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It does not cover the wider Mokelumne Wilderness -- use the free general self-issue permit (permit_group mokelumne_free) for that.", "fee_notes": "No fee for the wilderness permit itself. PARKING, June 1 - October 31, at USFS-operated lots: $5.00 per day at Carson Pass, Carson Pass Overflow and Meiss trailheads, paid at a self-service iron ranger -- fill in the slip, put cash or a check in it, and display the tag on your dashboard; each day must be paid in full. Woods Lake trailhead is concession-operated and charges $8. America the Beautiful Senior and Access passes ARE accepted at the USFS lots (unlike on the Desolation overnight permit, where they are explicitly excluded). Whether a $20 season day-use pass still exists is an open conflict between two 2025 Forest Service documents -- see permit_source_log.csv. WINTER: a California State Parks Sno-Park permit is required instead, November 1 - May 31 (https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30969).", "has_computable_release": true, "interagency_note": "", "known": true, "notes": "Only 14 CPMA camping permits per day in peak season (Memorial Day - Labor Day), max 8 people per permit, at 14 designated sites: 3 at Winnemucca Lake (2-night limit), 5 at Round Top Lake (2-night limit), 6 at Fourth of July Lake (3-night limit). Woods Lake and Frog Lake are day-use only, despite Frog Lake sitting inside the CPMA. Permits are issued from 8:00 AM on the day of entry and typically go within moments, so carry a backup plan outside the CPMA. Each site has a numbered wooden post and your permit is valid only at the site number it names. WINTER: with at least a foot of snow down, snow camping is not confined to the assigned sites, but a permit is still required and the water setbacks still apply. The agency calls this unit the Carson Pass Management AREA (CPMA) on its permit page and the Carson Pass Management UNIT (CPMU) in its FAQ; searching one term misses pages using the other. The 13-vs-14 designated site count is an open conflict: the 2025 instructions say 13 while their own breakdown sums to 14, and 14 is carried here.", "permit_group": "cpma", "permit_type": "Carson Pass Management Area Permit", "quota_required": true, "quota_season": "May 22 - Sep 4", "release_events": [ { "allocation_pct": null, "date": null, "description": "In season only: In season walkup -- issued in person, day-of, first-come -- no advance reservation.", "entry_date_opening_today": null, "label": "in_season_walkup", "mechanism": "walkup", "notes": "Issued in person at the Carson Pass Information Station on the day of entry, first-come first-served (station only staffed in summer).", "offset_days": null, "season": "in_season", "time_of_day": "", "timezone": "" }, { "allocation_pct": null, "date": null, "description": "Off season only: Off season contact -- not self-issue -- contact the agency directly to arrange a permit.", "entry_date_opening_today": null, "label": "off_season_contact", "mechanism": "contact_required", "notes": "Station closed; obtain in person at the Amador Ranger District office (26820 Silver Drive, Pioneer CA, Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm) or by emailing SM.FS.mowilderness@usda.gov.", "offset_days": null, "season": "off_season", "time_of_day": "", "timezone": "" } ], "reservation_method": "Not reservable in advance \u2014 issued in person at the Carson Pass Information Station on the day of entry, first-come first-served (station only staffed in summer). Outside that window (roughly Sep 8 - May 30), the station is closed and permits are instead obtained in person at the Amador Ranger District office (26820 Silver Drive, Pioneer CA, Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm) or by emailing SM.FS.mowilderness@usda.gov with name, phone, party size and destination the week of your trip -- this is NOT a self-issue kiosk system like the free permit groups.", "source_last_updated": "2026-04-06", "verified_date": "2026-09-12" }, "regulations": [ { "label": "Fire", "rules": [ { "citation": "Forest Order 03-23-10", "detail": "The stated reason is ecological, not just fire risk: dead and downed wood is critical habitat for alpine species, and its decomposition drives the nutrient value of the soils high-altitude vegetation depends on. So Eldorado NF's forest-wide allowance on gathering downed firewood does not translate into a fire here. A stove or lantern still needs the statewide California Campfire Permit, and the permit instructions add a specific requirement: it must be carried to use an on/off switch style gas camp stove.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "verdict": "corrects-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "mokelumne-campfire-ban", "inherited": true, "scope": "Mokelumne Wilderness", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "summary": "Campfires are prohibited everywhere in Mokelumne Wilderness, year-round. Camp stoves and lanterns are allowed." }, { "citation": "", "detail": "Bringing firewood from outside the forest is prohibited, because it transports non-native pests. Buy it from the camp host or from a grocery store, where it is vetted pest-free. This permits the gathering, not the fire: Desolation and Mokelumne both ban campfires outright, and the statewide campfire permit is still required for a stove or lantern.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/recreation/camping-cabins", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "CAL FIRE", "source_url": "https://www.readyforwildfire.org/permits/", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-03", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-04", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/2025%20Moke%20Permit%20Instructions%20Summer_0.pdf", "verdict": "confirms-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/recreation/camping-cabins", "https://www.readyforwildfire.org/permits/", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/2025%20Moke%20Permit%20Instructions%20Summer_0.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "eldorado-firewood-gathering", "inherited": true, "scope": "Eldorado National Forest", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "summary": "You may gather downed firewood while camping without a permit, but may not cut any tree, and may not take gathered wood home." }, { "citation": "36 CFR 261.52(k); PRC 4433", "detail": "TWO PERMIT TYPES, and the wrong one is not a valid document. CAL FIRE issues one permit for federal- and state-controlled lands, covering campfires, barbeques and portable stoves, and a separate one for private lands, which additionally requires written permission from the landowner. Both carry the same caveat that local burn restrictions may apply. Every trailhead in this project sits on federal land -- national forest, national park, BLM, or the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit -- except two on East Bay Regional Park District land (Del Valle and Stanford Ave), which is a special district fitting neither category cleanly; which permit applies there is not confirmed. The same portal also issues permits for burning debris, which is a different product and not what a backcountry traveller needs. THE PERMIT IS A PRECONDITION, NOT AN AUTHORISATION: CAL FIRE's own guidance says to check local rules, since many areas restrict or ban campfires outright, especially at elevation or in high fire danger. Where a wilderness bans fires, the permit still matters for a camp stove. YOU MUST CARRY IT: Eldorado NF states the permit has to be available for rangers and other officials to check while you are camping, so an unproduced permit is a permit you do not have. The lantern question is settled: CAL FIRE's permits FAQ omits lanterns from its enumeration, but the campfire-safety page and Eldorado NF's own FAQ both include them, so the fuller list stands on two sources against one summary. The issuing forest states it is also required in some developed campgrounds -- being in a campground is not a reliable exemption. Free, valid for a full calendar year (January 1 to December 31), and available from CAL FIRE, US Forest Service or BLM offices as well as online. The signer must be 18 or older, so a group of minors cannot self-issue. Obtain it at readyforwildfire.org/permits, which links to the portal at permit.preventwildfiresca.org. NOTE: Eldorado NF's own camping page cites 'www.preventwildfiresca.org', which does not resolve -- readyforwildfire.org is the working entry point.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/recreation/camping-cabins", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "CAL FIRE", "source_url": "https://www.readyforwildfire.org/permits/", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-03", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-04", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/2025%20Moke%20Permit%20Instructions%20Summer_0.pdf", "verdict": "confirms-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/recreation/camping-cabins", "https://www.readyforwildfire.org/permits/", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/2025%20Moke%20Permit%20Instructions%20Summer_0.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "ca-campfire-permit", "inherited": true, "scope": "CA state law", "source_url": "https://www.readyforwildfire.org/permits/", "summary": "A free California Campfire Permit is required before you may have a campfire, camp stove, lantern or barbeque -- but holding one does NOT mean fires are allowed where you're going. Local restrictions override it. Two different permits exist; for everywhere this project covers, take the one for federal- and state-controlled lands, not the private-lands one." } ] }, { "label": "Food storage", "rules": [ { "citation": "", "detail": "This is a real difference from neighbouring Desolation, where a hard-sided canister is mandatory and non-compliance carries fines up to $5,000. Do not carry a Desolation habit into Mokelumne as an assumption in either direction. Canisters are available for free loan at the Amador Ranger District office. Bears are active at higher elevations than in the past because of poorly stored food, and are drawn to toothpaste and deodorant as much as to food. Empty your pack of anything scented, and leave pack and tent zippers open so curious animals can investigate without tearing the fabric.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "verdict": "corrects-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "mokelumne-food-storage", "inherited": true, "scope": "Mokelumne Wilderness", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "summary": "Bear canisters are RECOMMENDED, not required -- counterbalance hanging is an accepted alternative." } ] }, { "label": "Group size", "rules": [ { "citation": "", "detail": "The day-use figure is higher than the overnight one, which is easy to get backwards. Groups may not camp or travel within one mile of a related group -- splitting a large party does not evade the limit. If your group is too large, the forest asks you to reduce it, split to different areas, or choose somewhere outside the wilderness. Where multiple groups do hike the same trail, stagger start times by thirty minutes.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "verdict": "corrects-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "mokelumne-group-size", "inherited": true, "scope": "Mokelumne Wilderness", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "summary": "Maximum group size is 8 people overnight and 12 for a day hike." } ] }, { "label": "Camping", "rules": [ { "citation": "", "detail": "The two official sources differ on the water setback: the 2025 regulations sheet says 100 ft, the permit page (last updated 2026-03-03) says at least 200 ft. Use 200 ft and you satisfy both. Three named places are stricter still: no camping within 300 ft of Emigrant Lake or within a quarter mile of Frog Lake, both to let shorelines recover, and no overnight backpacking around Woods Lake at all, where camping is confined to the developed campground. The Emigrant and Frog Lake limits lift only when there is snow on the ground, and then only on a durable surface -- do not dig down to bare earth. Stay on existing tent pads.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "verdict": "corrects-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "mokelumne-camp-setback", "inherited": true, "scope": "Mokelumne Wilderness", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/wilderness/mokelumne-wilderness-general-overnight-permits", "summary": "Camp at least 100 ft from any stream, lake or designated trail; the permit page asks for 200 ft from water." }, { "citation": "", "detail": "Most Eldorado NF land is open to free dispersed camping unless specifically prohibited. There is no trash service -- pack it in, pack it out -- and no potable water, so bring your own rather than relying on lakes, streams or springs. Remove all equipment and garbage when leaving. Eldorado NF's FAQ confirms dispersed camping is allowed forest-wide and restates that your group is responsible for all trash and should take it home. It also says to check with a Ranger District office for fire restrictions before you go, and that a campfire permit is required for a cooking appliance, lantern or campfire even when dispersed.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/recreation/camping-cabins", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "CAL FIRE", "source_url": "https://www.readyforwildfire.org/permits/", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-03", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "none-2026-09-12-04", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/2025%20Moke%20Permit%20Instructions%20Summer_0.pdf", "verdict": "confirms-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/recreation/camping-cabins", "https://www.readyforwildfire.org/permits/", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/2025%20Moke%20Permit%20Instructions%20Summer_0.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "eldorado-dispersed-stay-limit", "inherited": true, "scope": "Eldorado National Forest", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/recreation/camping-cabins", "summary": "Dispersed camping outside a developed campground is limited to 10 days per ranger district per calendar year." } ] }, { "label": "Waste", "rules": [ { "citation": "", "detail": "When there is snow on the ground, pack out both the toilet paper and the waste -- burying in snow does not work. Leaving refuse, debris or litter is prohibited outright; pack out everything you pack in. 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The CPMA requirement is certain in all three. Owners are responsible for their pets and for packing out or burying dog waste. 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Carry weed-free supplemental or processed feed such as alfalfa pellets or crimped oats. In the Mokelumne Canyon and below Telephone Gulch in Lower Summit City Canyon, overnight camping with stock is restricted to named corridors: in the Munson Meadow / Camp Irene / Lake Valley corridor only Camp Irene, one stock group at a time; in Summit City Canyon from Telephone Gulch to where the maintained trail crosses Summit City Creek; and from Hermit Valley trailhead to roughly half a mile below Deer Creek. Two nights maximum, four animals per group. In the Round Top Special Interest Area stock must stay on trails and no grazing is permitted, to protect the botanical values it was designated for.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "verdict": "corrects-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "mokelumne-stock", "inherited": true, "scope": "Mokelumne Wilderness", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "summary": "Do not hitch, tether or hobble stock within 200 ft of water or 100 ft of a campsite, and never tie directly to trees." } ] }, { "label": "Firearms", "rules": [ { "citation": "", "detail": "This governs carrying; discharge is restricted separately (Desolation bars any discharge within 150 yards of a campsite or occupied area). 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Mining-era and emigrant-trail relics are protected here. Leave wildflowers, and avoid trampling lakeshore vegetation.", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-01", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "conflict_open": false, "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "mokelumne_free-2026-09-12-02", "publisher": "USDA Forest Service", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "verdict": "corrects-existing" } ], "label": "Verified", "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [ "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf" ], "status": "settled" }, "id": "mokelumne-natural-features", "inherited": true, "scope": "Mokelumne Wilderness", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "summary": "Damaging or removing any natural OR HISTORIC feature is prohibited." } ] } ], "slug": "carson-pass", "source_log": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "date_checked": "2026-07-22", "entry_id": "cpma-2026-07-22-01", "method": "websearch", "source_last_updated": "", "source_url": "", "summary": "Initial season/quota-count/fee guesses from web-search synthesis.", "verdict": "new-group" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "date_checked": "2026-07-22", "entry_id": "cpma-2026-07-22-02", "method": "user-screenshot", "source_last_updated": "2026-04-06", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/wilderness/carson-pass-management-area-permits", "summary": "CORRECTED the 2026-07-22 web-search entry: fee was wrong (separate $5/day parking fee + Sno-Park permit required, not \"included in permit\"); off-season is NOT self-issue, requires contacting Amador Ranger District in person or by email. Season, 14-permit/day quota, and 8-person group cap confirmed as correct.", "verdict": "corrects-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "cpma-2026-09-12-01", "method": "user-pasted-full-text", "source_last_updated": "2026-06-12", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/about-area/faqs", "summary": "CONFIRMS the awkward part of this permit, from a second page: CPMA overnight permits are limited and available IN PERSON ONLY, at the Carson Pass Information Center. No online or mail option is offered, which is what makes this group different from every other free permit here. NOTES A NAMING TRAP rather than a data change: the agency calls the same unit the Carson Pass Management AREA on its permit page (CPMA, the spelling used here) and the Carson Pass Management UNIT in this FAQ (CPMU). Searching either agency site for one term will miss pages using the other.", "verdict": "confirms-existing" }, { "conflict_id": "cpma-designated-site-count", "conflict_kind": "internal", "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "cpma-2026-09-12-02", "method": "user-uploaded-pdf", "source_last_updated": "2025", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/2025%20Moke%20Permit%20Instructions%20Summer_0.pdf", "summary": "THE SOURCE CONTRADICTS ITSELF ON THE NUMBER OF DESIGNATED CPMA SITES. The 2025 permit instructions state '13 designated sites = 3 sites at Winnemucca, 5 sites at Roundtop, and 6 sites at Fourth of July Lake'. That breakdown sums to 14, not 13. This project carries 14, which matches the arithmetic and the per-lake figures, and those per-lake figures are consistent across every source seen so far. But the headline number in the official document says 13, and a site count is exactly the sort of figure that gets decremented when a site is retired without the breakdown being updated -- so 13 may be current and the breakdown stale, rather than a typo. Unresolved because no source on hand distinguishes those two possibilities. Resolving it needs the Carson Pass Information Station or a current-season document; the practical impact is one permit per day either way.", "verdict": "unresolved-conflict" }, { "conflict_id": "mokelumne-carson-pass-season-pass", "conflict_kind": "cross_source", "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "cpma-2026-09-12-03", "method": "user-uploaded-pdf", "source_last_updated": "2025", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/rog_wild_moke_regs%202025.pdf", "summary": "TWO 2025 FOREST SERVICE DOCUMENTS DISAGREE ABOUT WHETHER A SEASON DAY-USE PASS EXISTS. The regulations sheet says 'A season day use pass can be purchased for $20.00 that applies to FS operated trailheads.' The permit instructions for the same season say 'There is no longer a Carson Pass seasonal pass.' Same year, same forest, same fee programme, opposite claims, and neither carries a date more precise than 2025. The instructions read as the more current of the two, since 'no longer' describes a change, but that is inference rather than evidence. Recorded as a conflict and the fee note says a buyer should ask before budgeting for it. Both documents agree on the daily rate of $5.00 and on America the Beautiful Senior and Access passes being accepted, so only the season pass is in doubt.", "verdict": "unresolved-conflict" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "date_checked": "2026-09-12", "entry_id": "cpma-2026-09-12-04", "method": "user-uploaded-pdf", "source_last_updated": "2025", "source_url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/nfs/files/r05/eldorado/publication/2025%20Moke%20Permit%20Instructions%20Summer_0.pdf", "summary": "CORRECTS THE PARKING FEE, which this project had as '$5/day at Carson Pass Jun 1 - Oct 31'. The fee also applies at the Meiss and Carson Pass Overflow trailheads, is paid at a self-service iron ranger with a dashboard tag rather than at a booth, and Woods Lake trailhead is concession-operated at $8 rather than $5. ADDS that America the Beautiful Senior and Access passes ARE accepted at the USFS-operated lots -- worth stating because the same passes are explicitly NOT accepted on the Desolation overnight permit, so a reader generalising from one to the other gets it wrong in one direction or the other. ADDS the permit mechanics that make this group awkward: the CPMA permit is the only permit valid in the CPMA, a general self-issue Mokelumne permit does not work there, and without a signed CPMA permit you may not camp in the CPMA or along the trail from Woods Lake / Carson Pass trailhead to the three lakes. Permits issue from 8:00 AM on the day of entry and typically go within moments, so a backup outside the CPMA is expected rather than optional. ADDS that each site has a numbered wooden post and the permit is valid only at the numbered site it names. ADDS A WINTER RULE held nowhere here: with at least one foot of snow on the ground, snow camping is NOT confined to the assigned sites, though a permit is still required and the water setbacks still apply.", "verdict": "corrects-existing" } ], "title": "Carson Pass Trailhead -- permit, quota, and access", "type": "trailhead", "url_path": "/trailheads/carson-pass/", "zones": { "count": 0, "entries": [], "quota_by_zone": false } }