For example, Shepherd (or the other bad boys) requires a 5am start if you want to do it in one day. Screwing around with a face-face permit - even first in line - means leaving too late (ie 9am - ask me how I know). Under the new system, you could hike up to around 8k (ie where it's cool enough to sleep) by 8-9pm. The next morning you could then skedaddle clear over the pass before 9am, in essence gaining an entire day.
Are you suggesting that under the new system they would allow box pickup after 5pm for permits for
that day? That doesn't seem right.
Or are you just saying you could drive up that day (arriving before close) because you would have the
guarantee of the same-day walk-in, rather than the gamble that it's always been until now?
