![]() The word got out largely thanks to Utah’s Mighty 5 campaign. Over half of the national parks don’t see that many people total in a year. In the space of just a year’s time, an extra 646,281 people showed up. By 2016, the number had climbed to nearly 4.3 million. In 2015, more than 3.6 million visitors showed up at Zion. But five years after that, it skyrocketed. In 2010, fifteen years after my first trip to Zion, visitation had only increased from 2.4 million to just under 2.7 million. I remember it feeling stressful back then, but it was nothing compared with what the parks are like today. At each park we visited, I commented on how the hotels and restaurants were booked solid. Looking back now on what I did write, there are several references to the crowds. Escher print to serve as my diary for the trip, but I ended up having so much fun that I only filled a few pages. I had purchased a special journal adorned with an M. ![]()
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