Backup Trips for Grand Canyon
Have a back up plan in case you don't get your first choice!
Grand Canyon National Park’s permit system is a lottery. To maximize your odds of success, we strongly recommend providing a range of backup dates (as broad as possible) and 1-2 backup itineraries.
Important things to know if we are not awarded a permit for your first choice:
- Without alternate itineraries, your permit application will be flatly denied if your first choice is unavailable.
- We will offer you any open spots on other permits for your first-choice trip before offering the backup.
- If we offer you the backup itinerary, you do not have to take it. If you choose not to, the permit will be offered to other guests who also did not get their first choice.
- If you are offered the backup and decline, your deposit is still 100% transferrable or refundable.
Grand Canyon Classic
Recommended Backups:
– Grandview Trek
– Havasupai Garden Trek
– Horseshoe Mesa
Rim to Rim
Recommended Backups:
– Grand Canyon Classic
– Hermit Loop
– Havasupai Garden Trek
– Grandview Trek
Mule-assisted Classic
Recommended Backups:
– Grand Canyon Classic
– Havasupai Garden Trek
– Horseshoe Mesa
Havasupai Garden
Recommended Backups:
– Grand Canyon Classic
– Horseshoe Mesa
Hermit Loop
Recommended Backups:
– Grandview Trek
– New Hance Loop
– Wonders of the Grand Canyon
Winter Rim to Rim to Rim
Recommended Backups:
– Hermit Loop
– Grandview Trek
– New Hance Loop
Grandview Trek
Recommended Backups:
– Hermit Loop
– New Hance Loop
– Wonders of the Grand Canyon
New Hance Loop
Recommended Backups:
– Hermit Loop
– Grandview Trek
– Wonders of the Grand Canyon
– Colorado River Traverse
– Kanab Creek Adventure
Wonders of the Grand Canyon
Recommended Backups:
– Hermit Loop
– New Hance Loop
– Wonders of the Grand Canyon
– Colorado River Traverse
Colorado River Traverse
Recommended Backups:
– New Hance Loop
– Wonders of the Grand Canyon
– Kanab Creek Adventure
Kanab Creek Adventure
Recommended Backups:
– Wonders of the Grand Canyon
– New Hance Loop
– Colorado River Traverse