Inyo National Forest Passes
Every Inyo National Forest wilderness-permit entry point on recreation.gov - AllTrails ratings, demand scores, and a trailhead map.
Inyo National Forest covers the eastern Sierra Nevada, from the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses to the trailheads for Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the Lower 48. An Inyo wilderness permit is required for overnight backcountry trips at the forest's quota trailheads, and the most popular entries - including Whitney, Bishop Pass, and the big alpine lake basins - routinely sell out the moment quota opens.
Top Inyo National Forest entry points
The most in-demand entry points, ranked by how fast each one books up on recreation.gov.
- Big Pine Creek North Fork - Very high demand - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Kearsarge Pass - Very high demand - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Cottonwood Lakes - Very high demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Shadow Creek - Very high demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Piute Pass - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Minaret Lake - Very high demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
- High Trail - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- River Trail - Very high demand - 5.0 on AllTrails
- Bishop Pass -South Lake - Very high demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
- North Fork of Lone Pine Creek - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Little Lakes Valley - Very high demand - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Sabrina Lake - Very high demand - 4.8 on AllTrails
All Inyo National Forest passes
Choose an entry point or campsite for permit rules, release timing, demand, and nearby alternatives.
- Baker and Green Lakes
- Baxter Pass
- Beck Lake
- Big Pine Creek North Fork
- Big Pine Creek South Fork
- Birch Lake
- Bishop Pass -South Lake
- Bloody Canyon
- Convict Creek
- Cottonwood Lakes
- Cottonwood Pass
- Deer Lakes
- Duck Pass
- Fern Lake
- Fish Creek
- Gable Lakes
- George Creek
- George Lake
- Gibbs Lake
- Glacier Canyon
- Golden Trout Lakes
- High Trail
- Hilton Lakes
- Horton Lakes
- Italy Pass
- John Muir Trail North of Devils Postpile
- John Muir Trail South of Devils Postpile
- Kearsarge Pass
- Lamarck Lakes
- Laurel Lakes
- Little Lakes Valley
- McGee Pass
- Meysan Lake
- Minaret Lake
- Mono Pass
- Mt. Whitney (Trail Crest Exit)
- North Fork of Lone Pine Creek
- Parker Lake
- Pine Creek
- Piute Pass
- Red Cones
- Red Lake
- River Trail
- Rush Creek
- Sabrina Lake
- Sawmill Pass
- Shadow Creek
- Shepherd Pass
- Taboose Pass
- Tamarack Lakes
- Treasure Lakes
- Tuttle Creek
- Tyee Lakes
- Upper Buttermilk
- Valentine Lake
- Yost / Fern Lakes
Popular trails
- River Trail, Thousand Island Lake, Garnet Lake, and Shadow Lake Loop - 5.0 on AllTrails
- June Lake, Yost Creek and Fern Lake Trail - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Duck Pass and Pika Lake Trail - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Little Lakes Valley to Gem Lakes - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Grouse Mountain - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Kearsarge Pass Trail to Kearsarge Lakes - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Kearsarge Pass Trail to John Muir Trail Loop - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Big Pine Lakes Trail - 4.9 on AllTrails