Hope you are all staying warm this winter.....
I am planning 5 days 4 nights August 10 - 14 ( flexible +/-1 day and reverse route)
carefully reading thru the old posts, I don't see much written about 5 or 6 hikers, I suppose thats because most campsites don't fit 3 tents and 6 hikers
what is the best chance of getting our route accepted. Here are my thoughts,
1) apply for 4 people on March 15th , get one of my route options that I asked for in April , and then (at 5AM ) go to walk up permits and ask for 2 more permits for that route ( is that totally risky?)
2) apply for 6 campers on march 15th and probably not get my preferred route and have nothing to go on when we do walk up at 5 AM
3) dis-invite 2 hikers because all of you agree that 6 hikers in one party isn't going to happen in this lottery system.
FYI here are my route options
CME - COS - MOL - FIF - GRN - LOOP
JOE - GUN - GUN - ELL - SPE - Lake
MANY - ELF - MOJ - STO - FIF - GRN - Swift
I would LOVE if anyone would help with these choices since you folks seem to know this stuff .... Any comments would be appreciated.
thanks for the very helpful Chat room..... lets all pray for a smooth March 15th lottery day.
your thoughts