Not much changed the last several weeks , colder nights now and more days of wind than normal. Some talk of a system moving in off the coast so watch for more wind and we may have rain /snow later this week starting sometime Sunday on.

Lost keys or waiting for the group with the keys and rescues about normal if any thing more slips and falls , another 79 year old male finishing the JMT fell near Trailside Meadow hitting his head , many reporting seeing the blood on the rocks , a group hiking down helped the person down and he drove down, So to say that next was a rock fall in the area and many thought that injury area was from the rock fall.


Hikers exiting from the long trips reporting very cold nights in the range below 20 degrees.

Many day hikers not having enough layers are turning around , this is compounded by leaving the trailhead at 12-1 AM and entering the alpine zone before or at sunrise (once the sun hits the east facing slopes a mild current/breeze is common) add that to the 25-30 degrees so shorts light jacket not enough protection.

Expect any system from now on to have snow at the upper elevation.

Recall tows /auto problems will take hours or not till the next day. I think a first a person had her car side swiped in the overflow lot while she hiked the JMT. This isn't the worst vehicle story , a lady came into the store and wanted to call dispatch , someone just ran over her she was saving a parking spot another lady decided she was going to use that spot because she had a car the other lady was bipedal ! We called dispatch and reported the lady wanted to make a report...


Wasp active in the area, we added 2 screened tents to eat in , Dark shortly after 7 pm so we are closing at 7 PM and last food order is 5:30 PM Open is the same time 9 AM

Bears active in the Alabama hills , and could travel up so store your food and packs and clean out your car/vehicles .

Second time we have had someone walk up and urinate on the building during the day happened last week , We did get a nice note he explained he didn't know why he did it and was ashamed how he acted in the Portal and Town , the other person had just finished the Bad water race and said she couldn't make it to the bathroom that she had just passed at the finish line. So the 4 th edition will have the" Rest of the stories"

You know why we don't have a shower/ the naked person sitting on the front porch , the burner that flew up thinking it was short cut to the coast...