There is definitely a problem. I did not try the online system until now, but now, I cannot even look up the Whitney permit system.

Here are links that USED to work to get you right to the day use or overnight use permits. When I try them, I get an error screen

Day use
http://www.recreation.gov/permits//r/ent...mp;pGroupSize=1

Overnight permits:
http://www.recreation.gov/permits//r/ent...mp;pGroupSize=1

Part of the error message:
Quote:
oops...
Your request cannot be completed

Our apologies. We are experiencing some difficulties.

We may have been too busy to serve you at that very moment.
You may have waited a long time between clicks and we lost track of your earlier results.