[pct-l] JMT Permit Question

[steve_peterson at sbcglobal.net (Steve Peterson)]

It's even easier (and less risky) than that (assuming you're planning to be 
sobo): Go to www.yosemite.org/visitor/wild.html

You can apply for a permit by phone or by email, up to 24 weeks in advance, 
starting Jan 4, '05. You can give them several start dates; they send you back 
confirmation (not the actual permit). When you get to Yosemite (preferably the 
day before you start hiking), go to the Yosemite Valley Wilderness center (next 
to the post office, in the valley) and pick up the permit (for the next day). 
That allows you to camp (free) in the backpacker's camp that night. What's more, 
you're very close to the start of the trail at Happy Isles so you can get an 
early start the next morning.

The permit is good for the entire trail, even though you are going through 
multiple wildernesses/National Parks. It includes permission to climb Whitney. 
It's basically a one-stop shop

Oh, yes, I did my request exactly 24 weeks to the day before I wanted to hike. I 
recommend doing that since the quotas are by trailhead (Happy Isles) not where 
you're actually going--and Happy Isles is a popular trailhead and August is a 
popular time of year.


Richard wrote:
> It took me about 5 minutes to get a full JMT permit 
> inlcluding (FREE!!) Whitney stamp. I went to the
> Yosemitie ranger station in Tuloumne meadows (they seem
> a lot more mellow out there???); stood in line longer
> than it took to write the permit which included all the
> forests your mentioned by default. You just had to
> specifiy some bivy sites approximately and swear you
> will take a bear canister and abide by the other rules
> which was a 2 minute lecture. (Oh! This was last year)
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
> t 10:27 AM 10/30/2004 -0700, Garret Christensen wrote:
> 
>>It was pretty dang easy to get my PCT permit this
>>year, but I'm thinking about a JMT thru-hike next
>>August.  I found info on applying for a Whitney Zone
>>permit pretty easily on the web, but how does one get
>>a permit for the entire JMT?  Do you have to get
>>seperate deals for Inyo, Kings Canyon, Ansel Adams,
>>John Muir, Yosemite NF/Wilderness/NP?
>>
>>thanks,
>>the Onion
>>
>>
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