...just paid for and printed my permit for the Smokies... easy to do, just estimate day to enter the Park and the permit allows for flexibility (38 days from time of application)
https://smokiespermits.nps.gov/permitappatth.cfm
...just paid for and printed my permit for the Smokies... easy to do, just estimate day to enter the Park and the permit allows for flexibility (38 days from time of application)
https://smokiespermits.nps.gov/permitappatth.cfm
"The mountains are calling and I must go" John Muir
Are you thru hiking o section I understand the permits are much different.
yes, thru hiking... and that is the criteria... on application you just have to give likely entry date... the key though is that the permit is good for 38 days from the time of application, so I bought it today and I have until April 3 to go through the Smokies... quite painless
"The mountains are calling and I must go" John Muir
"Hiking is as close to God as you can get without going to Church." - BobbyJo Sargent aka milkman Sometimes it's nice to take a long walk in THE FOG.
news reports this weekend indicate some pretty drastic budget cuts at National Park Service nationwide with the budget Sequester effective March 1st. They mention closing some campgrounds in the Smokies. I wonder how this will affect the new permitting system and its' enforcement. Fewer Park service employees will mean less enforcement of permits.
Leaving a week earlier, have to be at Neel Gap on the 15th... and will have until the end of March to get to Fontana Dam
"The mountains are calling and I must go" John Muir
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ing-sequester/
"...Five campgrounds and picnics area would close at the Great Smoky Mountains, affecting 54,000 visitors, and the Grand Tetons would close a visitor center, information station and preserve..."
"The mountains are calling and I must go" John Muir