[pct-l] JMT Permit Question

[kdpo at gottawalk.com (Ken Powers)]

In 1998 & 1999 the Yosemite Valley Wilderness Center reserved a percent of
the JMT permits for walk-ins. Not sure if this is still true, but you could
call them and find out. We got our permits by showing up the day before we
wanted to leave. And we love that backpackers campground. It is so much
quieter than the other options and a great price - free.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Peterson" <steve_peterson@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Richard" <calliger@infolane.com>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>; "Garret Christensen"
<garretchristensen@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] JMT Permit Question


> It's even easier (and less risky) than that (assuming you're planning to
be
> sobo): Go to www.yosemite.org/visitor/wild.html
>
> You can apply for a permit by phone or by email, up to 24 weeks in
advance,
> starting Jan 4, '05. You can give them several start dates; they send you
back
> confirmation (not the actual permit). When you get to Yosemite (preferably
the
> day before you start hiking), go to the Yosemite Valley Wilderness center
(next
> to the post office, in the valley) and pick up the permit (for the next
day).
> That allows you to camp (free) in the backpacker's camp that night. What's
more,
> you're very close to the start of the trail at Happy Isles so you can get
an
> early start the next morning.
>
> The permit is good for the entire trail, even though you are going through
> multiple wildernesses/National Parks. It includes permission to climb
Whitney.
> It's basically a one-stop shop
>
> Oh, yes, I did my request exactly 24 weeks to the day before I wanted to
hike. I
> recommend doing that since the quotas are by trailhead (Happy Isles) not
where
> you're actually going--and Happy Isles is a popular trailhead and August
is a
> popular time of year.
>
>
> Richard wrote:
> > It took me about 5 minutes to get a full JMT permit
> > inlcluding (FREE!!) Whitney stamp. I went to the
> > Yosemitie ranger station in Tuloumne meadows (they seem
> > a lot more mellow out there???); stood in line longer
> > than it took to write the permit which included all the
> > forests your mentioned by default. You just had to
> > specifiy some bivy sites approximately and swear you
> > will take a bear canister and abide by the other rules
> > which was a 2 minute lecture. (Oh! This was last year)
> >
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > t 10:27 AM 10/30/2004 -0700, Garret Christensen wrote:
> >
> >>It was pretty dang easy to get my PCT permit this
> >>year, but I'm thinking about a JMT thru-hike next
> >>August.  I found info on applying for a Whitney Zone
> >>permit pretty easily on the web, but how does one get
> >>a permit for the entire JMT?  Do you have to get
> >>seperate deals for Inyo, Kings Canyon, Ansel Adams,
> >>John Muir, Yosemite NF/Wilderness/NP?
> >>
> >>thanks,
> >>the Onion
> >>
> >>
> >>
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