[pct-l] JMT Permit Question

[pbaily at webuniverse.net (Philip Baily)]

Trailhead quotas are for the number of people entering at that point,
regardless of where they are going. There is a fee for reservations in
advance.
				Phil



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>Is there a charge for that? Going in person is free permit and there
>is essentially no quota to worry about as not that many go the
>entire JMT on anuy given day therefore the advance is not really
>necessary if it costs a fee/
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>RAt 09:58 AM 10/30/2004 -0700, Steve Peterson wrote:
>>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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