Tahoe NF
On Henness Pass Rd north of Independence Lake; distinct from Castle Peak (Donner) trailhead.
None — no wilderness permit is issued for this area.
Day hikers to non-wilderness peaks generally need nothing else.
What applies once you hold the permit. Rules marked with a scope other than "this permit" are inherited — state law or an agency-wide policy — and are stored once rather than restated per permit.
Assigned by straight-line proximity, not by a verified approach. Permits attach to where you enter the wilderness, so a peak listed here may well be climbed from somewhere else -- and a long point-to-point route may pass peaks that list a different trailhead entirely. Treat this as a starting point, not an approach list.
| Checked | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 none-2026-07-22-01 | new-group Blanket disclaimer row for non-wilderness trailheads; California Campfire Permit reference is generic USFS policy, not agency-specific -- no single source to log. | |
| 2026-09-12 none-2026-09-12-01 | corrects-existing Eldorado NF's camping page states the California Campfire Permit requirement in full, and reading it exposed that this project had the rule WRONG in five places and inconsistent across seven. CORRECTS THE SCOPE: the permit covers campfires, stoves, LANTERNS and BARBEQUES -- five permit_groups described it as applying to a 'stove' alone. CORRECTS THE EXEMPTION: it is required outside a campground or RV *and in some developed campgrounds*, so 'outside a developed campground' was not a safe exemption as previously written. ADDS two facts held nowhere: the signer must be 18 or older (a group of minors cannot self-issue), and the legal basis is 36 CFR 261.52(k) / PRC 4433. URL CORRECTION: this project carried three different links for one permit (fs.usda.gov/main/r5/passes-permits on the 'none' group, readyforwildfire.org on gtw_free, nothing on the rest), and the Eldorado NF page itself cites 'www.preventwildfiresca.org', which does not resolve. The working path is readyforwildfire.org/prevent-wildfire/campfire-safety, which links through to the permit portal at permit.preventwildfiresca.org -- so gtw_free's link was the closest to right all along. STRUCTURAL FIX: because this is California state law rather than a per-wilderness rule, it is now stored once in data/regulations.csv scoped to the CA jurisdiction and inherited by every group, and the seven duplicated copies have been removed. ALSO ADDS an Eldorado NF-wide rule: dispersed camping outside a developed campground is capped at 10 days per ranger district per calendar year. | source |
| 2026-09-12 none-2026-09-12-02 | corrects-existing CAL FIRE's permits FAQ, a different page from the campfire-safety page previously cited. CORRECTS A MATERIAL OMISSION: there are TWO California Campfire Permits, not one. One covers federal- and state-controlled lands (campfires, barbeques, portable stoves); a separate one covers private lands and additionally requires written permission from the landowner. This project described a single undifferentiated permit, so a reader could obtain the private-lands permit for a national forest trip and hold an invalid document. The rule now names which type applies. CONFIRMS what was already on file: the permit is free, and both types carry the caveat that local burn restrictions may apply -- independent support for the precondition-not-permission framing corrected earlier today. ADDS that the same portal issues permits for burning debris, a different product that a backcountry traveller does not need and could easily pick by mistake. NOTES A MINOR DISCREPANCY, not logged as a conflict because one page is plainly a summary of the other: this FAQ enumerates the federal/state permit as covering campfires, barbecues and portable stoves, while the campfire-safety page also lists lanterns. The fuller list is kept. SURFACES A GAP RATHER THAN GUESSING: every trailhead in this project is on federal land -- national forest, national park, BLM, or LTBMU -- except Del Valle and Stanford Ave, which are East Bay Regional Park District land. A regional park district is a special district, neither federal, state, nor private, so the FAQ's two-way split does not clearly place it. Recorded as unconfirmed in the rule's detail rather than assuming the federal permit covers it. source_url for the rule moved to readyforwildfire.org/permits, which is where the permit is actually obtained and where the two-type distinction is stated. | source |
| 2026-09-12 none-2026-09-12-03 | corrects-existing Eldorado NF's forest-wide FAQ. FOUR NEW AGENCY-SCOPED RULES, each inherited by all three Eldorado permit groups rather than copied: firewood may be gathered while camping without a permit but no tree may be cut and gathered wood may not be taken home, while wood from outside the forest is prohibited outright because it transports non-native pests; dogs must be PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED on a leash under six feet for the whole visit, which is materially stricter than the 'under control at all times' wording this project carried from the Desolation permit page; a firearm may be carried only visible and unloaded unless actively hunting, which governs carry where the existing Desolation rule governs discharge; and drones are allowed on the forest but not over congressionally designated wilderness, which is almost every objective here, nor under a Temporary Flight Restriction such as those routine over active wildfires. TWO ADDITIONS TO THE STATEWIDE CAMPFIRE PERMIT RULE. The permit must be available for rangers and other officials to inspect while camping -- a carry requirement this project did not hold. And the lantern discrepancy logged earlier today is settled: CAL FIRE's permits FAQ omitted lanterns, but this page independently confirms a campfire permit is needed for a cooking appliance, LANTERNS, and campfire, so the fuller list stands on two sources against one summary. This page is also the third independent source for the precondition-not-permission framing, telling readers campfires may be restricted entirely in high wildfire potential areas. CONFIRMS the Eldorado-wide dispersed camping allowance and its pack-out-your-trash rule. DELIBERATELY NOT CAPTURED, as none of it changes a trip plan for this project's objectives: motorhome water tank filling, gold panning and metal detecting, scattering ashes, volunteering, where to buy maps or a park pass, fuelwood and botanical harvest permits, target shooting, and the D5 deer hunting zone. | source |
| 2026-09-12 none-2026-09-12-04 | confirms-existing Third and fourth independent confirmations of two campfire permit facts corrected earlier today. CARRY REQUIREMENT: 'Please carry your campfire permit on your person during the entirety of your travels' -- corroborating Eldorado NF's FAQ, from a separate document. LANTERNS: 'The Campfire permit covers your camp stove and lanterns', stated in both PDFs. The fuller scope now rests on four sources against CAL FIRE's own FAQ summary, which omitted lanterns; that omission is safely read as abbreviation. CONFIRMS the permit is free, obtainable online, and valid for the remainder of the calendar year from issue, and repeats the instruction to check local restrictions first -- a fourth source for the precondition-not-permission framing. NOTES A THIRD CAMPFIRE PERMIT URL in circulation: these documents cite readyforwildfire.org/permits/campfire-permit/, a deeper path than the readyforwildfire.org/permits/ page this project cites. Both resolve to the same programme; no change made. | source |