INFORMATION AND PERMITS: This trailhead is in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, accessing Hoover Wilderness. Wilderness permits are required for overnight stays and quotas apply from the last Friday in June through September 15. Fifty percent of permits can be reserved in advance through recreation.gov (search for “Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Wilderness Permits”), and 50% are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Bridgeport Ranger District office beginning at 1 p.m. the day before your trip starts. Both reserved and first-come, first-served permits are picked up at the Bridgeport Ranger Station, located at 75694 US 395 at the south end of Bridgeport. If you want the ranger station to leave a reserved permit in their dropbox for you to pick up outside of office hours, call 760-932-7070. Bear canisters are required. Visit tinyurl.com/hooverwildernesspermits for more information on reserving permits.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: From US 395 near the northwest side of Bridgeport, take paved Twin Lakes Road southwest 7.2 miles to a junction signed BUCKEYE CAMPGROUND. Turn left (north) onto dirt Buckeye Road and immediately pass Doc and Al’s Resort. Continue 2.8 miles to a T-junction with Forest Service Road 017, just beyond Buckeye Creek. Turn left (west) here and go 1.3 miles, passing through a U.S. Forest Service campground, to a parking lot on the left (south) just before the end of the road.