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available online at www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/wild/whitneylottery.shtml .
To request that an application form be sent to you by mail or fax, call the Wilderness
Permit Office at [phone]. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily
from June 1 to October 1, and Monday through Friday during the rest of the year.
You will be notified of your lottery status in April; rejected applications will be re-
turned by mail .
If you don't win the lottery, all hope is not lost. You can contact the Wilderness
Permit Office two days before your trip to see if there is any remaining quota space.
Walk-in permits are also available in the event of cancellations or no-shows. These
permits are made available at 11 a.m. the day before the entry date at the Eastern
Sierra InterAgency Visitor Center (junction of US 395 and CA 136), 2 miles south of
Lone Pine. The center is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and can be
reached by phone at [phone]. From November 2 to April 30, crowds are not
a problem and permits may be self-issued at the visitor center.