[pct-l] Permit

[Brick Robbins]

What  is a "standard visitor permit?" I've never heard of one nor seen
one. Is it a wilderness permit? Cleveland can issue you one good for
the whole trail from Mexico to the California border.

On USFS and BLM land south of San Jac I am pretty sure you only need
permits for actually camping in Hauser Wilderness, which no one in
their right mind would do on side of the hill where the PCT passes
through it
.
You do need a "fire permit" for operating a stove. I have never heard
of a "dispersed camping permit."

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/cleveland/passes/

There are some high use areas near Mt Laguna that are closed to
dispersed camping

As stated, you do need a permit simply to be in the wilderness for San Jac.



On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
> Standard visitors permit.  Location of entry point, exit point, itinerary,
> etc.  I'm looking at mine right now.  It also has a big stamp that says NO
> FIRES. Would I get one?  Probably not.  When I've asked the rangers, they
> said you can't get a permit in advance, can't self register on the spot, so
> you must go to one of their offices during their limited business hours.
>  It's extremely unlikely that you'll see a ranger on the trail.  Other than
> the visitors center on Mount Laguna, I've only seen rangers at Boulder Oaks
> and they didn't ask about a permit.  The Cleveland NF permit is similar, but
> not exactly the same as the ones you'd get for the San Jacinto area.  While
> I've heard there may be occasional restrictions on the number of permits
> issued for the San Jacinto area, there is no restriction for the Cleveland
> NF.  The permit for the Cleveland NF seems to be nothing more than a way to
> have an itinerary in case search and rescue has to go looking for you.
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > You're supposed to have a permit for the Cleveland National Forest.  I
>> > don't
>> > know about the others.
>>
>> A permit for what? There are no permit requirements that I know
>> of..... but I could be wrong.
>
>