Today I spoke to the Inyo National Forest staff to pick up the
unused permit numbers for May.
They are working on creating an electronic lottery, complete with on-line sign-ups and then even on-line access to pick up open slots after the lottery is over. Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the system, including interleaving the system with all the other trails managed by the system, we will not have a working system in 2011. So I am hoping for 2012.
And also, there may be the possibility of setting up a web cam in Bishop!
