Dusy Basin itinerary
Every published mile marker on the Dusy Basin route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one — and which permit each stretch needs. To watch dates and set alerts, go to the Dusy Basin permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Dusy Basin. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by reservation.
- Stops mapped
- 6
- Across the markers
- 7.5 mi
- Published route length
- 12 mi
- Published ascent
- 2,900 ft
How long it takes: 2-3 days. That is the figure the permit publishes — this page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
Adding up only the climbs between markers gives 2,160 ft, which is a floor rather than the total: anything that rises and falls between two markers is invisible to it.
The Dusy Basin route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
9,800 ft
South Lake Trailhead
2.4 miles · 927 ft up to Long Lake
Mile 2.4
10,727 ft
Long Lake
1.3 miles · 385 ft up to Saddlerock Lake
Mile 3.7
11,112 ft
Saddlerock Lake
0.5 miles · 90 ft up to Bishop Lake
Mile 4.2
11,202 ft
Bishop Lake
1.4 miles · 758 ft up to Bishop Pass
Mile 5.6
11,960 ft
Bishop Pass
1.9 miles · 791 ft down to Dusy Basin
Mile 7.5
11,169 ft
Dusy Basin
Getting a Dusy Basin for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Dusy Basin dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations — they return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag watches Dusy Basin around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.