Starting on the trail at about 11.45 MDT, I at first thought we wouldn't encounter many other hikers.  Only a few folks got off the shuttle bus and only two other folks started up the trail with us. 

As we got further up the trail, though, I realized that there would be plenty of other folks with us.  By the time we reached the summit, there were hundreds of other folks on the trail.  Fairly surprising for a random Thursday in late October. 

The trail itself is fairly easy for the first two miles. It's paved in concrete almost the whole way.  There is a 1000 foot altitude gain but the going is fast due to the trail condition.  The only slow downs were for other hikers.  The view is excellent nearly the whole time, whether of the sides of the canyon, a panorama of the whole canyon, or up to Angel's Landing itself.

Once we arrived a the saddle, about half of the crowds of other hikers stopped there and the rest continued on for the last 1/2 mile to the summit.  The last half mile includes sections of rock scrambles both with and without chains that the NPS has installed.  All-in-all, I found that part to be the best and the view from the summit was excellent. 

The descent is super-fast (about an hour) and I was able to pass up most of the other hikers on the way down.  All in all a great, classic Utah hike!