Thru hikers still get a discount of only $5 a night after paying $10 the first night and acquiring a free thru hiker pass.

Hope raising the fees keeps people at home rather than driving them into the woods. Spreading all that poop around only makes things worse. I didn't bother with a Pemi loop last year and might not again this year because there are just too many people using that area in recent years. I'll do my part by going somewhere else.