Colorado Permit Areas

Pick a wilderness permit area to browse its entry-point passes.

Colorado's marquee permits are the Maroon Bells backcountry, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Indian Peaks Wilderness, all on tight summer quotas. If your plans are flexible, Indian Peaks also releases a separate batch of last-minute permits inside three days of entry.

Colorado wilderness permits on recreation.gov are led by Great Sand Dunes, Indian Peaks Wilderness and Indian Peaks: Last-Minute, where high-demand passes sell out for peak dates. Permit Ranger watches every pass in the state and alerts you the moment a sold-out date opens.

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison passes - permit guide
• Great Sand Dunes passes - permit guide
• Indian Peaks Wilderness passes - permit guide
• Indian Peaks: Last-Minute passes - permit guide
• Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness passes - permit guide
• Rocky Mountain National Park passes - permit guide