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Get an email when a Desolation Wilderness permit opens up.

We check Recreation.gov every few minutes. The moment a sold-out Desolation Wilderness permit for your date opens up, we email you, and you book it on Recreation.gov.

Set up an alert Book on Recreation.gov

Where: California
Entry points: 45
Spots: One per person; Tell us your group size. We only email you when there's room for everyone.

45 entry points

Pick yours when you set up the alert. These are the names Recreation.gov uses.

01 Rockbound Lake
02 General Creek
03 Genevieve
04 Grouse Lakes
05 Brown Mountain
06 Rubicon
07 Stony Ridge
08 Tells
09 Highland
10 Lelands
11 Camper Flat
12 Phipps

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13 Lakes #3 and #5
14 Schmidell
15 Dick's Peak
16 Middle Velma
17 Lower Velmas
18 Eagle
19 Lawrence
20 Red Peak
21 Lois
22 China Flat
23 Dick's Lake
24 Kalmia
25 Maude
26 Rockbound Pass
27 Mt. Price
28 Half Moon
29 Gilmore
30 Cathedral
31 Tyler
32 Twin
33 Aloha
34 Susie
35 Grass
36 Hemlock
37 Smith
38 Waca
39 American
40 Lake of Woods
41 Tamarack
42 Triangle
43 Lyons
44 Avalanche
45 Ralston

How it works

Tell us what you want

Pick your entry point and dates.
We keep checking

We check Recreation.gov's booking page every few minutes, around the clock.
You book it

The moment a sold-out permit for your date opens up, we email you. You book it yourself on Recreation.gov, so be quick.

Wilderness Alerts isn't affiliated with Recreation.gov. We don't sell or hold permits; when one opens up, you book it there yourself.

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Tell us your Desolation Wilderness dates. We'll keep checking.

Set up an alert

Get an email when a Desolation Wilderness permit opens up.

45 entry points

How it works

Tell us what you want

We keep checking

You book it

Sold out doesn't mean gone.