[pct-l] JMT Permit Question

[steve_peterson at sbcglobal.net (Steve Peterson)]

Reserving (via Yosemite) will cost you five bucks. Your statement that there is 
no quota to worry about because few people hike the entire JMT is incorrect in 
that quotas are not based on where you're going but where you're starting 
from--in other words, you're competing with all the folks who just intend to 
hike to Sunrise or Tuolumne Meadows (and that's a lot of people).  Even after 
labor day this year, it was very difficult to get a permit. They do reserve some 
(half?) each day for people who show up on the day without reservations, but I 
don't know how many that is, and I wasn't willing to risk it.

Richard wrote:
> Is there a charge for that? Going in person is free permit and there
> is essentially no quota to worry about as not that many go the
> entire JMT on anuy given day therefore the advance is not really
> necessary if it costs a fee/
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> RAt 09:58 AM 10/30/2004 -0700, Steve Peterson wrote:
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>>It's even easier (and less risky) than that (assuming you're planning to be 
>>sobo): Go to www.yosemite.org/visitor/wild.html
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>>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
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> (next 
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>>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
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> more, 
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>>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 
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>>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:
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>>>
>>>>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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