Permit Directory
Every competitive permit,
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Colorado— 3 permits
🚣 RiverYampa Canyon (Dinosaur National Monument)
COHigh-use: mid-May – early July (water-dependent snowmelt river)
🚣 RiverGates of Lodore / Green River (Dinosaur NM)
COHigh-use: mid-May – mid-September
🚣 RiverYampa River — Echo Park (Dinosaur NM)
COApril – June (spring runoff)
Arizona— 1 permit
🚣 RiverColorado River through Grand Canyon (Noncommercial)
AZYear-round; noncommercial trips from Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek are 12–25 days (NPS-defined range).
Utah— 5 permits
🚣 RiverDesolation & Gray Canyon (Green River, Utah)
UTMarch – November (lottery May – September)
🚣 RiverWestwater Canyon
UTYear-round; peak season April 1 – September 30
🚣 RiverCataract Canyon (Colorado River, Canyonlands)
UTYear-round
🚣 RiverSan Juan River (Bluff to Clay Hills)
UTYear-round; peak season April 15 – July 15 requires a permit (pre-season lottery or walk-up); permits also required Sep 1–Oct 31
🚣 RiverLabyrinth & Stillwater Canyon — Green River
UTYear-round (spring and fall optimal)
Idaho— 5 permits
🚣 RiverMiddle Fork of the Salmon River
IDYear-round; lottery control season late May – early September
🚣 RiverMain Salmon River (Frank Church Wilderness)
IDYear-round; control season late June – early September
🚣 RiverSelway River
IDControl season May 15 – July 31; no permit required outside control season
🚣 RiverMiddle Fork of the Salmon River
IDMay – September
🚣 RiverLower Salmon River
IDMay – September
Oregon— 5 permits
🚣 RiverRogue River Wild Section
ORControl season May 15 – Oct 15; self-issue Oct 16 – May 14
🚣 RiverIllinois River Wild Section (Oregon)
ORApproximately March – mid-May (water-dependent)
🚣 RiverLower Deschutes River
ORBoater Passes required year-round for anyone using a watercraft on the Lower Deschutes River (permit section from Maupin to Columbia River)
🚣 RiverOwyhee River Canyons (Lower)
ORTypically March – May (water-dependent; low flow by June most years)
🚣 RiverHells Canyon — Snake River Float Permit
ORMay – September
Montana— 1 permit
🚣 RiverMiddle Fork of the Flathead River
MTYear-round float access; high water mid-May – late June; fishing April – October
Washington— 1 permit
🏕 CampgroundOhanapecosh Campground (Mt. Rainier NP)
WALate May – late October