Permit scope
- Cross country
- No
- Donohue pass eligible
- No
- Half dome eligible
- Yes
- Issuing station
- Yosemite Valley Wilderness Center
- Notes
- Park at trailhead parking; first night required at Little Yosemite Valley; Half Dome eligible; not JMT-exit eligible.
- Official entry name
- Happy Isles to Little Yosemite Valley (no Donohue Pass)
- Region
- Yosemite Valley
- Reservation window 2026
- April 24 through October 18, 2026
- Travel mode
- summer hiking
Evidence and sources (1)
Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
NPS publishes 2026 regional permit-entry names, advance and week-ahead quotas, toilet types, parking notes, Half Dome and Donohue Pass eligibility, winter-only entries, cross-country entries, and food-locker exceptions.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service