November 5, 2026
Wingate Hike-In just opened for 39 straight days at Dead Horse Point
What dropped this week
Biggest move this week: Wingate Hike-In at Dead Horse Point opened up for 39 days straight, Nov 5 through Dec 14. That's not a glitch, that's a real stretch of availability worth grabbing before it closes back up. Minnesota had a cluster on Nov 17, with Afton Hike In, Maplewood Backpack, Frontenac Backpack, Kathio Backpack, Gooseberry Glen, and Frontenac Cart-In all showing openings the same day. Worth checking all six if you're flexible on which park. California saw a few single-date openings too: Env Site 1 at Julia Pfeiffer Burns and Deer Canyon at Crystal Cove both opened for Nov 23, Malibu Creek Camp and Lower Moro both opened for Nov 24. Kirk Creek Campground in Los Padres opened for Dec 28-30, good timing if you're thinking New Year's trip.
Open right now
Permits currently showing open availability: Newport Wilderness (Newport State Park, WI), Upper Moro (Crystal Cove), Bryce Backcountry (Bryce Canyon NP), Glendalough Yurts (MN), Kettle Moraine N (WI), Crater Lake (Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness), Shot Canyon (Canyonlands), and Airport C (Canyonlands). Worth a direct look if any of these are on your list, since open-now status can shift fast on the Utah ones especially.
This week's data insight
Looking at when openings show up across the week, Monday and Tuesday are clearly the busiest, 484 and 474 respectively, while Saturday is the quietest at 315. If you're checking manually instead of using alerts, early week is when you're most likely to catch something new. Weekends are when things go quiet, so don't read too much into a slow Saturday scroll.