What Goes Up Mt. Whitney Must Come Down

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What Goes Up Mt. Whitney Must Come Down Managing Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies in the National Parks, 2nd Edition

Mt. Whitney is the highest mountain in the “lower 48” at 14,505 feet Mt. Whitney Trail – 22 miles and over 6,000 feet of elevation gain Much of the trail is above tree line Hundreds of visitors daily before current management plan was implemented

Lies partially in Sequoia National Park and adjacent to Inyo National Forest Sequoia National Park (“land of the giants”) Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks (856,964 acres) Inyo National Forest (2 million acres; 9 wilderness areas)

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks http://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/whitney.htm

Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitor Center http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/inyo/recarea/?recid=20698

Large numbers of hikers on the trails and summit Use levels inappropriate for a wilderness setting Improper disposal of human waste

Impacts to resources: Soil and vegetation Impacts to resources: Soil and vegetation. Impacts to experience: Crowding Impacts to facilities/service: Trails and attraction sites

Management Strategies: Limit use and reduce the impact of recreation Management Practices: Zoning; rationing/ allocation; rules and regulations; information/ education; law enforcement

Zoning Mt. Whitney Zone Special management focus Cooperative effort between the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitor Center

Rationing and Allocation Lottery system for permits 60 overnight and 100 day-use permits per day between May 1 and November 1

Rules and Regulations Bear canisters No food in cars Visitors must pack out all solid human waste WAG bags (waste allocation and gelling)

Information / Education A program of information and education on the special character of Mt. Whitney and guidelines for use of this area “To preserve its wilderness character, all visitors must be committed to extremely high standards of conduct”

Law Enforcement Visitors who do not have permits may be fined Visitors do not follow the regulation rules may be fined

More Information Hiking Mount Whitney in a Day (3:19) Video Trip Report – Part 1 (8:12) Hiking the Mt. Whitney Trail Brochure Wag Bag Website http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLzUORzT6wc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awD-BLPFquA http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5333235.pdf http://www.cleanwaste.com/wag-bag