[pct-l] Mt. Whitney Permits

[Dan C. aka Thumper]

Cowboy Chief,

Actually, to exit from the PCT/JMT via the Whitney Zone (Portal) you do in fact need a permit.  They are commonly refered to as an 'Exit Permit' and are under quota.  If you are exiting with only a thru-hiking permit without the Whitney endorsement I suggest an alternate route because if you are asked by a ranger for your permit and things are not in order there maybe a cite issued.  It's not hard or expensive to request the endorsement when requesting your thru-hikeing permit from the PCTA if you remotely think you may use it.

Again, you do not need the endorsement if you do not exit and/or return via the Whitney Zone which is the east side of the junction.

Thumper

----Ron chiefcowboy at verizon.net wrote: 

Not accurate.  You do need a permit to hike from the portal but not to hike out to the trailhead.
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---- "Dan C. aka Thumper" <dofdear at cox.net> wrote: 
> As I understand it, if your thru-hiking permit has the Whitney endorsement you may exit via the Whitney Zone, read that as via the Portal, and then reenter within, I believe it is within 24 hours back through the Whiney Zone to the JMT/PCT.  You do not need to be exact with your dates as the PCT Whitney endorsements are not under quota control.  And that is the whole purpose of the endorsement so you may legally exit and return.  
> 
> As Yogi already pointed out, if you approach from the west and return without exiting then you do not require a permit or an endorsement on your thru-hiking permit.
> 
> That's my understanding anyway.
> 
> Thumper aka dofdear