2020-12-06, 02:52 PM
This is how it went down in the spring. All the campgrounds got closed and a lot of people headed out to dispersed camping (e.g. we saw many parties between SPW and the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon). The next day all the lodging closed. They also at that time closed the VC and all the toilets. It wasn't for a few weeks later that the park officially closed for access beyond driving 190.
At least some of what transpired appeared to be pressure from Inyo County, rather than a system-wide NPS directive. Various parks near populated areas closed at various times over the next few weeks.
>This whole thing has gotten way beyond absurd!
Indeed. 280K dead in a country with our resources is nothing short of absurd. And tragic. It didn't have to be this way
At least some of what transpired appeared to be pressure from Inyo County, rather than a system-wide NPS directive. Various parks near populated areas closed at various times over the next few weeks.
>This whole thing has gotten way beyond absurd!
Indeed. 280K dead in a country with our resources is nothing short of absurd. And tragic. It didn't have to be this way