Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Mt Whitney Permit Lottery 2016

From the Mount Whitney Lottery info page:

March 10 progress report:

            10,504 applications submitted
            50,422 hikers

 Whitney Trail Overnight      Whitney Zone  DAY USE
                           
            Appli-                      Appli-
  Date     cations Hikers   Date       cations Hikers
----------- -----  ------ | ----------- -----  ------
Fri, Aug 05  168    872   | Sat, Aug 06  122    667
Sat, Jul 02  164    780   | Sat, Aug 20   97    512
Fri, Aug 12  126    780   | Sat, Jul 30   92    477

Fri, Jul 15  112    574   | Sun, Aug 07   55    473
Sat, Jul 23  110    568   | Sat, Jul 23   90    469
Sat, Aug 13  104    545   | Sat, Aug 13   79    462

Sat, Jul 16  111    543   | Sat, Jul 16   91    435
Sat, Jul 30  106    535   | Sat, Aug 27   63    374
Fri, Aug 19   82    517   | Sat, Sep 03   64    347
Fri, Jul 29   91    508   | Mon, Aug 01   52    312

Lottery Progress Report

Edit:
Note that the last day to enter the lottery is Tuesday, March 15. Entries must be completed and payment made BEFORE the cutoff time of midnight, Eastern Daylight Time, or 9 PM California Time (PDT).