LOTTERY
Half Dome Permits
In FY25, this reservation product recorded 79,747 orders.
FY25 orders
79,747
Recorded Recreation.gov orders
Historical demand
High
Based on FY25 order volume
Median observed lead
2 days
FY25 reservations with valid lead data
Peak month
June
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 day0% · 1
- 1–7 days51.1% · 40,745
- 8–14 days0.1% · 61
- 15–30 days0.3% · 213
- 31–60 days2.9% · 2,311
- 61+ days45.7% · 36,416
Historical seasonality
Share of FY25 orders by reservation start month.
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Permit entrances and zones
Half Dome Cables
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.