On the topic of those trail wag bags, a few trips ago we got to talking about a solution to the trash up there (since I won the "privilege" of carrying more than my own down). An idea was for the Forest Service to issue, say 10 extra "conditional" permits a day for hikers who will bring down say an 8 or 10# bag of poo, trash, etc and turn it in at the portal to get a deposit back. The Rangers might be the ones to bag them up at the camp, but not the burden off getting them down. Imagine 80+ pounds carried down daily.
