OK, that's definitely an option as well, and I think the decision has to be done at place according to the conditions. Maybe it will be a sunny week and I want to have an option

As far as I understood from web, winter starts officially in November, so October still require permits.
Now one thing I got lost in....
If I leave my car at Upper Pines Camp, enter lets say Happy Isles, hiking South Rim and exit Pohono, can I walk back along Valley to my car using roads? No problem with that?
In this case, I have to specify in permit form: enter Happy Isles, exit Pohono?
What is the name of that Trail, you said I can get down to valley from north rim? The old one? Can you please take a look at the form, so I can choose the right one.
http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org/site ... .30.15.pdfAnd last question so far: from the 3 options I might be granted with the permit for only one of them according to choice gradation or can maybe have permit for two or three, so can decide at place where to go?