Unused Whitney Permits for 2013
Up-to-Date through: November 1, 2013 This table shows the number of permits remaining for both overnight hikes and day hikes on the Main Mount Whitney Trail. (and day hikes on the
non-trail Mountaineers Route.) During the summer hiking season, you can see what is currently available at the online permit website, Recreation.gov.
Check Recreation.gov for remaining permits (A=Avilable, R=all reserved). If someone cancels a permit more than two days before, it will show up as
Available on the start date of the permit returned. Here are the links for the available slots. Click "
Update Availability" to see the 2-week display of available permits:
Mt Whitney Trail Day Use availability Mt Whitney Trail Overnight availabilityIf someone with a reserved permit becomes a no-show (they don't show up and don't phone in before the deadline, which is noon the day before for day hikes, and 10 AM on the entry date for overnight permits), then their permit becomes available to people walking into the Visitor Center and asking. The no-shows become available at 11 AM, (the day before for day hikes, and current day for overnighters).
The Unused columns below show the number of permits left over
after all permit activity has completed for that date. It is the difference between the permit quota and the count of permits issued for the day, and includes the cancelled and no-show permits that were not re-issued to walk-in people.
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Overnight Day Hike
Quotas: 60 100
Overnight Day Hike
May Unused Unused
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1 W 49 91
2 T 56 92
3 F 34 95
4 S 32 73
5 S 54 72
6 M 51 97
7 T 56 100
8 W 58 95
9 T 52 99
10 F 43 96
11 S 36 51 <-- Tioga Pass road opened in Yosemite,
Second dry winter in a row.
12 S 33 66
13 M 42 95
14 T 42 94
15 W 50 97
16 T 44 89
17 F 31 90
18 S 25 49
19 S 23 70
20 M 39 82
21 T 22 88
22 W 40 95
23 T 33 97 <-- Switchbacks accessible, caution
24 F 18 76 required at the cables.
25 S 8 58
26 S 15 0
27 M 45 60 <-- Memorial Day
28 T 19 92
29 W 46 86
30 T 11 87
31 F 13 77 <-- for 2014, switchbacks accessible. Drier than 2013, but later snows.
Overnight Day Hike
June Unused Unused
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1 S 24 56
2 S 12 46
3 M 47 80
4 T 31 79
5 W 31 92
6 T 30 81
7 F 12 38
8 S 3 13
9 S 26 2
10 M 15 30
11 T 13 29
12 W 19 49
13 T 5 44 <-- for 2014: chute melted out, so not practical for heading up/down
14 F 10 50 Switchbacks have only a few spots where people need to
15 S 2 4 carefully move around/past what snow is left.
16 S 6 27
17 M 1 21
18 T 4 23
19 W 8 29
20 T 16 22
21 F 9 1
22 S 1 9
23 S 16 13
24 M 12 8
25 T 6 24
26 W 16 36
27 T 19 17
28 F 6 12
29 S 2 2
30 S 4 0
Overnight Day Hike
July Unused Unused
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1 M 4 20
2 T 7 35
3 W 13 42
4 T 3 6 <-- Independence Day.
5 F 1 2
6 S 7 3
7 S 24 10
8 M 0 7
9 T 11 34
10 W 6 21
11 T 5 6
12 F 1 24
13 S 0 0
14 S 4 1
15 M 2 9
16 T 20 25
17 W 13 16 <-- Badwater Ultramarathon ends
18 T 10 12
19 F 6 43
20 S 3 1
21 S 0 10
22 M 2 35
23 T 18 11 The week saw foul weather:
24 W 0 11 Thunderstorms and heavy rain,
25 T 3 24 flooding at Whitney Portal,
26 F 13 2 smoke from forest fires farther north
27 S 33 5
28 S 4 5
29 M 1 10
30 T 3 20
31 W 15 15
Overnight Day Hike
August Unused Unused
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1 T 7 6
2 F 4 (2) 4 (4)
3 S 5 0
4 S 9 13
5 M 0 (13) 1
6 T 10 (1) 6 (5)
7 W 4 5
8 T 11 12
9 F 0 19
10 S 1 (2) 0
11 S 0 (1) 9
12 M 2 0
13 T 0 0 (2)
14 W 2 18
15 T 0 1 (10)
16 F 0 1 (3)
17 S 0 8
18 S 0 6 (1)
19 M 16 12 (1)
20 T 5 21
21 W 6 4 (1)
22 T 8 (3) 17 (4)
23 F 2 4
24 S 0 0
25 S 11 (2) 4
26 M 9 19
27 T 2 19
28 W 12 20
29 T 18 19 (2)
30 F 3 (3) 9 (2)
31 S 2 (3) 3
Overnight Day Hike
Sept Unused Unused
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1 S 10 5
2 M 6 (2) 2 (5) <-- Labor Day holiday
3 T 10 20 (2)
4 W 12 31
5 T 3 10 (1)
6 F 0 11
7 S 1 (2) 1
8 S 3 14
9 M 6 15
10 T 17 (1) 10
11 W 22 26
12 T 9 7 (4)
13 F 5 (4) 14 (4)
14 S 2 0
15 S 0 10 (6)
16 M 8 10
17 T 5 14
18 W 0 40
19 T 3 (4) 10
20 F 1 30
21 S 2 (2) 0
22 S 0 0 (1)
23 M 11 5
24 T 26 18
25 W 24 34
26 T 6 50 <-- First snowfall, a few inches,
27 F 7 14 (4)-- down to 9000'
28 S 1 3
29 S 17 (4) 2 (4)
30 M 6 35 (1)
Overnight Day Hike
October Unused Unused
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1 T 38 70 <-- Federal government shutdown
2 W 53 85 | (due to debt limit and a
3 T 54 81 | minority trying to terminate
4 F 52 92 | the Affordable Care Act)
5 S 55 100 |
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6 S 60 94 |
7 M 60 100 | Permit
8 T 56 100 | offices
9 W 60 100 | closed
10 T 60 100 | for 2
11 F 60 100 | weeks
12 S 60 100 |
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13 S 60 100 |
14 M 60 100 |
15 T 60 100 |
16 W 60 100 |
17 T 60 100 |
18 F 40 99 <-- shutdown ended, permit offices re-opened
19 S 44 24
20 S 45 52
21 M 28 87
22 T 43 93
23 W 55 94
24 T 56 97
25 F 29 91
26 S 31 50
27 S 57 75
28 M 60 100
29 T 59 97
30 W 58 97
31 T 58 99
Nov 1 F 43 96
The numbers in parentheses in August and September are the number
of slots that were confirmed online via the Recreation.gov website, but did not show up and pick up their permits. So they are no-show slots that were unavailable for anyone else to use. The number in the main columns are the slots that remained available for walk-in requests.
