[pct-l] Whitney Portal Question

[Donna "L-Rod" Saufley]

If you're starting out of the Whitney Portal, you have to have a permit.  The permit is required for hiking the Portal Trail -- not to summit Whitney.  It is one of the most-used trails in the US, and is controlled through the permit process described at the website below.  

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/wild/mtwhitney.shtml

You may be able to pick up an unclaimed permit at the USFS office in Lone Pine. If you are trying to get a permit in advance, however, it's done by lottery, and applications have to be submitted in February each year.  

I have seen a ranger checking for permits and bear cans on the trail, and turning people around that didn't have both.  

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
>From: Sam Harbuck <samwise3929 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Aug 13, 2007 2:54 PM
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] Whitney Portal Question
>
>Hi,
>   
>  I had a permit question. I've gotten some different information from websites and books, and was wondering if anyone here could answer it for me.
>   
>  I'm planning on starting my hike at Whitney Portal, and heading north on the JMT, then continuing on the PCT. Is the PCT Thru-Permit all I need to get me through the Whitney Portal area? I'm NOT climbing Mt Whitney.
>   
>  Thanks, 
>   
>  Sam
>
>       
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