2022-10-19, 04:15 PM
First 8 miles of Cottonwood Canyon Road has always been the case as that's the stretch of trail from the Stovepipe Wells airstrip out to the large flat / parking area before you drop into the Cottonwood Canyon approach. Looking at the permit listing though, it appears you can ONLY use the permit requests via email for _backpacking_ Cottonwood Canyon ... if you want to car camp in Cottonwood/Marble, Hole in the Wall, or Echo Canyon, they are now "requiring" you to first check in at the ranger station the day of. That's a big change for sure.