Wilderness Permits Reservation Window

Yosemite wilderness permits are moving to recreation.gov for the 2022 season.

Yosemite wilderness permits are moving to Recreation.gov for the 2022 season. While the process of making reservations will change, many parts of the system will be the same or similar, including trailhead quotas, availability of walk-up permits, and reservation windows. 

 

Sixty percent of wilderness permit reservations are available on recreation.gov by lottery 24 weeks in advance.* After the lottery runs each week, any remaining reservations are available on recreation.gov on a first-come, first-served basis. Assuming normal operations in 2022, forty percent of wilderness permits will be available at wilderness centers on a first-come, first-served basis one day before the hiking start date.

* Reservations for some—but not all—areas of the park become available in late April. View this year's reservation dates by area.

Times below are Pacific time.

When to Make a Reservation

Hiking Start	Opens Sunday at 12:01 am	Closes Saturday at 11:59 pm	Result Notification (Monday)	Must Accept by Thursday at 11:59 pm	Release of remaining reservations (Friday at 9:00 am)

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