I apologize ahead of time for my confusion, but I have sort of lost my way in the information exchanged.

1. The North Fork used to have its own quota, apart from the general 150 Dayhikers limit, Yes?

2. The overnight permits for North Fork remain a smaller, separate, quota, yes?

3. Currently, the North Fork is now lumped in with the 150 Dayhike passes as combined with South Fork, yes?

4. Most --if not all-- of the technical routes to other local peaks originate out of the North Fork, thus, many folk do not ultimately remain in the area, but must access the North Fork to reach their destinations, no?

Again, I apologize if I am asking the obvious, but I sometimes have a hard time extrapolating the facts from the opinions in longer posts.


The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.