I've seen a few posts on the board talk about the makeshift system in place for getting wilderness permits in Tuolumne. I'm planning on showing up without a backcountry permit reservation next weekend looking for a first come first serve permit for that same day, with no real plan to speak of, other than preferring to start in Tuolumne.
If the phones are still out or intermittent then, how does the permit system work? Can they give out day-of first come first serve permits for other areas of the park besides Tuolumne without access to their quota info? Are the quotas still in place and enforced without knowing if rangers in the Valley are giving out permits for Tuolumne and vice versa?
Is this a crazy question? Maybe the solution is simple and I'm not thinking it through.