- https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5143453.pdf
- Yosemite National Park
- Permit required year round for overnight stay in backcountry
- https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildpermits.htm
- Day hiking doesn’t require permit except Half Dome
- https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/hdwildpermits.htm
- First come first served permits for backcountry and Half Dome exist
- https://yosemite.org/yosemite-wilderness-permit-request-form/
- John Muir Trail has special backcountry permit system
- John Muir Trail
- Permit required to start John Muir Trail in Yosemite National Park
- Exit quota southbound at Donahue Pass
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190611123959/https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/wildernesstrailheads.pdf
- First Come First Served permits exist from nearest priority permit issuing station, starting at 11am the day of the hike
- Five permit trailhead entries for John Muir Trail
- Lyell Canyon
- Sunrise Lakes
- Happy Isles thru Little Yosemite Valley
- Happy Isles thru Merced Lake
- Glacier Point thru Little Yosemite Valley
- Inyo National Forest
- Quotas
- Backcountry permits required overnight, Permits online
- https://www.recreation.gov/permits/233262
- Ansel Adam’s Wilderness
- John Muir Trail
- Sierra National Forest
- No permit for day hiking
- 40% of permits are first come first served
- Paper Permit application for backcountry overnight trips
- Apps accepted in January for May-Oct, no closer than 3 weeks ahead of trip
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201105072751/https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev7_017679.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200509005511/https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sierra/passes-permits/?cid=fsbdev7_018115
- Golden Trout Wilderness
- Paper Application for backcountry permit required
- https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sequoia/passes-permits/recreation/?cid=fsbdev3_059517
- Whitney Zone
- Sequoia National Forest
- No permits except Golden Trout Wilderness
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Only Hoover Wilderness requires backcountry permit
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170710183528/https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5253870.pdf
- Stanislaus National Forest
- No quotas
- Permit required for overnight trips in Emigrant, Carson-Iceberg Wilderness and Mokelumne Wilderness from April 1- Nov 30
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201016223922/https://www.fs.usda.gov/attmain/stanislaus/specialplaces
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200818012214/https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/stanislaus/passes-permits/recreation/?cid=stelprdb5361242&width=full#permits
- John Muir Trail
- Pacific Crest Trail
- High Sierra Trail
- Desolation Wilderness
