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Wilderness Permits Reservation Window

Wilderness permit reservations are available 24 weeks (168 days) in advance. The table below indicates the first day you can request a reservation for the start date of your trip.

The lottery deadline is at 7:30 am Pacific time on the day faxes are processed (third column). You should receive an email with your lottery results within 24 hours of the processing date. The daily lottery is processed prior to phone reservations, so it is best to submit requests for popular trails by fax, not by phone.

 

Day you want to start hiking in 2018	First day to fax	Date faxes processed	First day to call
1 May	13 Nov	14 Nov	14 Nov
2 May	14 Nov	15 Nov	15 Nov
3 May	15 Nov	16 Nov	16 Nov
4 May	16 Nov	17 Nov	17 Nov
5 May	17 Nov	20 Nov	20 Nov
6 May	18 Nov	20 Nov	20 Nov
7 May	19 Nov	20 Nov	20 Nov
8 May	20 Nov	21 Nov	21 Nov
9 May	21 Nov	22 Nov	22 Nov
10 May	22 Nov	27 Nov	27 Nov
11 May	23 Nov	27 Nov	27 Nov
12 May	24 Nov	27 Nov	27 Nov
13 May	25 Nov	27 Nov	27 Nov
14 May	26 Nov	27 Nov	27 Nov
15 May	27 Nov	28 Nov	28 Nov
16 May	28 Nov	29 Nov	29 Nov
17 May	29 Nov	30 Nov	30 Nov
18 May	30 Nov	1 Dec	1 Dec
19 May	1 Dec	4 Dec	4 Dec
20 May	2 Dec	4 Dec	4 Dec
21 May	3 Dec	4 Dec	4 Dec
22 May	4 Dec	5 Dec	5 Dec
23 May	5 Dec	6 Dec	6 Dec
24 May	6 Dec	7 Dec	7 Dec
25 May	7 Dec	8 Dec	8 Dec
26 May	8 Dec	11 Dec	11 Dec
27 May	9 Dec	11 Dec	11 Dec
28 May	10 Dec	11 Dec	11 Dec
29 May	11 Dec	12 Dec	12 Dec
30 May	12 Dec	13 Dec	13 Dec
31 May	13 Dec	14 Dec	14 Dec
Day you want to start hiking in 2018	First day to fax	Date faxes processed	First day to call
1 Jun	14 Dec	15 Dec	15 Dec
2 Jun	15 Dec	18 Dec	18 Dec
3 Jun	16 Dec	18 Dec	18 Dec
4 Jun	17 Dec	18 Dec	18 Dec
5 Jun	18 Dec	19 Dec	19 Dec
6 Jun	19 Dec	20 Dec	20 Dec
7 Jun	20 Dec	21 Dec	21 Dec
8 Jun	21 Dec	22 Dec	22 Dec
9 Jun	22 Dec	26 Dec	26 Dec
10 Jun	23 Dec	26 Dec	26 Dec
11 Jun	24 Dec	26 Dec	26 Dec
12 Jun	25 Dec	26 Dec	26 Dec
13 Jun	26 Dec	27 Dec	27 Dec
14 Jun	27 Dec	28 Dec	28 Dec
15 Jun	28 Dec	29 Dec	29 Dec
16 Jun	29 Dec	2 Jan	2 Jan
17 Jun	30 Dec	2 Jan	2 Jan
18 Jun	31 Dec	2 Jan	2 Jan
19 Jun	1 Jan	2 Jan	2 Jan
20 Jun	2 Jan	3 Jan	3 Jan
21 Jun	3 Jan	4 Jan	4 Jan
22 Jun	4 Jan	5 Jan	5 Jan
23 Jun	5 Jan	8 Jan	8 Jan
24 Jun	6 Jan	8 Jan	8 Jan
25 Jun	7 Jan	8 Jan	8 Jan
26 Jun	8 Jan	9 Jan	9 Jan
27 Jun	9 Jan	10 Jan	10 Jan
28 Jun	10 Jan	11 Jan	11 Jan
29 Jun	11 Jan	12 Jan	12 Jan
30 Jun	12 Jan	13 Jan	16 Jan
Day you want to start hiking in 2018	First day to fax	Date faxes processed	First day to call
1 Jul	13 Jan	14 Jan	16 Jan
2 Jul	14 Jan	16 Jan	16 Jan
3 Jul	15 Jan	16 Jan	16 Jan
4 Jul	16 Jan	17 Jan	17 Jan
5 Jul	17 Jan	18 Jan	18 Jan
6 Jul	18 Jan	19 Jan	19 Jan
7 Jul	19 Jan	20 Jan	22 Jan
8 Jul	20 Jan	21 Jan	22 Jan
9 Jul	21 Jan	22 Jan	22 Jan
10 Jul	22 Jan	23 Jan	23 Jan
11 Jul	23 Jan	24 Jan	24 Jan
12 Jul	24 Jan	25 Jan	25 Jan
13 Jul	25 Jan	26 Jan	26 Jan
14 Jul	26 Jan	27 Jan	29 Jan
15 Jul	27 Jan	28 Jan	29 Jan
16 Jul	28 Jan	29 Jan	29 Jan
17 Jul	29 Jan	30 Jan	30 Jan
18 Jul	30 Jan	31 Jan	31 Jan
19 Jul	31 Jan	1 Feb	1 Feb
20 Jul	1 Feb	2 Feb	2 Feb
21 Jul	2 Feb	3 Feb	5 Feb
22 Jul	3 Feb	4 Feb	5 Feb
23 Jul	4 Feb	5 Feb	5 Feb
24 Jul	5 Feb	6 Feb	6 Feb
25 Jul	6 Feb	7 Feb	7 Feb
26 Jul	7 Feb	8 Feb	8 Feb
27 Jul	8 Feb	9 Feb	9 Feb
28 Jul	9 Feb	10 Feb	12 Feb
29 Jul	10 Feb	11 Feb	12 Feb
30 Jul	11 Feb	12 Feb	12 Feb
31 Jul	12 Feb	13 Feb	13 Feb
Day you want to start hiking in 2018	First day to fax	Date faxes processed	First day to call
1 Aug	13 Feb	14 Feb	14 Feb
2 Aug	14 Feb	15 Feb	15 Feb
3 Aug	15 Feb	16 Feb	16 Feb
4 Aug	16 Feb	17 Feb	20 Feb
5 Aug	17 Feb	18 Feb	20 Feb
6 Aug	18 Feb	20 Feb	20 Feb
7 Aug	19 Feb	20 Feb	20 Feb
8 Aug	20 Feb	21 Feb	21 Feb
9 Aug	21 Feb	22 Feb	22 Feb
10 Aug	22 Feb	23 Feb	23 Feb
11 Aug	23 Feb	24 Feb	26 Feb
12 Aug	24 Feb	25 Feb	26 Feb
13 Aug	25 Feb	26 Feb	26 Feb
14 Aug	26 Feb	27 Feb	27 Feb
15 Aug	27 Feb	28 Feb	28 Feb
16 Aug	28 Feb	1 Mar	1 Mar
17 Aug	1 Mar	2 Mar	2 Mar
18 Aug	2 Mar	3 Mar	5 Mar
19 Aug	3 Mar	4 Mar	5 Mar
20 Aug	4 Mar	5 Mar	5 Mar
21 Aug	5 Mar	6 Mar	6 Mar
22 Aug	6 Mar	7 Mar	7 Mar
23 Aug	7 Mar	8 Mar	8 Mar
24 Aug	8 Mar	9 Mar	9 Mar
25 Aug	9 Mar	10 Mar	12 Mar
26 Aug	10 Mar	11 Mar	12 Mar
27 Aug	11 Mar	12 Mar	12 Mar
28 Aug	12 Mar	13 Mar	13 Mar
29 Aug	13 Mar	14 Mar	14 Mar
30 Aug	14 Mar	15 Mar	15 Mar
31 Aug	15 Mar	16 Mar	16 Mar
Day you want to start hiking in 2018	First day to fax	Date faxes processed	First day to call
1 Sep	16 Mar	17 Mar	19 Mar
2 Sep	17 Mar	18 Mar	19 Mar
3 Sep	18 Mar	19 Mar	19 Mar
4 Sep	19 Mar	20 Mar	20 Mar
5 Sep	20 Mar	21 Mar	21 Mar
6 Sep	21 Mar	22 Mar	22 Mar
7 Sep	22 Mar	23 Mar	23 Mar
8 Sep	23 Mar	24 Mar	26 Mar
9 Sep	24 Mar	27 Mar	26 Mar
10 Sep	25 Mar	27 Mar	26 Mar
11 Sep	26 Mar	27 Mar	27 Mar
12 Sep	27 Mar	28 Mar	28 Mar
13 Sep	28 Mar	29 Mar	29 Mar
14 Sep	29 Mar	30 Mar	30 Mar
15 Sep	30 Mar	2 Apr	2 Apr
16 Sep	31 Mar	2 Apr	2 Apr
17 Sep	1 Apr	2 Apr	2 Apr
18 Sep	2 Apr	3 Apr	3 Apr
19 Sep	3 Apr	4 Apr	4 Apr
20 Sep	4 Apr	5 Apr	5 Apr
21 Sep	5 Apr	6 Apr	6 Apr
22 Sep	6 Apr	9 Apr	9 Apr
23 Sep	7 Apr	9 Apr	9 Apr
24 Sep	8 Apr	9 Apr	9 Apr
25 Sep	9 Apr	10 Apr	10 Apr
26 Sep	10 Apr	11 Apr	11 Apr
27 Sep	11 Apr	12 Apr	12 Apr
28 Sep	12 Apr	13 Apr	13 Apr
29 Sep	13 Apr	16 Apr	16 Apr
30 Sep	14 Apr	16 Apr	16 Apr
Day you want to start hiking in 2018	First day to fax	Date faxes processed	First day to call
1 Oct	15 Apr	16 Apr	16 Apr
2 Oct	16 Apr	17 Apr	17 Apr
3 Oct	17 Apr	18 Apr	18 Apr
4 Oct	18 Apr	19 Apr	19 Apr
5 Oct	19 Apr	20 Apr	20 Apr
6 Oct	20 Apr	23 Apr	23 Apr
7 Oct	21 Apr	23 Apr	23 Apr
8 Oct	22 Apr	23 Apr	23 Apr
9 Oct	23 Apr	24 Apr	24 Apr
10 Oct	24 Apr	25 Apr	25 Apr
11 Oct	25 Apr	26 Apr	26 Apr
12 Oct	26 Apr	27 Apr	27 Apr
13 Oct	27 Apr	30 Apr	30 Apr
14 Oct	28 Apr	30 Apr	30 Apr
15 Oct	29 Apr	30 Apr	30 Apr
16 Oct	30 Apr	1 May	1 May
17 Oct	1 May	2 May	2 May
18 Oct	2 May	3 May	3 May
19 Oct	3 May	4 May	4 May
20 Oct	4 May	7 May	7 May