Guiding Permits
Here are the IAG guiding Commercial Use Authorizations & Special Use Permits that you are required to have with you while guiding
Wilderness Permits and other Paper work that is required you have while on a trip:
Toiyabe National Forest:
1. Wilderness Permits
a. These are self issued at the Bridgeport ranger station from Sep 15 thorugh June.
b. During the quota season from June 19-Sept 15 you must check with the office if there is an advance permit already aquired and if not you must wait in line at the ranger station no later than 7am on the day of your trip to aquire one.
c. Waste packout bags for Horse Creek Canyon
Inyo National Forest:
1. Copy of CAG commercial guiding permit
2. Car sign
3. Wilderness Permit issued by USFS (when needed), check with IAG office to where and when to pick up permit. You cannot go to a ranger station and receive a regular wilderness permit. It must be done ahead of time through the commercial wilderness permit office.
4. Waste packout bags in the Whitney zone
Tahoe National Forest
Nothing at this time is required except a car sign
Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park:
1. Copy of CAG commercial permit
2. Wilderness Permit
o Usually there is an advance permit issued and provided by the CAG office
Yosemite National Park:
1. Copy of CAG commercial permit
2. Car sign
3. Wilderness Permit
o Office will advise if advance permit is avaialble.
o If no advance permit is available we will pay the guide (or other person) to wait in line at permit issueing station starting at 4am the day before trip starts
Mount Shasta
1. A laminated guides card in your name provided by the Forest service. This must be requested in advance.
2. Summit Passes for all guests required for going above 10,000 ft. FILLED OUT IN THE GUESTS NAME before summit day. If the trip does not go above 10,000 feet the summit pass is not needed.
3. Wilderness permit. Each individual guest needs to have a separate wilderness permit. They can be filled out at the trail head. There is no quota.
4. Waste packout bags (at least 1 per day per guest). All human waste must be carried out from Shasta.
Copies of guiding permits are stored in the gear room in Mammoth and on the guides portal.
