Seeking North Coyote Buttes permits

I'm wondering if anyone has two permits to hike North Coyote Buttes/Wave area for Oct. 2, 3 or 4, 2009 that they will not be using. We're willing to deal!!!

say what? permits to hike???? that seems a bit rediculous.

Yes, believe it or not many places have such a thing. Glacier National Park, for example, requires permits to hike in certain areas and they're only available at certain times of the year and in limited quantities.

The Marble Mountains and Trinity Alps wilderness areas in northern California have required backpacking permits for decades.

Even Mount Shasta. Until sometime in the 1990s, climbers didn't require permits, though registering with the Sheriff's Department was highly recommended (otherwise, if you got injured on the mountain no one would know you were even up there). Now, because of the crush of too many people stressing out the fragile ecosystem on the mountain, permits are required.

never heard of such a thing. guess i have been illegal on my hikes. i have hiked in the alps with no issues but i just looked up the web site and see where the permits are listed. seems odd to me but oh well.

http://www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/annual.shtml

might be a good thing.... i suppose it is no different than paying for a camp site

They permit it to limit the number of people who access the area to 30 a day.
Some say that the rationale is really just an excuse for a cash grab.

coyote seeker wrote:

They permit it to limit the number of people who access the area to 30 a day.
Some say that the rationale is really just an excuse for a cash grab.

Those people would be very dumb for thinking that.

If this were a cash grab, they'd let more people in. The park service could charge that same amount and let 300 people in each day. Obviously the limit on access is to protect the park.