Mokelumne Day Use Permit & Parking
Day Use Permits
- Is there a Fee for a Day Use Permit? No.
- Maximum group size: 12 people for day-use.
No permits are needed for day hikes in the Mokelumne Wilderness. Day hikers are not permitted to camp overnight. Please follow Leave No Trace guidelines and practice low-impact recreational practices.
Trailhead Parking - Fees
Concession Operated Mokelumne Wilderness related Day Use Areas
- Fee: $10.00 per vehicle per day.
- Facilities include: The Woods Lake Day Use and Trailhead areas which are now under concession management by Royal Elk Park Managment.
- The interagency America the Beautiful passes (Golden Age) DO NOT APPLY to concession facilities with standard amenity fees (which are typically our day use sites).
- The Royal Elk Park Management concessionaire has developed its own Season pass for the facilities it operates.
Forest Service Operated Mokelumne Wilderness related Day Use Areas
- Fee: $5.00 per vehicle per day.
- Facilities include: Carson Pass, Carson Pass Overflow and Meiss Trailheads.
- Interagency Annual, Senior, and Access passes (America the Beautiful) ALLOW the holder to park for FREE at the Eagle Falls, Carson Pass, Carson Pass Overflow and Meiss Trailheads.
- Winter months - A Snow Park permit to park is required for parking at Carson Pass and the Meiss Trailheads from November 1 through April 30. Please have the permit placed on dashboard of vehicle.
- We recommend you purchase and print your permit from their website, do not rely on vendors being open and selling. Call the vendor first. This is a California state managed program.
- CHP will be patrolling the parking lots ($94.50 fine)
- Cal Trans handles the snow plowing. Keep a close eye on the Cal Trans chain control and road closure website, and the NOAA-7 Day Forecast.