[pct-l] Permit

[Ate Tuna]

That would be a good question for Carol Johnson or any other
employee/volunteer ranger for the Cleveland NF.  She's the one that issued
this permit when I said I'd be camping in the Cleveland NF for the next two
weeks outside of the established campgrounds.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>wrote:

> What  is a "standard visitor permit?" I've never heard of one nor seen
> one. Is it a wilderness permit? Cleveland can issue you one good for
> the whole trail from Mexico to the California border.
>
> On USFS and BLM land south of San Jac I am pretty sure you only need
> permits for actually camping in Hauser Wilderness, which no one in
> their right mind would do on side of the hill where the PCT passes
> through it
> .
> You do need a "fire permit" for operating a stove. I have never heard
> of a "dispersed camping permit."
>
> http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/cleveland/passes/
>
> There are some high use areas near Mt Laguna that are closed to
> dispersed camping
>
> As stated, you do need a permit simply to be in the wilderness for San Jac.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Standard visitors permit.  Location of entry point, exit point,
> itinerary,
> > etc.  I'm looking at mine right now.  It also has a big stamp that says
> NO
> > FIRES. Would I get one?  Probably not.  When I've asked the rangers, they
> > said you can't get a permit in advance, can't self register on the spot,
> so
> > you must go to one of their offices during their limited business hours.
> >  It's extremely unlikely that you'll see a ranger on the trail.  Other
> than
> > the visitors center on Mount Laguna, I've only seen rangers at Boulder
> Oaks
> > and they didn't ask about a permit.  The Cleveland NF permit is similar,
> but
> > not exactly the same as the ones you'd get for the San Jacinto area.
>  While
> > I've heard there may be occasional restrictions on the number of permits
> > issued for the San Jacinto area, there is no restriction for the
> Cleveland
> > NF.  The permit for the Cleveland NF seems to be nothing more than a way
> to
> > have an itinerary in case search and rescue has to go looking for you.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > You're supposed to have a permit for the Cleveland National Forest.  I
> >> > don't
> >> > know about the others.
> >>
> >> A permit for what? There are no permit requirements that I know
> >> of..... but I could be wrong.
> >
> >
>