Unused Whitney Permits for 2012            


This table shows the number of permits remaining for both overnight hikes and day hikes on the Main Mount Whitney Trail.  (and day hikes on the non-trail Mountaineers Route.)  During the summer hiking season, you can see what is currently available at the online permit website, Recreation.gov.

Check Recreation.gov for remaining permits (A=Avilable, R=all reserved).  If someone cancels a permit more than two days before, it will show up as Available on the start date of the permit returned. Here are the links for the available slots. Click "Update Availability" to see the 2-week display of available permits:
        Mt Whitney Trail Day Use availability         Mt Whitney Trail Overnight availability

If someone with a reserved permit becomes a no-show (they don't show up and don't phone in before the deadline, which is noon the day before for day hikes, and 10 AM on the entry date for overnight permits), then their permit becomes available to people walking into the Visitor Center and asking. The no-shows become available at 11 AM, (the day before for day hikes, and current day for overnighters).

The Unused columns below show the number of permits left over after all permit activity has completed for that date.  It is the difference between the permit quota and the count of permits issued for the day, and includes the cancelled and no-show permits that were not re-issued to walk-in people.

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Overnight Day Hike
Quotas: 60 100

Overnight Day Hike
May Unused Unused
==== ---- ----
1 T 53 94 <--Cottonwood Lakes snow depth guage hit 0 inches
2 W 58 96 (Elev. 10150 ft. Actually hit zero on Apr. 12.
3 T 60 99 due to the dry winter.)
4 F 21 98
5 S 21 63

6 S 56 81
7 M 57 96 <-- Tioga Pass road opened in Yosemite
8 T 57 98
9 W 54 93
10 T 43 98
11 F 26 90
12 S 16 77

13 S 43 88
14 M 52 95
15 T 53 98
16 W 52 97
17 T 30 99
18 F 16 85
19 S 20 59

20 S 26 80
21 M 32 99
22 T 18 93
23 W 33 99 <-- Switchbacks accessible, caution required at the cables.
24 T 26 85
25 F 13 89 <-- Storms predicted, Tioga Pass closed
26 S 8 40

27 S 25 4
28 M 32 50 <-- Memorial Day
29 T 34 83
30 W 39 90
31 T 26 81

Overnight Day Hike
June Unused Unused
==== ---- ----
1 F 26 48
2 S 15 11

3 S 10 38
4 M 15 50
5 T 25 82
6 W 38 76
7 T 18 72
8 F 10 38
9 S 14 13

10 S 23 10
11 M 23 23
12 T 15 12
13 W 33 18
14 T 12 37
15 F 13 28
16 S 21 2

17 S 19 22
18 M 25 33
19 T 20 24
20 W 8 29
21 T 10 17
22 F 6 18
23 S 5 7

24 S 22 25
25 M 7 33
26 T 16 15
27 W 18 40
28 T 13 19
29 F 17 23
30 S 3 8

Overnight Day Hike
July Unused Unused
==== ---- ----
1 S 8 15
2 M 20 28
3 T 13 15
4 W 14 2 <-- Independence Day.
5 T 17 14
6 F 3 27
7 S 0 5

8 S 13 10
9 M 7 2
10 T 17 5
11 W 13 17
12 T 0 24
13 F 2 2
14 S 4 3

15 S 13 0
16 M 7 38
17 T 18 21
18 W 7 22 <-- Badwater Ultramarathon ends
19 T 18 2
20 F 7 25
21 S 12 5

22 S 17 13
23 M 7 11
24 T 14 6
25 W 18 14
26 T 14 31
27 F 16 9
28 S 2 6

29 S 0 2
30 M 2 2
31 T 17 36

Overnight Day Hike
August Unused Unused
==== ---- ----
1 W 11 19
2 T 14 18
3 F 0 27
4 S 4 0

5 S 2 19
6 M 3 4
7 T 0 24
8 W 1 19
9 T 7 20
10 F 5 23
11 S 1 12

12 S 12 10
13 M 9 2
14 T 12 3
15 W 7 30
16 T 20 4
17 F 5 9
18 S 6 2

19 S 9 13
20 M 21 9
21 T 8 39
22 W 7 19
23 T 11 25
24 F 0 0
25 S 1 3

26 S 6 24
27 M 11 20
28 T 11 25
29 W 17 67
30 T 2 18
31 F 0 17

Overnight Day Hike
Sept Unused Unused
==== ---- ----
1 S 2 11

2 S 16 0
3 M 33 1 <-- Labor Day holiday
4 T C C |<-- Trail
5 W C C |<-- "
6 T C C |<-- "
7 F C C |<-- CLOSED
8 S 2 0

9 S . .
10 M C C |<-- for
11 T C C |<-- "
12 W C C |<-- "
13 T C C |<-- "
14 F 6 C |<-- repairs
15 S 3 0

16 S 21 6
17 M 5 11
18 T 16 21
19 W 22 33
20 T 23 28
21 F 12 13
22 S 15 1

23 S 10 30
24 M 34 36
25 T 22 18
26 W 4 15
27 T 14 32
28 F 2 38
29 S 0 4

30 S 23 0

Overnight Day Hike
October Unused Unused
==== ---- ----
1 M 27 33
2 T 7 44
3 W 14 25
4 T 20 34
5 F 14 21
6 S 22 12

7 S 30 5
8 M 31 12
9 T 38 82
10 W 34 86
11 T 28 88
12 F 5 43
13 S 20 12

14 S 26 28
15 M 38 74
16 T 26 82
17 W 38 96
18 T 17 84
19 F 9 69
20 S 32 15

21 S 28 59
22 M 34 91
23 T 45 91
24 W 48 92
25 T 23 97
26 F 38 89
27 S 19 57

28 S 47 82
29 M 55 93
30 T 58 94
31 W 56 95
Nov 1 T 50 100