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Half Dome Permit Lottery Statistics

Saturday 36% Sunday 11% Monday 10% Tuesday 11% Wednesday 9% Thursday 9% Friday 14%

This chart shows Half Dome lottery applications by day of the week submitted as of March 15, 2013.

On this page, you can find various statistics relating to the 2012 and 2013 Half Dome permit lotteries. We hope this information will help you make an informed decision when you apply for the 2013 lotteries.

The chart to the right shows the distribution of the Half Dome permit lottery requests by day of the week (as of March 15, 2013).

The set of bar graphs below show how many permits have been requested for each date during the Half Dome season (as of March 27, 2013). This graph now shows actual number of permits requested for each day (225 permits are available each day). This graph shows the worst-case scenario for each day because each application will have only one of its permit dates filled (applications can have up to seven different dates requested).


 
1st choice 2nd choice 3rd choice 4th choice 5th choice 6th choice 7th choice 05/24/2013 752 312 269 103 66 19 39 05/25/2013 2359 1172 290 207 117 150 87 05/26/2013 1098 1203 471 141 158 108 114 05/27/2013 403 378 416 233 61 86 110 05/28/2013 563 299 179 127 88 26 24 05/29/2013 528 464 174 102 57 73 33 05/30/2013 423 366 259 139 86 67 87 05/31/2013 653 472 218 243 135 153 113 06/01/2013 2313 1150 708 426 281 191 158 06/02/2013 509 770 259 320 360 212 128 06/03/2013 496 323 295 121 105 89 55 06/04/2013 522 377 217 145 79 54 69 06/05/2013 390 447 311 115 67 83 46 06/06/2013 410 325 213 194 114 57 66 06/07/2013 561 465 363 227 193 156 97 06/08/2013 2080 1616 1198 486 434 323 263 06/09/2013 641 823 405 452 143 349 239 06/10/2013 705 331 232 285 148 133 118 06/11/2013 547 455 228 205 99 77 92 06/12/2013 423 445 296 119 146 87 54 06/13/2013 340 389 369 196 126 86 56 06/14/2013 669 459 394 299 390 188 98 06/15/2013 1940 1443 1185 843 580 426 244 06/16/2013 625 1015 451 463 192 337 205 06/17/2013 652 592 379 260 122 163 149 06/18/2013 900 510 312 208 164 126 90 06/19/2013 586 692 341 217 158 112 139 06/20/2013 518 593 466 313 166 128 169 06/21/2013 687 697 494 359 387 209 209 06/22/2013 2130 1642 1085 820 906 375 452 06/23/2013 713 1113 651 514 317 379 200 06/24/2013 673 526 335 293 197 166 121 06/25/2013 525 586 330 215 141 150 126 06/26/2013 611 507 398 156 139 129 114 06/27/2013 452 472 303 300 161 116 111 06/28/2013 742 478 375 305 363 201 176 06/29/2013 1245 1272 931 794 761 645 397 06/30/2013 325 607 465 553 277 403 197 07/01/2013 366 280 187 215 134 108 46 07/02/2013 361 322 196 88 71 51 41 07/03/2013 287 278 249 116 73 48 37 07/04/2013 398 270 303 227 87 99 79 07/05/2013 686 514 255 229 258 138 108 07/06/2013 701 765 762 525 423 396 354 07/07/2013 300 268 245 417 201 184 177 07/08/2013 314 314 115 179 127 63 58 07/09/2013 356 227 214 131 57 86 48 07/10/2013 274 344 284 128 118 64 70 07/11/2013 452 392 305 181 145 108 57 07/12/2013 482 361 320 292 239 168 84 07/13/2013 1508 882 914 778 676 558 577 07/14/2013 457 515 370 348 319 309 229 07/15/2013 322 290 204 143 146 204 49 07/16/2013 444 332 264 121 113 85 87 07/17/2013 459 381 192 152 102 131 83 07/18/2013 347 418 344 234 259 117 135 07/19/2013 507 497 409 282 279 248 164 07/20/2013 1244 1145 835 682 817 780 574 07/21/2013 424 653 339 399 291 319 274 07/22/2013 421 383 183 239 224 160 142 07/23/2013 557 301 250 134 134 102 52 07/24/2013 355 329 257 171 104 107 70 07/25/2013 255 358 235 221 176 106 185 07/26/2013 426 294 340 257 218 195 132 07/27/2013 900 1020 1001 724 772 600 620 07/28/2013 315 417 323 348 235 311 215 07/29/2013 411 175 172 186 150 103 78 07/30/2013 352 387 139 135 106 58 72 07/31/2013 329 242 204 74 137 99 109 08/01/2013 335 274 244 256 115 130 75 08/02/2013 443 371 287 223 176 111 95 08/03/2013 1220 742 721 732 727 552 521 08/04/2013 300 441 300 309 262 336 185 08/05/2013 348 348 212 167 125 107 100 08/06/2013 428 339 236 165 130 82 57 08/07/2013 327 316 243 152 105 89 79 08/08/2013 260 263 204 187 156 151 170 08/09/2013 273 330 224 254 259 187 160 08/10/2013 965 797 681 678 583 605 475 08/11/2013 226 388 293 253 201 219 194 08/12/2013 248 221 164 178 250 152 115 08/13/2013 225 297 178 160 126 112 130 08/14/2013 358 257 172 89 139 97 68 08/15/2013 274 320 216 125 108 211 117 08/16/2013 355 407 187 261 201 215 206 08/17/2013 1030 795 884 582 731 589 704 08/18/2013 220 310 266 341 182 316 163 08/19/2013 180 100 127 117 115 135 88 08/20/2013 237 155 81 92 98 50 60 08/21/2013 216 241 129 100 74 82 72 08/22/2013 161 157 230 131 69 84 126 08/23/2013 353 165 167 208 118 158 152 08/24/2013 524 915 464 609 412 422 561 08/25/2013 209 333 156 206 135 231 156 08/26/2013 185 157 105 54 99 81 130 08/27/2013 100 93 108 77 48 81 34 08/28/2013 153 98 71 46 104 83 48 08/29/2013 146 175 99 136 77 56 85 08/30/2013 150 187 130 153 138 122 89 08/31/2013 549 434 281 419 460 491 235 09/01/2013 401 291 194 202 188 160 129 09/02/2013 95 85 115 79 126 34 95 09/03/2013 213 86 84 65 21 112 28 09/04/2013 164 229 81 113 71 51 55 09/05/2013 264 219 127 130 107 57 56 09/06/2013 367 155 116 165 148 105 85 09/07/2013 675 434 481 341 325 387 436 09/08/2013 143 352 241 198 154 165 177 09/09/2013 217 133 102 122 147 64 83 09/10/2013 272 209 126 58 97 68 37 09/11/2013 199 228 146 126 99 54 74 09/12/2013 200 228 170 146 121 111 91 09/13/2013 316 304 197 116 149 263 169 09/14/2013 560 524 560 424 507 310 496 09/15/2013 212 199 182 312 200 237 144 09/16/2013 164 107 109 109 131 105 53 09/17/2013 157 110 78 79 37 90 82 09/18/2013 93 164 99 74 68 48 60 09/19/2013 110 166 165 179 32 60 79 09/20/2013 195 161 156 150 122 122 118 09/21/2013 401 421 419 370 446 345 230 09/22/2013 134 124 87 228 137 266 218 09/23/2013 111 142 55 20 58 23 118 09/24/2013 98 77 93 48 42 33 47 09/25/2013 62 184 75 22 33 33 26 09/26/2013 172 99 152 96 38 38 47 09/27/2013 101 156 110 129 131 104 69 09/28/2013 348 308 298 222 377 333 279 09/29/2013 88 137 64 133 80 198 192 09/30/2013 105 56 47 53 46 43 37 10/01/2013 70 45 43 18 5 45 15 10/02/2013 30 70 23 11 12 18 24 10/03/2013 64 112 47 16 35 18 35 10/04/2013 46 67 76 56 106 67 36 10/05/2013 212 159 205 191 187 192 210 10/06/2013 54 98 59 42 69 72 86 10/07/2013 25 12 18 36 19 34 52 10/08/2013 12 11 11 20 5 22 12 10/09/2013 10 16 0 12 30 12 8 10/10/2013 69 8 18 10 14 41 24 10/11/2013 49 6 19 39 34 35 54 10/12/2013 81 126 48 86 129 113 234 10/13/2013 37 50 44 22 32 38 22 10/14/2013 26 4 5 8 6 7 2
 

The graphs below show the actual number of permits issued in 2012 via both the preseason lottery (solid blue) and daily lotteries (striped blue). For each day, 300 permits were available via the preseason lottery and 50 permits (plus permits received via the preseason lottery but later canceled) via the daily lottery. The total number of permits available each day was 350 (the day hiker limit in 2012 was 300, but we issued 350 permits to adjust for under-use of permits).

 
Graph showing proportion of permits received via preseason lottery vs. daily lottery.
 

The graphs below show the success rate for each day in 2012 for the daily lottery.

 
Sat 05/26 13% Sun 05/27 10% Mon 05/28 45% Tue 05/29 68% Wed 05/30 47% Thu 05/31 55% Fri 06/01 45% Sat 06/02 16% Sun 06/03 32% Mon 06/04 38% Tue 06/05 31% Wed 06/06 37% Thu 06/07 51% Fri 06/08 41% Sat 06/09 16% Sun 06/10 30% Mon 06/11 44% Tue 06/12 34% Wed 06/13 27% Thu 06/14 26% Fri 06/15 32% Sat 06/16 14% Sun 06/17 26% Mon 06/18 31% Tue 06/19 27% Wed 06/20 32% Thu 06/21 39% Fri 06/22 25% Sat 06/23 13% Sun 06/24 30% Mon 06/25 32% Tue 06/26 29% Wed 06/27 38% Thu 06/28 31% Fri 06/29 9% Sat 06/30 18% Sun 07/01 20% Mon 07/02 23% Tue 07/03 33% Wed 07/04 26% Thu 07/05 28% Fri 07/06 22% Sat 07/07 19% Sun 07/08 35% Mon 07/09 44% Tue 07/10 43% Wed 07/11 41% Thu 07/12 31% Fri 07/13 41% Sat 07/14 14% Sun 07/15 26% Mon 07/16 59% Tue 07/17 48% Wed 07/18 36% Thu 07/19 42% Fri 07/20 30% Sat 07/21 12% Sun 07/22 31% Mon 07/23 54% Tue 07/24 41% Wed 07/25 28% Thu 07/26 38% Fri 07/27 30% Sat 07/28 14% Sun 07/29 19% Mon 07/30 28% Tue 07/31 32% Wed 08/01 44% Thu 08/02 20% Fri 08/03 30% Sat 08/04 10% Sun 08/05 38% Mon 08/06 29% Tue 08/07 19% Wed 08/08 26% Thu 08/09 34% Fri 08/10 24% Sat 08/11 10% Sun 08/12 22% Mon 08/13 78% Tue 08/14 41% Wed 08/15 26% Thu 08/16 37% Fri 08/17 39% Sat 08/18 19% Sun 08/19 41% Mon 08/20 61% Tue 08/21 44% Wed 08/22 44% Thu 08/23 49% Fri 08/24 54% Sat 08/25 16% Sun 08/26 38% Mon 08/27 48% Tue 08/28 100% Wed 08/29 100% Thu 08/30 100% Fri 08/31 100% Sat 09/01 22% Sun 09/02 19% Mon 09/03 61% Tue 09/04 100% Wed 09/05 100% Thu 09/06 100% Fri 09/07 61% Sat 09/08 15% Sun 09/09 41% Mon 09/10 96% Tue 09/11 70% Wed 09/12 71% Thu 09/13 100% Fri 09/14 51% Sat 09/15 19% Sun 09/16 37% Mon 09/17 81% Tue 09/18 100% Wed 09/19 100% Thu 09/20 100% Fri 09/21 100% Sat 09/22 22% Sun 09/23 52% Mon 09/24 100% Tue 09/25 100% Wed 09/26 100% Thu 09/27 100% Fri 09/28 94% Sat 09/29 14% Sun 09/30 100% Mon 10/01 100% Tue 10/02 100% Wed 10/03 100% Thu 10/04 100% Fri 10/05 100% Sat 10/06 30% Sun 10/07 94% Mon 10/08 100%
 

The graphs below show the total number of Half Dome permits issued in conjunction with wilderness permits in 2012. In 2013, the maximum number of these types of Half Dome permits will be 75. You can make assumptions for which days will be harder to get a Half Dome permit in conjunction with a wilderness permit in 2013 by adjusting the date by one day to match the day of the week in 2013.

 
5/20/2012 8 5/21/2012 6 5/22/2012 9 5/23/2012 30 5/24/2012 42 5/25/2012 55 5/26/2012 110 5/27/2012 61 5/28/2012 60 5/29/2012 31 5/30/2012 49 5/31/2012 47 6/1/2012 46 6/2/2012 68 6/3/2012 55 6/4/2012 61 6/5/2012 73 6/6/2012 52 6/7/2012 60 6/8/2012 73 6/9/2012 58 6/10/2012 57 6/11/2012 105 6/12/2012 59 6/13/2012 77 6/14/2012 83 6/15/2012 66 6/16/2012 69 6/17/2012 88 6/18/2012 79 6/19/2012 98 6/20/2012 115 6/21/2012 93 6/22/2012 104 6/23/2012 63 6/24/2012 60 6/25/2012 116 6/26/2012 93 6/27/2012 95 6/28/2012 91 6/29/2012 89 6/30/2012 86 7/1/2012 80 7/2/2012 109 7/3/2012 103 7/4/2012 71 7/5/2012 84 7/6/2012 126 7/7/2012 77 7/8/2012 107 7/9/2012 100 7/10/2012 115 7/11/2012 65 7/12/2012 63 7/13/2012 116 7/14/2012 75 7/15/2012 48 7/16/2012 116 7/17/2012 89 7/18/2012 89 7/19/2012 103 7/20/2012 60 7/21/2012 95 7/22/2012 88 7/23/2012 100 7/24/2012 85 7/25/2012 95 7/26/2012 69 7/27/2012 82 7/28/2012 56 7/29/2012 120 7/30/2012 73 7/31/2012 60 8/1/2012 126 8/2/2012 101 8/3/2012 101 8/4/2012 83 8/5/2012 85 8/6/2012 104 8/7/2012 78 8/8/2012 106 8/9/2012 90 8/10/2012 100 8/11/2012 69 8/12/2012 94 8/13/2012 83 8/14/2012 54 8/15/2012 85 8/16/2012 59 8/17/2012 60 8/18/2012 70 8/19/2012 64 8/20/2012 75 8/21/2012 56 8/22/2012 56 8/23/2012 67 8/24/2012 86 8/25/2012 74 8/26/2012 49 8/27/2012 46 8/28/2012 58 8/29/2012 45 8/30/2012 55 8/31/2012 95 9/1/2012 60 9/2/2012 76 9/3/2012 38 9/4/2012 61 9/5/2012 53 9/6/2012 45 9/7/2012 45 9/8/2012 62 9/9/2012 46 9/10/2012 96 9/11/2012 60 9/12/2012 57 9/13/2012 61 9/14/2012 82 9/15/2012 76 9/16/2012 83 9/17/2012 73 9/18/2012 56 9/19/2012 33 9/20/2012 27 9/21/2012 85 9/22/2012 61 9/23/2012 52 9/24/2012 47 9/25/2012 40 9/26/2012 36 9/27/2012 42 9/28/2012 66 9/29/2012 81 9/30/2012 37 10/1/2012 28 10/2/2012 27 10/3/2012 32 10/4/2012 45 10/5/2012 55 10/6/2012 62 10/7/2012 52 10/8/2012 24 10/18/2012 5
 

A few other statistics for 2012:

Preseason lottery:
Available permits reserved: 90%
Success rate: 50% (out of 17,098 applicants)

Daily lottery:
Available permits reserved: 93%
Success rate: 38% (out of 14,064 applicants)
Note: While the overall success rate was 38%, the weekend success rate was only 23% while the weekday success rate was 49%.

Did You Know?

Rockfall area and talus slope at base of Three Brothers in Yosemite Valley.

In March 1987, the largest historical rockfall in Yosemite National Park deposited an estimated 1.5 million tons of debris at the base of Three Brothers, closing Northside Drive for several months.