Hoover Wilderness Passes
Every Hoover Wilderness wilderness-permit entry point on recreation.gov - AllTrails ratings, demand scores, and a trailhead map.
The Hoover Wilderness sits along the Sierra Nevada crest on the eastern edge of Yosemite, in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, with alpine lakes and passes reached from the Twin Lakes, Green Creek, Virginia Lakes, and Leavitt Meadows trailheads. A Hoover wilderness permit is required for overnight backcountry trips, and during the summer quota season the most popular trailheads can sell out.
Top Hoover Wilderness entry points
The most in-demand entry points, ranked by how fast each one books up on recreation.gov.
- Robinson Creek - Very high demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Little Slide Canyon - Very high demand
- Virginia Lakes - High demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Horse Creek - Moderate demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Green Creek - Low demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Leavitt Meadows - Easy to get - 4.4 on AllTrails
- Buckeye Creek - Easy to get - 4.6 on AllTrails
- Burt Canyon - 4.3 on AllTrails
- Cattle Creek
- Emma Lake - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Leavitt Lake - 4.4 on AllTrails
- Molybdenite Creek - 4.2 on AllTrails
Popular trails
- Barney Lake - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Horse Creek Trail - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Green Lake via Green Creek Trail - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Summit Lake via Virginia Lakes Trail - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Emma Lake Trail - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Tamarack Lake Trail (Twin Lakes) - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Buckeye Creek Trail to Kirkland Pass - 4.6 on AllTrails
- Leavitt Meadow to Fremont Lake - 4.4 on AllTrails