{ "approach_exceptions": [], "canonical_url": "https://wayproof.dev/trailheads/tioga-pass/", "evidence": { "dangling_citations": [], "entries": [], "label": "Not independently verified", "last_checked": "", "open_conflicts": [], "resolved_conflicts": [], "sources": [], "status": "unverified" }, "generated": "2026-09-12", "indexable": true, "land": { "land_agency": "Yosemite NP", "park": "", "wilderness_area": "Yosemite Wilderness" }, "location": { "elevation_ft": 9945.0, "latitude": 37.9106, "longitude": -119.2575, "side": "east" }, "name": "Tioga Pass", "notes": "Mount Dana / Gaylor; Yosemite east entrance", "open_questions": [], "peaks_nearby": { "basis": "computed-proximity", "count": 3, "names": [ "Gaylor Peak #", "Mammoth Peak", "Mount Dana" ], "verified": false }, "permit": { "agency": "Yosemite National Park", "apply_url": "https://www.recreation.gov/permits/445859", "excludes": "", "fee_notes": "$5/person reservation fee (not independently reconfirmed this pass)", "has_computable_release": false, "interagency_note": "Yosemite-issued permits are likewise honored if your route continues out into neighboring Inyo, Sierra, Stanislaus or Humboldt-Toiyabe NF wilderness on the same continuous trip.", "known": true, "notes": "The 60% portion is a weekly lottery cycle rather than a rolling reservation window -- structurally closer to the Whitney Zone lottery than to Inyo's system, on a weekly rather than annual cadence. Season start is NOT a fixed May 1 park-wide: reservations open for late-April start dates in some but not all areas of the park, with per-area dates in a dataset linked from the source page that has not been retrieved here, so treat 05-01 as an approximation. Off-season permits are free, self-issue, no quota. Current window: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildpermitdates.htm", "permit_group": "yosemite", "permit_type": "Yosemite Wilderness Permit", "quota_required": true, "quota_season": "May 1 - Oct 31", "release_events": [], "reservation_method": "60% of each week's quota is allocated by a WEEKLY LOTTERY, not simple first-come booking: for each week-long hiking-start window, the lottery application period opens Sunday 12:01am and closes the following Saturday 11:59pm, roughly 24 weeks (168 days) before that week, with results notified by Monday 5pm. Lottery-unclaimed spots from that week open first-come-first-served on recreation.gov the Friday after the application period closes, up to 3 days before entry. The remaining 40% of each week's quota becomes available on recreation.gov 7 days in advance (up to 3 days before entry), first-come.", "source_last_updated": "2025-11-13", "verified_date": "2026-07-23" }, "regulations": [ { "label": "Fire", "rules": [ { "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." } ] } ], "slug": "tioga-pass", "source_log": [ { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "date_checked": "2026-07-22", "entry_id": "yosemite-2026-07-22-01", "method": "websearch", "source_last_updated": "", "source_url": "", "summary": "Season/split from web-search synthesis. Never independently re-checked against a primary source since.", "verdict": "new-group" }, { "conflict_id": "", "conflict_kind": "", "date_checked": "2026-07-23", "entry_id": "yosemite-2026-07-23-01", "method": "user-screenshot", "source_last_updated": "2025-11-13", "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildpermitdates.htm", "summary": "First independent verification of this permit_group (previously web-search synthesis only). CORRECTS the reservation mechanism: the 60% portion was modeled as a simple rolling reservation window (like Inyo/SEKI); it's actually a WEEKLY LOTTERY -- each week-long hiking-start window gets its own application period (opens Sunday 12:01am, closes the following Saturday 11:59pm, ~24 weeks/168 days ahead, results by Monday 5pm), with lottery-unclaimed spots opening first-come the following Friday up to 3 days out, and the remaining 40% released 7 days out (up to 3 days before entry). Structurally closer to the Whitney Zone lottery than to Inyo's system, just weekly instead of annual. ALSO CORRECTS an implicit assumption: season start is NOT a fixed May 1 park-wide -- source states late-April starts are available 'in some -- but not all -- areas of the park', with exact per-area dates in a downloadable dataset (linked from the source page, not retrieved). 05-01 in this row is now flagged as an approximation, not confirmed. permits.py gained a Yosemite-specific status branch so the report says 'apply to the weekly lottery' instead of the generic 'book now', matching the Whitney/CPMA precedent for permits whose mechanism doesn't fit the generic rolling-reservation model.", "verdict": "corrects-existing" } ], "title": "Tioga Pass Trailhead -- permit, quota, and access", "type": "trailhead", "url_path": "/trailheads/tioga-pass/", "zones": { "count": 0, "entries": [], "quota_by_zone": false } }