This started because I couldn't get a permit.
Years of permit parties. No permits. I'd watch friends land Middle Fork launches and Yampa trips while my crew kept coming up empty. So I started obsessively checking recreation.gov for cancellations. Refreshing the same page over and over, hoping to catch something before it disappeared.
It worked eventually. But it was a terrible way to spend my time.
I built Permit Hawk to help people get on the best rivers in the country without losing their mind refreshing a government website.
It monitors the rivers you care about and sends you an alert the moment a cancellation appears. No more obsessive checking. No more missed windows. Just a notification when a spot opens up on the river you've been planning around.
We currently watch 14 of the most sought-after permitted rivers in the West. Every one of them is a trip worth taking. We scan for cancellations around the clock and send alerts fast enough that you can actually grab the permit before it's gone.
This isn't a big company. It's a side project built by someone who loves these rivers and got tired of the current system. If it helps you get on the water, that's the whole point.