If I get a first-come-first-served wilderness permit can I get a Half Dome permit?
I sent off an email using the NPS web site email form, and have already gotten a response that seems to imply the wilderness permit automatically enables you to do Half Dome.
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>If you get an appropriate wilderness permit (a Little Yosemite Valley permit would
>qualify), you won't need to do anything extra in order to hike to Half Dome.
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>Jeffrey
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>National Park Service
>Yosemite National Park
>http://www.nps.gov/yose/
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>----qumqats@XXXXXXXXXXXX wrote: -----
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>To: XXXXXXXXXXXXX@nps.gov
>From: qumqats@XXXXXXXXXXX
>Date: 01/29/2010 10:21PM
>Subject: From NPS.gov: Half Dome permit system
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>Email submitted from: qumqats@XXXXXXXXXXXXX at /yose/planyourvisit/hdfaq.htm
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>What is the intended system for Half Dome permit issuance for those backpackers
>who use the walk-in first-come-first-served wilderness permits issued at
>the wilderness permit office in the valley?
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>Is a walk-in wilderness permit issued for Little Yosemite Valley sufficient?
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