I totally agree with you. It was really poorly dealt with. I can understand closing campsites and lakes, keeping the party and unconscious people out if they have concerns about fires. But closing backcountry permits makes no sense to me. Someone starts a fire at a campsite they can drive away, backcountry people can't escape the environment and for that reason and just the type of people who tend to go, they are especially careful. I think it was unjustified.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 9:24 AM ravi_jmt2013 <ravi@...> wrote:
¡°?I spoke to multiple people who saw rangers after the closure and were encouraged to finish their thru hikes. The website now confirms it. As long as you entered before the closure, happy trails my friends. ¡±
This was handled very poorly in terms of communication and substance. If my entry permit was prohibited, which it was, allowing people to transit through a place like Reds on the same day, which has an obvious and easy exit, seems totally unjust. Then again I admit to being biased and angry at the moment.?
