Zion National Park will resume issuing permits for the top-down hike through the Zion Narrows on Saturday, after Washington County secured a temporary recreational access license through the end of 2018.
Park officials had discontinued the permits earlier this week after a private landowner posted “no trespassing” signs in the popular canyon, closing about a mile of it to public access, and signs indicated the area was for sale.
“We greatly appreciate the goodwill of the landowners and the efforts of the Washington County Commission in quickly resolving access concerns at the entrance to the Virgin River Narrows,” Jeff Bradybaugh, Zion National Park Superintendent, said in a news release.