Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Horseshoe Meadows to Cottonwood

Did a search of the "Horseshoe" topic and didn't find exactly what I needed. So...just a couple of questions...

1) Is a permit required to day hike out of Horseshoe Meadows to the Cottonwood lakes/New Army Pass area?

2) Is a reservation required for the trailhead campground at Horseshoe Meadows?

Planning on heading up from So Cal for a little day hike in the next couple of weeks.

Any help is most appreciated!

SCTF,
You do not need a permit for dayhikes out of the HM area. you may be able to reserve campsites in the walk in or the equestian campgrounds on recreation.gov

Brady

campgrounds there are first come first serve. bring $6 per site per night.There is nobody there to make change.

No permit needed for day hike.

Thanks for the info! Looking forward to it!

Anyone know if you pick-up campfire permits at the campground or if they need to be picked-up at the ranger station in Lone Pine?

Thanks!

im not 100% but im not sure you can have a fire above 10k.

No fires above 10K. No permit needed if you are using a fire-pit in a campground.