Grand Canyon visitors will have a brand-new chance to reserve remains at Phantom Ranch, the rustic lodge at the canyon bottom that’s so challenging to get into you requirement to gointo a lotto to get a opportunity.
Xanterra Travel Collection, the concessionaire at Phantom Ranch, revealed this week it would resume appointments for cabin remains at the cattleranch from May to next January, as well as overnight mule flights to the bottom of the canyon rim from now through next January.
Reservations for Phantom Ranch were stoppedbriefly giventhat January 2022 in anticipation of numerous National Park Service facilities jobs. But hold-ups on those tasks enabled authorities to resume of cabin and mule flight reservations. The hiker dormrooms – little bunk homes that hold 10 individuals each – are not readilyavailable this year.
How to get Phantom Ranch appointments in 2023
Reservations for hiker cabins at Phantom Ranch can be made for May 2023 through January 2024.
A minimal number of overnight mule trips are readilyavailable on choose dates in January, with more offered from February through January 2024.
Xanterra will start accepting bookings for Phantom Ranch cabins and mule trips on Tuesday, Jan.17 Reservations can be made online beginning at 12: 01 a.m. MST at https://secure.phantomranchlottery.com, or by phone with a booking representative beginning at 7 a.m.
It likewise prepares to open appointments for cabins and mule flights in February 2024, beginning on Feb. 1, and in March 2024 beginning March 1.
High need is anticipated, so be client when putting your booking
Is it normal to reserve Phantom Ranch with little advance notification?
No. Phantom Ranch is such an sought-after experience that Xanterra generally needs 14 months’ advance notification.
And consideringthat there’s so littlebit area readilyavailable, individuals should gointo a lotterygame to get a possibility at a booking. Lotteries run for 25 days each month; winners are chosen and informed the next month that they can book their bookings.
The lotto schedule will resume in February for cabin remains and mule trips in April 2024
Why were Phantom Ranch appointments closed in 2022?
Xanterra stoppedbriefly appointments in January 2022 for mule trips as of January 2023 and hiker cabins as of May 1,2023 It expected the park service would start work on significant facilities tasks su