Colorado wilderness backpacking
Stop refreshing
Recreation.gov.
Wild Chime watches wilderness backpacking permits for the exact trip you want — the route, your dates, your group size, and the permitted location for every night out. Choose alerts for the whole trip, or individual nights too.
Watch while you chill
Watch entire trips
Pick your trip. Set your alert. Get back to life. Wild Chime watches every required night, permitted place, and your group size—and lets you choose whole-trip alerts or individual-night alerts too.
How it works
Built for the trip you’ve been waiting for.
Select your exact trip
Pick a route from the catalog, then set your start date, group size, and overnight location for every ordered night. Alternates allowed where the land manager offers them.
Get alerted when there's an opening
We compare fresh published Recreation.gov availability on a shared monitoring schedule. Whole-trip alerts are recommended, or you can also ask for individual-night openings. Monitoring and delivery are best effort.
Book your trip
Follow the link straight to Recreation.gov and book it yourself. We never reserve, hold, or purchase a permit on your behalf.
The catalog
Reviewed wilderness trips, permit by permit.
- Four Pass Loop 3 nights from Maroon Lake, either direction · Maroon Bells–Snowmass Watchable now
- Pawnee–Buchanan Pass Loop 3 nights, clockwise from Long Lake · Indian Peaks Watchable now
- Conundrum Hot Springs 1 night, out-and-back to a designated site · Maroon Bells–Snowmass Watchable now
Every trip here has an unambiguous official overnight permit itinerary, read line by line against the land manager's rules, and can be watched today.
What an alert means
Complete & understandable.
You choose what qualifies. Use the recommended whole-trip rule, or add individual-night alerts and mark nights “Have it” as you book them.
Each selected alert carries the essentials. Destination, trip, dates, party context, and the direct Recreation.gov booking link.
Choose Email, Discord, verified Text Message alerts, or any combination.
It is a lead, not a reservation. Availability can change before you reach Recreation.gov.
We never book, hold, or pay. Wild Chime never touches your Recreation.gov account.
Who runs this
“It took me two years of refreshing recreation.gov to get a weekend reservation to do the Four Pass Loop. Wild Chime is the thing I wanted to exist instead.”
Wild Chime is a one-person service, run from Colorado. That means you get a direct answer when you write in, and it also means the honest promise is best effort rather than a service-level guarantee.
Every trip in the catalog is hand-picked — routes worth burning your vacation days on, chosen for the wonder of the place — which is why the catalog stays focused instead of sprawling.
Short answers
Frequently asked questions
Does Wild Chime book permits?
No. You complete the booking directly on Recreation.gov. Wild Chime never stores Recreation.gov credentials or payment details for a permit.
Why are whole-trip alerts recommended?
Because chasing nights one at a time can leave you holding a night you cannot use. Wild Chime can coordinate the whole route and tell you when every remaining required night fits together. If booking the trip piece by piece works for you, choose individual-night alerts too and mark each secured night “Have it” so we keep watching the rest.
How does monitoring work?
Checks run on a shared schedule against the published source. Rate limits, retries, outages, and circuit protection can delay or prevent a check, so monitoring is best effort rather than real time.
How many trips can I monitor?
One subscription supports up to 10 active watches. Pause or complete a watch to make room for another.
Is an opening guaranteed to remain available?
No. Recreation.gov availability can change at any time, including before you open the booking page.