Re: Upper Merced Canyon
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 1:50 pm
Didn't I read someplace that Glacier Point permits and some others were no longer eligible for Donohue Pass permits and thus cancelling them out for the JMT crowd?
From the YOSE website:
Which trailheads does this quota apply to? Will permits be available on a first-come, first-served basis?
In order to receive a permit with Donohue Pass as your exit point from Yosemite, you must start at Lyell Canyon, Happy Isles to Little Yosemite Valley, Happy Isles pass-through, Glacier Point to Little Yosemite Valley, or Sunrise Lakes. Other entrance trailheads will not be approved.
Lyell Canyon trailhead: Permits for 25 people, with 60% (15) available by reservation and 40% (10) available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Happy Isles to Little Yosemite Valley, Happy Isles pass-through, Glacier Point to Little Yosemite Valley, and Sunrise Lakes trailheads: Permits for 20 people, all of which are available by reservation only. Late cancellations may be available on a first-come, first-served basis, although we don't expect any to be available most days. Your best chance for first-come, first-served permits is at the Tuolumne Meadows Wilderness Center (for Lyell Canyon trailhead).
And it appears to me that there is only one LYV pass-through permit. On their site they call it a Sunrise/Merced Lake pass-through.