[pct-l] Re: PCT-L digest, Vol 1 #747 - 26 msgs

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> Anyone know if we need permits for the section from Warner Springs to
> Cabazon?

This enters the San Jacinto Wilderness Area north of Highway 74. There are
actually two
wilderness areas - federal and state - but you only need a permit from the
one your enter first, which would be the federal. Get your permit from the
San Bernardino National Forest ranger station in Idyllwild. It will allow
hiking, but not camping, in the San Jacinto State Park Wilderness as well.
Since the state park only allows camping in designated camps, and you are in
the park only a few miles and don't pass any camps, that's not a problem.

The exception would be if you took an alternate loop route to climb San
Jacinto Peak and chose to camp at Little Round Valley before descending
Fuller Ridge. Then you would also need a state permit. The State Park ranger
station is almost across the street from the USFS one in Idyllwild.

>From http://www.pstramway.com/things/wilderness-permits.html :

United States Forest Service
San Jacinto Ranger District
P.O. Box 518
(54270 Pine Crest Avenue)
Idyllwild, CA 92549
(909) 659-2117

or

Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness
P.O. Box 308
(25905 Highway 243)
Idyllwild, CA 92549
(909) 659-2607

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