Desolation Wilderness Overnight

Lake Tahoe Basin · CA · Permit

47 zones, quota-controlled all summer. The famous ones (Aloha, Velma Lakes) sell out months ahead; cancellations surface daily.

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Next 21 days

Zone	Sun 7/26	Mon 7/27	Tue 7/28	Wed 7/29	Thu 7/30	Fri 7/31	Sat 8/1	Sun 8/2	Mon 8/3	Tue 8/4	Wed 8/5	Thu 8/6	Fri 8/7	Sat 8/8	Sun 8/9	Mon 8/10	Tue 8/11	Wed 8/12	Thu 8/13	Fri 8/14	Sat 8/15
01 Rockbound Lake	–	16	6	8	3	0	7	8	6	18	18	16	4	4	18	14	18	18	6	1	5
02 General Creek	0	7	0	6	6	0	1	5	6	6	3	1	3	3	7	5	5	6	7	0	7
03 Genevieve	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	10	9	6	0	0	0	11	6	12	0	2	0	0
04 Grouse Lakes	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0
05 Brown Mountain	–	6	6	6	1	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
06 Rubicon	7	16	16	16	16	16	8	9	16	16	16	4	0	8	16	16	16	8	4	1	0
07 Stony Ridge	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	14	14	14	0	2
08 Tells	–	8	8	8	7	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	1
09 Highland	–	5	6	6	6	1	4	6	6	6	6	6	1	0	6	6	6	6	6	0	6
10 Lelands	0	13	13	11	10	13	13	13	6	13	13	11	4	1	13	13	13	13	13	3	13
11 Camper Flat	–	12	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	12	14	6	1	7	14	14	14	14	14	4	14
12 Phipps	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
13 Lakes #3 and #5	0	6	2	6	6	4	0	6	6	6	6	6	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	3
14 Schmidell	0	7	2	7	0	0	0	2	7	0	7	1	0	0	1	6	5	7	5	1	0
15 Dick's Peak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0
16 Middle Velma	14	14	14	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
17 Lower Velmas	0	0	3	7	2	0	0	0	2	11	4	0	0	0	12	0	15	24	3	1	0
18 Eagle	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
19 Lawrence	–	6	6	6	3	0	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	0	6	6	6	1	6	6	0
20 Red Peak	–	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
21 Lois	0	6	4	6	1	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	6	6	1	0
22 China Flat	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	8	6	2	0
23 Dick's Lake	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	0
24 Kalmia	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	0	0
25 Maude	0	5	4	1	0	0	5	2	1	2	3	6	0	0	8	6	8	0	0	1	0
26 Rockbound Pass	0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	4	1	2	4	0	0	0
27 Mt. Price	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	8	4	0	2	8	0	1
28 Half Moon	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0
29 Gilmore	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0
30 Cathedral	–	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0
31 Tyler	0	6	6	6	1	0	0	1	4	6	6	4	0	2	6	6	6	4	0	0	0
32 Twin	14	14	14	14	14	14	0	0	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
33 Aloha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
34 Susie	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35 Grass	1	6	6	6	6	6	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	6	1	0	0	0
36 Hemlock	3	8	8	8	8	8	0	8	0	8	0	0	0	1	6	4	8	8	8	0	0
37 Smith	–	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	3	3	0	3	0	0
38 Waca	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	3	0	0	0
39 American	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
40 Lake of Woods	8	14	14	14	14	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41 Tamarack	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
42 Triangle	–	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
43 Lyons	0	5	10	0	1	0	0	1	6	10	3	0	0	0	8	9	7	6	10	0	0
44 Avalanche	0	3	4	1	0	0	0	9	9	11	4	4	0	0	9	12	7	5	1	0	0
45 Ralston	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
Pacific Crest Trail	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tahoe Rim Trail (Thru Hike Only)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Numbers are open slots per zone (permits remaining that date). “–” = no quota released / not reservable. Green = bookable right now on recreation.gov.

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11 Camper Flat: 2026-08-16
03 Genevieve: 2026-08-16
04 Grouse Lakes: 2026-08-16
12 Phipps: 2026-08-16
01 Rockbound Lake: 2026-08-16
05 Brown Mountain: 2026-08-16
10 Lelands: 2026-08-16
14 Schmidell: 2026-08-16
43 Lyons: 2026-08-16
44 Avalanche: 2026-08-16
07 Stony Ridge: 2026-08-16
09 Highland: 2026-08-16
13 Lakes #3 and #5: 2026-08-16
02 General Creek: 2026-08-16
06 Rubicon: 2026-08-16
08 Tells: 2026-08-16
19 Lawrence: 2026-08-16
20 Red Peak: 2026-08-16
22 China Flat: 2026-08-16
24 Kalmia: 2026-08-16
15 Dick's Peak: 2026-08-16
16 Middle Velma: 2026-08-16
17 Lower Velmas: 2026-08-16
21 Lois: 2026-08-16
25 Maude: 2026-08-16
26 Rockbound Pass: 2026-08-16
27 Mt. Price: 2026-08-16
28 Half Moon: 2026-08-16
29 Gilmore: 2026-08-16
30 Cathedral: 2026-08-16
31 Tyler: 2026-08-16
34 Susie: 2026-08-16
35 Grass: 2026-08-16
36 Hemlock: 2026-08-16
37 Smith: 2026-08-16
38 Waca: 2026-08-16
41 Tamarack: 2026-08-16
42 Triangle: 2026-08-17
45 Ralston: 2026-08-17
23 Dick's Lake: 2026-08-18
18 Eagle: 2026-08-18
32 Twin: 2026-08-18
39 American: 2026-08-20
40 Lake of Woods: 2026-08-26
Tahoe Rim Trail (Thru Hike Only): 2026-08-31
33 Aloha: 2026-09-16

Cancellations we've observed here

Observed	Zone	Date	Slots
2026-07-26 20:26Z	07 Stony Ridge	2026-07-26	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	07 Stony Ridge	2026-07-27	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	07 Stony Ridge	2026-07-28	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	07 Stony Ridge	2026-07-29	2 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	07 Stony Ridge	2026-07-30	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	07 Stony Ridge	2026-07-31	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	40 Lake of Woods	2026-07-26	0 → 8
2026-07-26 20:26Z	40 Lake of Woods	2026-07-27	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	40 Lake of Woods	2026-07-28	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	40 Lake of Woods	2026-07-29	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	40 Lake of Woods	2026-07-30	1 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	40 Lake of Woods	2026-07-31	0 → 14
2026-07-26 20:26Z	06 Rubicon	2026-07-26	0 → 7
2026-07-26 20:26Z	06 Rubicon	2026-07-27	9 → 16
2026-07-26 20:26Z	06 Rubicon	2026-07-29	6 → 16

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