Show Hard Backcountry Permit Got Tired
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Show HN: Get hard to get backcountry permit — I got tired of trying to go backpacking and losing out on permits either through lottery or someone effectively bid-sniping cancellations. So, I built a real-time alert system across every state and federal booking system in the US. This covers ~700 permitted trails and locations as well as campsites.<p>It's the first real end-to-end product I've ever built myself and I gotta say, it's a lot of fun. I had to build a ton of custom infra and adapters to connect to the various, disparate booking systems in order to find cancellation.<p>Definitely pushed my capabilities.<p>Hope this helps some of you finally land a trip you've been wanting to take.<p>Edit: I've created a forecast model for openings which has been quite accurate at a 7 and 14-day timespan. Next year I should be able to make this the backbone for predictive alerts. <a href="https://permitsnag.com/permit-forecasts" rel="nofollow">https://permitsnag.com/permit-forecasts</a>