Eldorado National Forest

Borders Carson-Iceberg Wilderness

Primary access:

• Silver Lake in Eldorado National Forest
• Tamarack Lake PCT

• https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/trailheads.pdf

• 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
    1. Lyell Canyon
    2. Sunrise Lakes
    3. Happy Isles thru Little Yosemite Valley
    4. Happy Isles thru Merced Lake
    5. 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
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20190727115602/https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/htnf/passes-permits/recreation
• 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
  • https://www.recreation.gov/permits/233261

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