Built on the river.

I spent three years applying for a Middle Fork of the Salmon permit and never drew one. Not once. I watched friends win the lottery and come back with stories about hot springs, starry camps, and hundred-mile wilderness they had all to themselves. I just kept losing.

Then someone told me about cancellations. Turns out, people give back permits all the time. Plans change, groups fall apart, dates don't work out. Those permits go back into the system and anyone can grab them. The problem is you have to be checking at the exact right moment.

So I started checking. Obsessively. Multiple times a day, refreshing recreation.gov like it owed me money. I eventually got a permit that way, but the process was brutal. I figured there had to be a better way.

Permit Hawk 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 dreaming about.

We currently monitor 14 of the most sought-after permitted rivers in the West. Every one of them is a trip worth taking. We scan for cancellations daily, cross-reference USGS flow data so you know what you're getting into, 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.