of the Wave. There is a wave there too called the Southern Wave. Almost the size of the famous wave.
Great words, Jerry... thank you! We did drive over that bridge and saw the truck looking down into the canyon. Not the greatest perspective. Must be much better looking up. Congrats on the South Buttes. Still hope to hit that one one of these days. Take care!
Nice place, in my list, thanks
Easy stop and rather simple hike. Worth the visit!
Your Insta 360 looks really good! I have a GoPro Max and it doesn't have that much detail. Are you upscaling that footage or is that straight out of camera?
Thanks, Tom! Yeah, hitting it with a little color grade in the edit, but the 5.7K camera does a pretty good job itself.
Can you explain that lottery and what exactly the lottery was for? The wave is unknown to most newbies. Thanks!! Great content. I always look forward to viewing your team's adventures.
Thank you! Yes, it's like 60 people or so that are permitted to visit "The Wave" daily. Most apply for a permit by mail in advance. Then some of the spots are reserved for the walk-up *one day before). That's what you saw us doing in this video.
Been there done that. Got the big X…. Anyway finally I got the permit hopefully 2022 I can get the schedule to hike….
Hope it works for you, Eli!
My son and I love your videos, and are trying to up our game on our channel. Do you do all your editing? Any tips? heading to Utah soon, weve done 13 so far, USVI a few weeks ago.
Hey Billy, appreciate your heart for your son and the National Parks! Yeah, everything you see is done by myself (planning, filming, editing). Much of it comes with experience. Also good to watch other's channels to get ideas. I'd suggest investing in some good camera equipment. Mine is listed in the video description. Big thing... keep it fun!
@@AmericasParks Awesome, Thanks, found the info after i started digging ;) Have or would you ever consider doing an adventure with any of your fans?
Hey Randy, where did you camp at the night before the lottery?
We changed our itinerary - believe we drove from Zion NP. The lottery in in Kanab... so the closer, the better. Take care!
Can you tell me what 360 camera you use?
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Whats stopping people from going? If you get caught will there be a fine?
Yeah, really the only to things to stop an unlawful visit would be personal conscience and a hefty fine. Take care!
Are there offline maps you use? How do you not get lost? 😱
Actually, some of the best are through your smartphone (all trails, hiking project, etc.) that track your position in relation to the trail via gps. Thankfully this hike was rather straightforward.
Some of those shots had to be from a Drone?
Actually no drones in this one - 360 cam with a "disappearing" 10-foot selfie stick with a fish eye lens. You can always see part of the pole in my hand. Neat tool!
@@AmericasParks That is pretty incredible with the height that it appears to be in. How long is the pole? That is pretty cool, and some good footage!
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If you're at Bryce, there's no reason not to do this easy slot canyon! Here is a video when I went with two of my kids! Loved it! ruclips.net/video/vMxkvgff1Uk/видео.html
Nice video! Brought back some good memories!
Not familiar with the Wave. Why the need for a lottery?
Yeah, only a few are permitted to visit that location each day. So they do a mail in lottery for some tickets and then a walk-up lottery drawn the day before the hike. Really tough to win this one.
Can beginners do this?!
Yes, this one is rather easy! Very level and not too long.