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PERMIT

Desolation Wilderness Permit

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

In FY25, this reservation product recorded 15,055 orders.

FY25 orders

15,055

Recorded Recreation.gov orders

Historical demand

High

Based on FY25 order volume

Median observed lead

25 days

FY25 reservations with valid lead data

Peak month

July

Month with the most FY25 start dates

Historical demand does not measure reservation difficulty.

Observed booking lead

Mutually exclusive FY25 buckets from order date versus start date. Same calendar day means both fell on the same date.

  • Same calendar day8.8% · 1,330
  • 1–7 days23.4% · 3,523
  • 8–14 days9.4% · 1,408
  • 15–30 days11.4% · 1,710
  • 31–60 days11.2% · 1,679
  • 61+ days35.9% · 5,405

Historical seasonality

Share of FY25 orders by reservation start month.

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Permit entrances and zones

  • Aloha

    Zones: Aloha

  • American

    Zones: American

  • Avalanche

    Zones: Avalanche

  • Bayview

    Zones: Unknown

  • Brown Mountain

    Zones: Brown Mountain

  • Buck Island

    Zones: Unknown

  • Camper Flat

    Zones: Camper Flat

  • Cathedral

    Zones: Unknown

  • Cathedral

    Zones: Cathedral

  • China Flat

    Zones: China Flat

  • Dicks

    Zones: Dicks

  • Dicks Peak

    Zones: Dicks Peak

  • Eagle

    Zones: Eagle

  • Eagle Falls

    Zones: Unknown

  • Echo

    Zones: Unknown

  • General Creek

    Zones: General Creek

  • General Creek

    Zones: Unknown

  • Genevieve

    Zones: Genevieve

  • Gilmore

    Zones: Gilmore

  • Glen Alpine

    Zones: Unknown

  • Grass

    Zones: Grass

  • Grouse Lakes

    Zones: Grouse Lakes

  • Half Moon

    Zones: Half Moon

  • Hemlock

    Zones: Hemlock

  • Highland

    Zones: Highland

  • Kalmia

    Zones: Kalmia

  • Lake of the Woods

    Zones: Lake of the Woods

  • Lakes #3 and #5

    Zones: Lakes #3 and #5

  • Lawrence

    Zones: Lawrence

  • Lelands

    Zones: Lelands

  • Lois

    Zones: Lois

  • Loon Lake

    Zones: Unknown

  • Lower Velmas

    Zones: Lower Velmas

  • Lyons

    Zones: Lyons

  • Lyons Creek

    Zones: Unknown

  • Maud

    Zones: Maud

  • Meeks Bay

    Zones: Unknown

  • Middle Velma

    Zones: Middle Velma

  • Mt. Price

    Zones: Mt. Price

  • Pacific Crest Trail

    Zones: Unknown

  • Phipps

    Zones: Phipps

  • Pyramid Creek (Twin Bridges)

    Zones: Unknown

  • Ralston

    Zones: Unknown

  • Ralston

    Zones: Ralston

  • Red Peak

    Zones: Red Peak

  • Rockbound

    Zones: Unknown

  • Rockbound Lake

    Zones: Rockbound Lake

  • Rockbound Pass

    Zones: Rockbound Pass

  • Rubicon

    Zones: Rubicon

  • Schmidell

    Zones: Schmidell

  • Smith

    Zones: Smith

  • Stony Ridge

    Zones: Stony Ridge

  • Susie

    Zones: Susie

  • Tahoe Rim Trail

    Zones: Unknown

  • Tallac

    Zones: Unknown

  • Tamarack

    Zones: Tamarack

  • Tells

    Zones: Tells

  • Triangle

    Zones: Triangle

  • Twin

    Zones: Twin

  • Twin Lakes

    Zones: Unknown

  • Tyler

    Zones: Tyler

  • Van Vleck

    Zones: Unknown

  • Waca

    Zones: Waca

Data limitations

  • FY25 Recreation.gov orders only (1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025).
  • Does not report current availability, current booking windows, current prices, or quotas.
  • Historical demand does not measure availability or difficulty.
  • Median observed booking lead is not a “book X days ahead” instruction.