Trailheads

88 trailheads, each with the permit that governs entry, its quota season, fees, and the dates you need to act.

BLM/Sequoia NF

• Indian Wells Canyon (Owens Peak) — No wilderness permit required
• Walker Pass — No wilderness permit required

East Bay Regional Park District

• Del Valle (Lichen Bark) — No wilderness permit required
• Stanford Ave Staging Area — No wilderness permit required

Eldorado NF

• Carson Pass — Carson Pass Management Area Permit
• Lyons Creek — Desolation Wilderness Permit
• Tanglefoot (Bear River Reservoir) — Mokelumne Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Woods Lake — Carson Pass Management Area Permit
• Wrights Lake (Rockbound) — Desolation Wilderness Permit

Eldorado NF/LTBMU

• Mount Tallac — Desolation Wilderness Permit

Humboldt-Toiyabe NF

• Ebbetts Pass — Non-Hoover Wilderness Permit (Carson-Iceberg, e.g. Ebbetts Pass) -- free, self-issue (not independently confirmed, see notes)
• Leavitt Meadows — Hoover Wilderness Permit
• Mount Rose — No wilderness permit required
• Twin Lakes (Bridgeport) — Hoover Wilderness Permit
• Virginia Lakes — Hoover Wilderness Permit

Inyo NF

• Agnew Meadows — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Armstrong Canyon — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Baxter Pass — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Big Pine Creek (Glacier Lodge) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Birch Lake (McMurry Meadows Rd) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Convict Lake — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Duck Pass (Mammoth) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Granite View Drive (Turtle Creek) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Hilton Creek — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Horseshoe Meadows (Cottonwood) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (Golden Trout Wilderness portion -- Cottonwood Basin/Cottonwood Pass)
• Horton Lakes (Buttermilk) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Lake Sabrina (Sabrina Basin) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Laurel Lakes (Sherwin Creek) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Lundy Canyon — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (Hoover Wilderness portion -- non-quota)
• McGee Creek — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Minaret Vista — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Mosquito Flat (Rock Creek) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• North Lake (Piute/Lamarck) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Onion Valley (Kearsarge Pass) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Pine Creek — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Pinyon Creek — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Red Lake (McMurry Meadows) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Rock Creek Lake (Tamarack Lakes) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Rush Creek (Silver Lake) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Saddlebag Lake — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (Hoover Wilderness portion -- non-quota)
• Sawmill Pass — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Shepherd Pass — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• South Lake (Bishop Pass) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Taboose Pass — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Walker Lake (Bloody Canyon) — Inyo NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams / Golden Trout-Inyo / Hoover-Inyo entries)
• Whitney Portal — Mount Whitney Zone Permit (classic Mt. Whitney Trail only -- see notes)

Kings Canyon NP

• Roads End (Cedar Grove) — SEKI Wilderness Permit

LTBMU

• Fountain Place (Freel Peak) — No wilderness permit required

Plumas NF

• Adams Peak (Constantia) — No wilderness permit required
• Frenchman Lake — No wilderness permit required
• Lakes Basin Campground — No wilderness permit required

Sequoia NF

• Big Meadow (Kern Plateau) — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Blackrock/Monache Road (21S36) — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Canebrake (Pilot Knob) — No wilderness permit required
• Cannell Meadow (Kernville) — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Cartago Canal — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Deer Cove — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Hidden Falls (Moses Mountain) — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Jerkey Meadow — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Kennedy Meadows (South) — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Marvin Pass — No wilderness permit required
• Sage Flat (Olancha) — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Shake Camp (Mountain Home) — Golden Trout / Monarch / South Sierra Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)

Sequoia NP

• Crescent Meadow — SEKI Wilderness Permit
• Lodgepole (Twin Lakes) — SEKI Wilderness Permit
• Mineral King — SEKI Wilderness Permit
• South Fork Kaweah (Cahoon Gap) — SEKI Wilderness Permit
• Wolverton (Sequoia) — SEKI Wilderness Permit

Sierra NF

• Courtright Reservoir — Sierra NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams west side, Dinkey Lakes, Kaiser)
• Florence Lake — Sierra NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams west side, Dinkey Lakes, Kaiser)
• Isberg (Clover Meadow) — Sierra NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams west side, Dinkey Lakes, Kaiser)
• Lake Edison (Vermilion) — Sierra NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams west side, Dinkey Lakes, Kaiser)
• Rancheria — Sierra NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams west side, Dinkey Lakes, Kaiser)
• Wishon Reservoir — Sierra NF Wilderness Permit (John Muir / Ansel Adams west side, Dinkey Lakes, Kaiser)

Stanislaus NF

• Disaster Creek (Clark Fork) — Emigrant / Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Gianelli Cabin — Emigrant / Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• Sonora Pass — Emigrant / Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)
• St. Mary's Pass — Emigrant / Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Permit (free, self-issue)

Tahoe NF

• Castle Peak (Donner) — No wilderness permit required
• Meadow Lake Road (Tollhouse Lake) — No wilderness permit required
• Mount Lola — No wilderness permit required
• Sierra Buttes — No wilderness permit required
• Squaw Valley (Granite Chief) — No wilderness permit required

Yosemite NP

• Hetch Hetchy — Yosemite Wilderness Permit
• Mono Meadow — Yosemite Wilderness Permit
• Sunrise Lakes (Tenaya Lake) — Yosemite Wilderness Permit
• Tioga Pass — Yosemite Wilderness Permit
• Tuolumne Meadows — Yosemite Wilderness Permit