This just in:
B/c of under-use, we’ll be releasing about 50 Half Dome permits daily at 7 am PDT for use the following day.
http://twitter.com/YosemiteNPS/status/91665387866955776
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Half Dome Permits
Permits to hike to the top of Half Dome are now required seven days per week when the cables are up. This is an interim measure to increase safety along the cables while the park develops a long-term plan to manage use on the Half Dome Trail.
A maximum of 400 permits will be issued each of these days (300 of these permits are available to day hikers). (Before the permit system was implemented in 2010, about 400 people used this trail on weekdays, while about 800 people used this trail on weekends and holidays, on average.)
Updated July 14, 2011
Initial hiker counts for this season indicate that there are numerous no shows among Half Dome permit holders. In an effort to make up for these no shows, the National Park Service (NPS) will manually release additional Half Dome permits each day, at 7 am PDT on the day before the permit date. For instance, at 7 am on Friday, additional permits will become available online (recommended) and through the call center at Recreation.gov for use on Saturday. This will continue throughout the summer until further notice.
NPS will initially release an additional 50 Half Dome permits each day and then adjust these numbers, either up or down, throughout the season based upon ongoing hiker counts.These additional permits will have $1.50 processing fee and be limited to purchases of four at a time. Unlike the earlier Half Dome permits, these are non transferable. To counter the illegal resale of Half Dome permits, the group leader, whose name is recorded at the time of transaction, must accompany his or her group on their Half Dome hike. Once the permit transaction is completed, the group leader’s name cannot be changed.
The day-before-release method was chosen to counter both illegal resale of permits and speculative buying by the general public. While purchasing a permit the day before does not allow as much advance notice as many people may wish, it should put permits in the hands of hikers who will use them.
While permits are not available in the park or on a first-come, first-served basis, canceled permits may be available until midnight the evening before the hiking day through Recreation.gov. If you have a permit that you won't use, please cancel it so others may use it. (You may cancel your permit as late as midnight the evening before the hiking day.)
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hotrod4x5
You have to print them? Oh jeez, how is this gonna work?
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I wonder for those with smart phones, while I'm taking a paper copy, do you think the rangers will accept a pdf shown on your phone? It's the electronic equivalent of a print out.
Just pondering, since they (Reservations) can email a confirmation letter....
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Two guys were selling Half Dome permits today outside the Mobil Gas Station on 395 in Lee Vining. This is where the Whoa Nellie cafe is located. I couldn't believe it! They just were standing there brazenly asking $50 for one permit. I didn't see anyone stopping to buy them.
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