January 31 marked the sixth annual free-for-all to secure a BWCA permit.

It’s a first-come-first-served system where all permits from May 1 to September 30 become available at once, leading to an online scramble of thousands rushing to book their trips simultaneously.

It’s a system that has many campers frustrated, and a handful of wilderness area outfitters calling for change.

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