Wilderness Permits 2023

[zozeppelin]

Interesting article Scott, those are some staggering numbers, thanks for sharing. I’ve read some strong opinions on the contractor / money flow, such as in the backcountry permit system change proposal comments, but I personally don’t have a strong opinion either way.

From a $ standpoint, beyond the contract for service, I am estimating ~3500 entry tickets per day, at $2 per ticket and assuming 70 days in the season, that is $490,000.

[paul]

I wonder if you have an existing permit and you try to modify it if you notice a more preferable site becomes available or if you add another night. Will the application mess up what already have? I want to add another night at the end of the permit if it becomes available between now and when I pick up my permit. But I'm concerned that when I hit modify, it might open up the sites that I have to other reservations. Theoretically this should work but who knows what it will do.

Well, I'm answering my own question. Last night a friend notified me that the site I was looking for opened up for the day I needed it. So I quickly got online and modified my permit to added it on the last night. I had no problems.

[liketohike]

That's great news Paul!
And thanks for the update- it's good to know about the permit modification option.

[teapot57]

Well, I'm answering my own question. Last night a friend notified me that the site I was looking for opened up for the day I needed it. So I quickly got online and modified my permit to added it on the last night. I had no problems.

[paul]

Well, I'm answering my own question. Last night a friend notified me that the site I was looking for opened up for the day I needed it. So I quickly got online and modified my permit to added it on the last night. I had no problems.

Thanks for the great tip Teapot, now I'm all set for my trip.

[teapot57]

So glad it all worked out for you!

[sbosecker]

Well, I'm answering my own question. Last night a friend notified me that the site I was looking for opened up for the day I needed it. So I quickly got online and modified my permit to added it on the last night. I had no problems.

Paul,

Thank you for that report... I just went to the "modify" section of my itinerary and it looks reasonably intuitive... any hicups for you when you made the change?

Best regards,

Scott

[paul]

Well, I'm answering my own question. Last night a friend notified me that the site I was looking for opened up for the day I needed it. So I quickly got online and modified my permit to added it on the last night. I had no problems.

Paul,

Thank you for that report... I just went to the "modify" section of my itinerary and it looks reasonably intuitive... any hicups for you when you made the change?

Best regards,

Scott

No hicups for me at all, Scott. Of course, I was just adding an extra day to the existing permit. It might be a different if you are trying to replace a camp in your current itinerary. Although, think the workflow should be pretty simple just select a different site for the day in question.