Yosemite permit entry: Mather Ranger Station

Permit product

Plan with 3 source-backed facts, 1 related record, and explicit uncertainty.

Plan a visit

Requirements and current conditions

Permit scope

Recorded for: Yosemite permit entry: Mather Ranger Station

Cross country
No
Donohue pass eligible
No
Half dome eligible
No
Issuing station
Hetch Hetchy Entrance
Notes
Official entry name
Mather Ranger Station
Region
Hetch Hetchy
Reservation window 2026
April 24 through October 18, 2026
Travel mode
summer hiking
Evidence and sources (1)

Claim effective interval: 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31

Spatial scope IDs: scope-yosemite-wilderness

  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.

    Publisher
    National Park Service
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

Routes and geography

Trailhead operational profile

Recorded for: Yosemite permit entry: Mather Ranger Station

Drinking water
not established by this source
Food lockers
Yes
Operational status requires current check
Yes
Parking note
Toilet
none
Evidence and sources (1)

Claim effective interval: 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31

Spatial scope IDs: scope-yosemite-wilderness

  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.

    Publisher
    National Park Service
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

More planning facts

Entry quota

Recorded for: Yosemite permit entry: Mather Ranger Station

Advance lottery
15
Total
25
Week ahead
10
Evidence and sources (1)

Claim effective interval: 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31

Spatial scope IDs: scope-yosemite-wilderness

  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.

    Publisher
    National Park Service
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

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Land and management (1)

Before you go

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What reviewed route segments reach each permit entry's mapped minimum legal first-night camping boundary?

The official map draws direction arrows and minimum camping boundaries, but those boundaries require a separate reviewed route-topology pass and cannot be inferred from proximity.

Open question. Linked evidence does not resolve this gap.

No specific claim evidence is linked to this question.

Which exact physical trailhead, parking connector, and map point corresponds to every permit-entry category?

This batch links only starts explicitly established by the NPS table or map and leaves remaining physical joins for the regional topology passes.

Open question. Linked evidence does not resolve this gap.

No specific claim evidence is linked to this question.

Sources, evidence, and history

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Evidence for 3 published claims
Published ChangeSet history

Canonical data is historical evidence, not a guarantee of current conditions. Recheck volatile facts before travel.