[pct-l] Horseshoe Meadow Trailhead Hitch to Lone Pine

[chiefcowboy at verizon.net]

If doing the JMT SOBO you do NOT need a Whitney permit.  If you are entering 
via the Portal I believe you DO need one.

Also, in attempting to obtain a JMT permit, each trailhead is allocated a 
certain amount.  In 2005, Happy Isle was allotted ten, six of which were 
reserved and the other four were kept for walk-ins.  I "camped" out on their 
porch from 3 AM and observed no fewer than TEN hikers obtain permits.  Not 
sure what happened, but all of us went away happy.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dan C. aka Thumper
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 3:55 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net ; Dan C. aka Thumper
Subject: [pct-l] Horseshoe Meadow Trailhead Hitch to Lone Pine

Aaron,

To SOBO or NOBO the JMT you need a permit.  And that permit is usually 
issued from Yosemite NP or Inyo NF.  They are not per se part of the lottery 
and may issue so many advance and so many walk-up permits for each day.  I 
recommend you contact the USFS or US Park service that manages your starting 
point and find out the availability of permits for the many different trail 
heads the feed the JMT.  If you tell them your exit point is Whitney then 
your permit will be issued assuming one is available.  Does this many sense?

Thumper


Aaron wrote;
Hello List,

I'm planning a SOBO JMT hike this summer, with my get-back plan relying on
public transportation from Lone Pine.  Apparently I've missed the lottery
for Whitney Portal permits (oops...).  First, I was wondering if by chance
any of you knows of any way to get a Whitney Portal permit after the
lottery has closed (probably a lost cause at this point).  Second, I have
some questions about an alternate exit route:

I was thinking of exiting at Cottonwood Pass (750.2), Trail Pass (745.3),
or Mulkey Pass (744.5) to Horseshoe Meadow Trailhead/Campground and
hitching into Lone Pine, but I'm noticing that my 2012 edition of Yogi's
Guide warns that it is a "VERY hard hitch".  Has any of you successfully
hitched from here before, and if so, what was your experience?  I was
thinking that if I showed up at Horseshoe Meadow around midday on Sunday
that there would be a fair number of weekend campers driving back to Lone
Pine as I'm *pretty sure* that's the only road out of there...

Any thoughts?  Or alternate exit strategies?

Thanks,
Aaron
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