Can’t get a Half Dome permit? God bless Michael Feger, a recent San Francisco State University grad. He wrote an app to wait in line for you. Yosemite permits are given out all summer via a lottery in March – winners are chosen in April – this is for every day in the summer while the cables are up. Usually, about Columbus Day. But they also have a program to give out 50 per day – every day. Another mini lottery….apply Day 1, you’re told if you won on Day 2 and you can then hike Half Dome on Day 3.
Permits are also recycled from people who cancel. You cannot buy or sell them on the open market.
The idea is simple – go to …wildpermits.com/ Fill in some stuff – the park you want to go to….trail, etc. Like Yosemite’s Half Dome. You’ll get a text that an opening just occured. Then you go – quick like a bunny – and apply through Recreation.gov.
Neato Torpedo. Buy (and study) the only Hiking Guide to Half Dome….I wrote it … 42 times up. Gosh.
One Best Hike: Yosemite’s Half Dome About $14 on Amazon (cheap).
