The Wave is spectacular and located in the Coyote Buttes North area of the Utah-Arizona border. The location gained popularity after being featured as a wallpaper on Microsoft's Windows 7. Securing a permit from the US Bureau of Land Management is essential, with a strict daily limit of 64 visitors. They have an advance online lottery and a daily geofenced lottery. Since we had not won the online lottery in prior years, we planned to stay in the area for sometime and apply for the daily lottery. But we were very lucky and won the online lottery on July 1st for visiting The Wave on Oct 24th. We were very excited and started training for the hike soon after. We had a few health issues on the way but we recovered and feel very fortunate that we could hike and see all the beautiful formations including The Wave, Dinosaur tracks, Boneyard, Sand Cove and The Second Wave. With no defined trail to The Wave and a preference for a four-wheel-drive to reach the Wirepass parking, we opted for a guide. Julie from Coral Cliffs was amazing and made our day memorable. Skycie was training to be a Wave guide and we had a great time with her too.
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