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There are strict allocations of permits, only a certain number being issued for each day from each trailhead. During the main holiday period during the summer months competition for them can be intense. Permits may be reserved up to 24 weeks in advance of the day you intend starting the Trail. You are strongly advised to make a request for a permit before making any other plans for walking the JMT. Once a permit has been reserved then it is safe to go ahead to book a flight to California and make all your other plans.

Looking eastwards towards the Mount Whitney massif from Guitar Lake (Day 19)

Generally hikers must leave their commencing trailhead (in this case Happy Isles, Yosemite Valley) on the day their permit begins. Make sure, therefore, that you allow yourself sufficient time after arriving in the States to buy all the food supplies needed for your hike, package them up and post them to various points along the Trail, and finally get yourself to Yosemite Village in time for the day your permit begins.