Timed-entry was only a bandage on a growing problem.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors climb the sandstone at Turret Arch, left and The Windows, right, in Arches National Park, Monday, May 15, 2023. In April 2023, Arches National Park implemented a timed entry system to pace visitors’ arrival times to alleviate overcrowding and congestion among some 1.8 million visitors a year.