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balzaccom wrote:Just curious. When you split up, who is going to end up with the permit? And who is going to be hiking without a permit?
Phil wrote:Oh yeah, that's a really good point, Balzaccom. Maybe run that by the rangers when you pick it up or call and ask ahead of time. It'll probably work out as a mere technicality, but a factor best considered and dealt with still.
I would think that you should keep it since a) you are the trip leader of record, b) because the odds of you being asked for it are higher with time and distance. We spent a few hours hiking and talking with a wilderness ranger a couple weeks ago, and word has it that there's going to be a really concerted enforcement effort focused on Cathedral Lakes this year for permit and fire violations.
Phil wrote:Hey Steve
So I guess this change in plans to go ahead and try to get everyone over to the CR/JMT junction sooner means that you managed to whip them into shape?
If I'm understanding you correctly, you now want to send them to Happy Isles and head the opposite direction from that point, correct? And then you're allowing just one more day's hiking, and the next morning to exit at Tuolumne?
If that's the case, it doesn't give you a whole lot of time to deviate from the JMT and explore elsewhere. I would plan to leave the CR/JMT junction and shoot for Upper Cathedral Lake on Day 6, then hike that last 3.6 miles down to Tuolumne on Day 7, getting there well before NLT 1200.
Staying on the JMT because of time restraints, from the standpoint of miles and adequate, yet picturesque camping, Upper Cathedral is also the best bet when all things and other options between the two points are weighed.
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