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Permit for Jay, June 26
#23535 05/03/12 11:47 AM
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Jay posted in the Shout Box (below the webcam and Feature Topics box):

> Hi I'm looking for 1 permit for Tue June 26th if anyone has any cancellations please let me know! Thanks
Just a day use!


Jay, people can't transfer their permits, but you could join someone's group. But that usually doesn't happen due to the difficulty of getting together, hiking together, etc. If someone does reply here or contact you, then that would work.

However, getting a walk-in permit for a Tuesday day hike is pretty easy. Check the Unused Whitney Permits numbers for previous years, and you can see mid-week there are nearly always permits available. The are made available at 11am at the Visitor Center (just S of Lone Pine) the day before your hike. For more details, check the Wilderness Permit Options (link to the left), especially Steps 5 and 6.

You can also keep checking the Recreation.gov site for Day Use Mt Whitney permits. There will likely be some cancellations coming available in the two weeks prior to your hike.

Good luck!

Re: Permit for Jay, June 26
Steve C #23539 05/03/12 01:37 PM
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Thank you Steve! Appreciate the info

Re: Permit for Jay, June 26
Jay #23549 05/03/12 11:43 PM
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I'm not entirely sure what our complete plan is yet, but we may be coming down on that Tuesday after a Monday summit. It doesn't really help you in looking for a permit, but we might just see you on the trail!

We need to get a freak flag going again this year.


One day I'd like to hike the entire John Muir Trail and not leave a single footprint. -Randy Morgenson
Re: Permit for Jay, June 26
GandC #23567 05/05/12 12:00 AM
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Very cool, please if you hear of anyone possibly having a cancellation for June 26th if you could have them send a message my way that would be awesome!

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Jay #23568 05/05/12 12:39 AM
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Hope you don't mind Jay, I am posting your PM:
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Hey Steve I know you sent me the "unused" permit info in a recent post and wanted to clarify, one of the guys I'm planning on going with doesn't think that walk up permits are still a practice? The plan is to go up on Monday 25th camp at 8k feet and then head up Tuesday early.

Would I be able to go to the lone pine office and pick up the day use permit on Monday for Tuesday hike? Could I call and reserve or first come first serve?

Thanks!

Your friend got that info from the National Forest web site statement that goes something like this: No slots are held back for walk-in permits, all are reservable in the lottery.

However: There are ALWAYS no-shows and cancellations. And THOSE are always available for walk-ins. The Unused Permits page shows how many no-shows and cancellations are left AFTER all walk-in requests have been satisfied.

If there are more people looking for those cancellations and no-shows than are available, they hold a mini lottery -- drawing numbers out of a bucket. Lowest number gets processed first, so gets first shot, and so on. That process starts at 11 AM.

So be there Monday at 11 for the Tuesday Day Hike.

Re: Permit for Jay, June 26
Steve C #23868 05/10/12 06:05 PM
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I just checked recreation.gov for a friend (to make them a URL to use Steve's quick check trick), and I noticed that there are currently 7 dayhike permits for June 26 available.

Re: Permit for Jay, June 26
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Jay's got mail!

Re: Permit for Jay, June 26
Steve C #23958 05/14/12 10:15 PM
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Yes I do! The permit is waiting for me! June 26th ready to rock


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