36 CFR PART 2 – RESOURCE PROTECTION, PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 2.1 – Preservation of natural, cultural, and archeological resources
Section 2.2 – Wildlife Protection
Section 2.3 – Fishing
Section 2.10 – Camping and Food Storage
Section 2.13 – Fires
Section 2.15 – Pets
Section 2.16 – Horses and Pack Animals
Section 2.17 – Aircraft and Delivery
Section 2.20 – Skating, Skateboards, and Similar Devices
Section 2.21 – Smoking
Section 2.22 – Property
Section 2.23 – Recreation Fees
Section 2.50 – Special Events
Section 2.51 – Demonstrations/ Section 2.52 – Sale or Distribution of Printed Matter
Section 2.62 – Memorialization
Section 2.1 – Preservation of natural, cultural, and archeological resources
(a)(4) Dead wood on the ground may be collected for use as fuel for campfires within the parks with a valid camping permit (front country or wilderness) or housing agreement in all areas except:34
Where campfires are prohibited,
Sequoia Groves listed in Table 5 (p. 65) in the Wilderness Stewardship Plan (WSP)
All other areas listed in Section 2.13
(c)(1), (c)(2) The following fruits, nuts, and berries may be gathered by hand for personal consumption, in accordance with the noted size, quantity, collection sites and/or use consumption:35
One (1) pint per person, per day, wherever found, for immediate consumption for:
Blackberries
Bilberries and Huckleberries (Genus Vaccinium)
Currants and Gooseberries (Genus Ribes)
Elderberries
Fungi, edibleǂ
Raspberries
Strawberries
Thimbleberries
Watercress (leaves only)ǂ
Wild Onions (tops only)ǂ
ǂMust be cut, not pulled
(c)(3)(ii) Dead and down wood may be collected and transported out of the park with a wood permit.
Section 2.2 – Wildlife Protection
(d) The transporting of lawfully taken wildlife through the park is only permitted under the following conditions and procedures:
The carcass must be tagged in accordance with state law; AND
Game must be kept out of sight as much as practicable; AND
Legally taken wildlife may only be transported in the following areas:
Grant Grove
Highway 180 through Grant Grove, and the Generals Highway to Highway 180 in Grant Grove, for hunters to leave the park by the most direct route without delay from adjacent National Forest lands, and for Hume Lake, Wilsonia and park residents to access their private residences.
Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove Road from the park boundary to private residences within the park (park residents only).
Lodgepole
Those portions of the Generals Highway and access roads from the park boundary to Wuksachi, Lodgepole or Giant Forest (park residents only).
Ash Mountain
Generals Highway from the Ash Mountain Entrance to private residences within the park (private landowners and park residents only).
Mineral King
Mineral King Road from the park boundary to private residences within the park in Mineral King and Silver City (cabin, owners, permittees and park residents only), or from Farewell Gap to the trailhead, and then to the park boundary or private residences within the park.
(e) All areas of the park are closed to the viewing of wildlife with the use of an artificial light.
Section 2.3(c) – Fishing
Definition:
Developed Area: area within one-quarter (1/4) mile of buildings, campgrounds, picnic areas, or parking lots that accommodate more than five (5) vehicles.36
The following Special Regulation applies in addition to Federal and State law
In waters below 9,000 feet elevation37 that are not located in a Developed Area:
Rainbow Trout, Sacramento Sucker, Kern Rainbow, Sculpin, and Roach Fish must be released.
Only barbless artificial flies or lures are authorized
The Soda Springs Creek Drainage is closed to fishing.38
Section 2.10 – Camping and Food Storage
(a) The superintendent may require permits, designate sites or areas, and establish conditions for camping:
Non-Wilderness Camping
Permits:
Expanded amenity fees, if applicable, shall be paid through Recreation.gov immediately upon campsite occupancy.
Permits cannot be transferred, sold, or purchased beyond initial issuance.
If your campsite remains vacant for 24 hours after your arrival date it will be cancelled and made available on recreation.gov. You will be charged for the first night's campsite fee and a $10 cancellation fee, all other fees after that will be refunded.
A campsite is considered occupied when it has been paid for and there is some evidence of occupancy (chairs, tent, camping equipment, etc.) in the site.
Campsites may not be sublet.
Designated Non-wilderness Campgrounds:
Ash Mountain: Potwisha,
Cedar Grove: Canyon View, Moraine, Sentinel, Sheep Creek Grant Grove: Azalea, Crystal Springs, Sunset
Lodgepole: Lodgepole, Wolverton (parties at Wolverton must have stock) Mineral King: Atwell Mill, Cold Springs
Designated but under temporary closure: Buckeye Flat, South Fork, Dorst. No camping is permitted.
Conditions:
Camping in designated campgrounds is limited to 30 days total during the calendar year, with no more than 14 days falling between the night of June 14th and the night of September 14th.
No more than six individuals are permitted to sleep in a single (non-group) site.
No more than one vehicle is permitted to park at any site in Buckeye Campground
No more than two vehicles are permitted to park at any non-group site. Not all sites will accommodate more than one vehicle.
Vehicles must be in the designated parking area and may not obstruct traffic.
Group sites (mid-size and large) are designated on campground maps in Canyon View, Crystal Springs, and Dorst Campgrounds.
Check-out time is 12:00 pm (noon).
Campgrounds that have a closed gate and/or are posted as “Closed” are closed to overnight camping.
Wilderness Camping39
Permits:
All persons entering areas managed as wilderness and remaining overnight (on foot or with stock) must obtain and possess a valid Wilderness Use Permit issued by one of the following:
The National Park Service
The United States Forest Service
The Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) - This permit is valid for those traveling more than 500 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Permit holders may conduct day trips off the PCT, but may not camp more than ½ mile from the PCT without a permit issued from one of the government entities above.
Permits for overnight use are only valid for entry to the wilderness at a specified location, date, and party size.
Permits issued by the PCTA are only valid for continuous travel in the direction indicated on the permit. PCTA permits are valid only within 35 days of arrival at Kennedy Meadows South at PCT mile 702 (northbound direction of travel) or Sonora Pass at PCT mile
1017 (southbound direction of travel).
Exiting from wilderness in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and remaining outside of wilderness overnight shall invalidate a SEKI Wilderness Use Permit.
A permit issued by the NPS shall serve as a campfire permit. All others must obtain a Campfire Permit. Terms and conditions of the campfire permits are listed in Section 2.13 (below).
The SEKI Minimum Impact Restrictions constitute additional terms and conditions of the permit; violation of any term or condition is prohibited. (See Attachment 2: SEKI Minimum Impact Restrictions).
The Annual Stock Use and Grazing Restrictions (See Attachments 3 and 4: Sequoia/Kings Canyon Stock Use and Grazing Restrictions) and the Recommendations for Temporary Stock Use Restrictions (see Attachment 5) constitute additional terms and conditions of the permit for groups with stock; violation of any term or condition is prohibited.
Designated Wilderness Campsites and Camping Area Restrictions40:
Camping is prohibited within 1 mile of any road or developed area.
Camping is prohibited between the trailhead and the “First Allowable camp” listed in the WSP except when those areas are completely snow covered.41
Camping on vegetation is prohibited.
Camping or staying overnight in the John Muir Memorial Shelter near Muir Pass and in the Mount Whitney Shelter on the summit of Mount Whitney is prohibited.
Camping is prohibited between the Crabtree Ranger Station and the summit of Mount Whitney for hikers traveling on PCTA issued permits.
Specific areas closed to camping are:
Bullfrog Lake - within ¼ mile of the lake;
Lakes Trail area – at Heather Lake and in the Marble Fork drainage below Emerald and Pear lakes;
Eagle Lake - no camping between the trail and Eagle Lake;
Mosquito Lake - no camping within ¼ mile of Mosquito Lake #1;
Hockett Meadow - no camping between the trail and Whitman Creek; and
Timberline Lake – within ¼ mile of the lake;
Columbine Lake – within ¼ mile of the lake;
The following sequoia groves: Atwell, Big Stump, Clough Cave, Coffeepot, Dillonwood, Forgotten, Giant Forest, Grant, Lost, Muir, Sequoia Creek, and Suwanee;
Buena Vista, Big Baldy, Little Baldy, Tokopah Falls Valley, Giant Forest and Crystal Cave areas, and Marble Falls.42
Specific areas where camping is only allowed in designated sites/campgrounds:
In designated sites in Lower Paradise Valley
In designated sites at Emerald Lake and Pear Lake
In the designated campground at Bearpaw Meadow
Length of Stay/Night Limits
Camping is limited to stays of 14 consecutive nights within ¼ mile radius at a single location, 25 total nights per trip, and 75 total nights in SEKI wilderness per year, except:
3 night limit: Emerald and Pear Lakes (combined); and Lower and Upper Soldier Lakes (combined).
2 Night Limit: Charlotte Lake; Colony Mill Road Trail; Crabtree/Whitney Creek area; Don Cecil Trail; Dusy Basin (basin-wide); Guitar Lake/Mt. Whitney area; JMT from Woods Creek Crossing to Vidette Meadow (any one location, excluding Rae Lakes Basin, see below); Kearsarge Lakes Basin (basin-wide); North Dome; Paradise Valley (valley-wide);and Redwood Canyon (area-wide):
1 Night Limit: Hamilton Lake (basin-wide); and Rae Lakes Basin from Dollar Lake to Glen Pass (per-lake)
Party Size Limits43
Parties with separate wilderness permits, but sharing the same affiliation (school, church, club, scout group, family, friends, etc. or any combination thereof) may not travel or camp within one half (0.5) mile of each other if the total number of people exceeds fifteen.44
Non-stock parties:
On-trail day use – 25 people
On-trail overnight use – 15 people
Off trail in excess of ½ mile from a maintained trail – 12 people
Area specific restrictions
10 people – Redwood Canyon
8 people – Colony Mill Road Trail; Don Cecil Trail; Dusy Basin; Darwin Canyon / Lamarck Col Mount Whitney Management Area / Mount Langley; (Sixty Lake Basin; and Sphinx Lakes. Area specific limits apply to all class 1 trails in areas listed.
Stock Parties
The maximum number of stock allowed per camping party in SEKI wilderness areas is twenty (20). Some areas have more restrictive limits (See Attachments 3, 4, and 5).
Day Rides – 20 People, 20 Stock, 40 Combined total
On-trail overnight, spot and dunnage trips – 15 people, 20 Stock, 28 Combined total
Off-trail – 12 People, 12 Stock, 14 Combined
Area specific restrictions:
Redwood Canyon (10 People, 10 Stock)
Upper Goddard Canyon/Martha Lake (12 People, 12 Stock, 14 Combined)
Day Rides Only – 8 Combined, on-trail only:
Sixty Lakes Basin – Trail is closed to stock 1.8 miles from JMT Junction
Miter Basin above Penned Up Meadow – on the Class 1 trail.
(b)(3) Camping within 25 feet of a fire hydrant or main road, or within 100 feet of a flowing stream, river or body of water is only authorized in the following designated areas:
Previously well-established campsites that are more than 25 feet from the water.
(d) Conditions for the storage of food are in effect, as noted, for the following areas:
For the purpose of the following food storage restrictions, “food items” shall be defined as food (human, pet and stock), food-tainted dishes, garbage, and recyclables (empty cans and bottles, food wrappers, etc.), toiletries such as soap, toothpaste, and cosmetics, and any creams, ointments, or lotions. Food containers, such as ice chests and coolers shall also be considered “food items”, unless they are completely empty and free of food particles. Dirty, non-disposable tableware and cookware must be washed or stored as a food item.
Failure to store food by one of the following acceptable methods is prohibited.
Non-Wilderness Areas:
All food items must be stored in food storage lockers except:
When food is being used, prepared or consumed,
In residences and lodging, food items must be stored inside and not be visible from the exterior.
In hard-sided motor homes or travel trailers that contain built-in refrigerators, food items must be stored inside and not be visible from the exterior. Vehicle doors and windows must be closed and shades must be drawn when the vehicle is not occupied.
Food items may not be stored in soft-topped vehicles.
In areas where food storage lockers are not provided, food items must be stored inside a vehicle trunk or, if the vehicle has no trunk, must be placed as low in the vehicle as possible and not be visible from the exterior. Vehicle doors and windows must be closed.
Wilderness Areas:
Food items must be stored in one of the following ways when not being prepared or consumed:
In a portable food storage container (pannier, steel drum with a locking metal lid, or a portable container) that is allowed by SEKI for use in the Parks (Attachment 6: SEKI Allowed Food Storage Containers for Use).45 All other container models and sizes not specifically listed are prohibited as the sole method of food storage, including those by the same manufacturers and with the same construction.
In a designated food storage locker.
Suspended from a branch with the food remaining at least twelve (12) feet above the ground, five (5) feet below the branch, and ten (10) feet horizontally from the tree trunk, or other vertical support, using the SEKI counterbalance technique. In locations without access to a food storage locker or trees adequate to hang food within these parameters, an allowed portable food storage container is required.
Specified Restricted Wilderness Areas (Attachment 7 – Container Requirement Areas):
The following areas are defined as the Specified Restricted Wilderness Area:
Within the wilderness area bordered by the following landmarks: Sawmill Pass and the Woods Creek drainage on the north, Forester Pass and the Kings/Kern Divide on the south, the Sierra Crest on the east, and Cedar Grove, South Fork of the Kings River, and Sphinx Crest on the west. (All trail corridors and cross-country routes within the area are included in this restriction.)
Within the Dusy Basin wilderness areas including all camp areas from Bishop Pass to the junction with the John Muir Trail in LeConte Canyon and all cross-country areas in Dusy Basin and Palisades Basin.
Within the Rock Creek wilderness areas of Sequoia National Park including all camp areas in the Rock Creek drainage, including Miter Basin, Soldier Lake, Siberian Outpost and Rock Creek proper. Specifically, the area is defined as areas (including cross country routes) in the Rock Creek drainage west of Cottonwood and New Army Passes, south of Crabtree Pass, south of Guyot Pass, and north- northwest of the Sequoia National Park boundary and Siberian Pass.
Climbing routes on North Dome.
Within the Emerald and Pear Lake Basins, encompassing the legal campsites for those lakes.
The following food storage regulations apply in the Specific Restricted Wilderness Area:
From May 1 through October 31, all parties must have SEKI allowed food storage containers with the capacity to store all food items.46 All food items must be stored in these containers when food is not being used, prepared or consumed.
Stock parties must have SEKI allowed panniers and/or steel drums with locking lids.
Section 2.13 – Fires
(a)(1) The lighting or maintaining of fires is prohibited, except in designated areas under established conditions:47
Definitions:
Campfires: Open fires (on the ground or in a container including burn barrels, enclosed fireplace stands, and charcoal grills) using natural or native fuels or charcoal.
Gas Fires: Fires with a contained fuel source including propane, butane, kerosene, natural gas, white gas, chafing fuel, etc. that use no other solid fuels (wood, charcoal, paper, cardboard, etc.) to remain ignited.
Designated Areas and Conditions:
Campfires:
Developed front country campgrounds with a valid camping permit.
Picnic areas shown on the park map within the established or visitor provided cooking receptacles with a valid park entrance permit.
Park residential areas including inholdings with a valid housing agreement, travel authorization, special use permit, or property deed.
Various locations designated by special permit that may be issued by the Superintendent to private property owners or contractors for the purpose of burning slash or debris piles.
Wilderness areas with a valid Wilderness Use Permit, except in the following areas48:
Kings Canyon National Park:
Above 10,000 feet elevation
Granite Basin
Redwood Canyon
Kaweah River Drainage:
Above 9,000 feet elevation
Hamilton Lakes Basin
Mineral King Valley above the Mineral King Ranger Station
Pinto Lake.
Kern River drainage:
Above 10,000 feet elevation
Tule River Drainage
Above 9,000 feet elevation
Summit Lake Basin
Only dead and down wood may be used for campfires. Chopping or removing wood from live or standing trees or other vegetation is prohibited. Campfires must be attended at all times.
Fires are prohibited in Sequoia Groves, except Cahoon Creek, Castle Creek, Cedar Flat, Dennison, Devils Canyon, Douglass, East Fork, Eden Creek, Garfield, Granite Creek, Horse Creek, Little Redwood Meadow, Oriole Lake Grove, Redwood Meadow, South Fork, and Squirrel Creek.
Gas Fires:
Developed front country campgrounds with a valid camping permit
Established picnic areas, and within 20 feet of picnic tables not located in established picnic areas with a valid park entrance permit.
Park residential areas including inholdings with a valid housing agreement, travel authorization, special use permit, or property deed.
Wilderness areas with a valid Wilderness Use Permit.
Other Conditions:
At the discretion of the Superintendent, fires may be prohibited during some periods and/or at specified locations when poor air quality conditions exist.
(c) During periods of high fire danger, the superintendent may close all or a portion of a park area to the lighting or maintaining of a fire.49
Further restrictions will be posted and published upon the superintendent’s approval of heightened Fire Restrictions. (See Attachment 8). These restrictions will replace the “Designated Areas and Conditions” section of 2.13(a)(1) listed above.
Section 2.15 – Pets
(a)(1) Possessing a pet is prohibited except within 100 feet of the edge of established roads or parking areas open to the public, and within established campgrounds and picnic areas. Pets are prohibited on established trails.
(a)(3) Park residents may leave their pets unattended and tied within the boundaries of their yards.
(a)(5) Pet feces must be properly disposed of by the person responsible for the pet.
(e) Park residents (NPS employees, concession employees and contractors) may keep pets in accordance with the current Management Directive No. 46 - Pet Policy (see Attachment 9: Management Directive No. 46 – Pet Policy).
Section 2.16 – Horses and Pack Animals50
Animals designated as Pack Animals by the Superintendent under 36 CFR 1.4 include only burros, mules, donkeys, and llamas.
(b) The use of horses or pack animals is allowed on the following trails, routes or areas:
Routes and areas designated for the use of horses and pack animals are all areas except designated campgrounds, picnic areas, amphitheaters, paved roads and paved trails and such closures as identified in the annual Stock Use and Grazing Restrictions handouts.
Stock Access and Travel (including grazing conditions) in wilderness is quantified in the WSP, Alternative 2, Element 8, pages 71-75. In those areas where overnight stock use is allowed, stock may travel up to ½ mile from trails to access campsites. In areas only open to day-use, stock may travel up to 100 yards from trails.
The Sixty Lake Basin Trail is closed to stock beyond a point 1.8 miles from the junction of the JMT and the Sixty Lake Basin Trail.
(d) Free-trailing or loose-herding is allowed only as necessary for crossing steep rock passes or where exposure is great and there is danger of animals falling off the trail.
(g) Other conditions concerning the use of horses and pack animals:
Grazing is permitted in accordance with the terms and conditions of a stock use wilderness permit.
Specific meadow grazing dates may change due to actual field conditions. It is the responsibility of the user to check on meadow status with the Wilderness Office before beginning a trip.
Meadows may be further restricted and/or closed to grazing based on conditions – see WSP, Alternative 2, Element 8, and Appendix D.
The maximum number of stock allowed per party is twenty (20) – see Party Size Limits under Section 2.10 above. Some areas have lower limits pursuant to the WSP, and as identified in the annual SEKI Stock Use and Grazing Restrictions and in the Stock User’s Guide (See Attachments 3 and 4).
Annual closures are described in the memorandum “Recommendations for temporary stock use restrictions” (see Attachment 5). Once approved by the superintendent, those recommendations become terms and conditions of the permit.
When confinement of stock is necessary, use existing hitch rails or a picket line between two trees or rocks on a flat, hard, non-vegetated site at least 100 feet away from the trail, water, and camp.
All manure shall be removed and scattered from within 100 feet of campsites.
Dead stock must be moved at least 300 feet from trails, designated campsites, water and water sources within 72 hours. A park employee must be notified of the location of the animal within 72 hours of death.
California or Nevada certified weed-free forage (baled or loose hay, hay cubes, or straw bedding) is required when using hay products as supplemental or substitute forage or bedding in frontcountry zones. Feed carried into wilderness must be commercially processed pellets, rolled grains, or fermented hay (e.g., Chaffhaye™). Baled or loose hay and compressed hay cubes are prohibited in wilderness.
The areas between the park boundary near the Kern Ranger Station and Laurel Creek are closed to public grazing.
Grazing of meadows between Laurel Creek and the Kern-Kaweah River is limited to parties accessing the canyon from the west, north, or east. Parties entering the park from the south passing through USFS lands are prohibited from grazing and required to hold stock once velvet grass begins flowering.
Section 2.17 – Aircraft and Delivery
(c)(1) The removal of downed aircraft, components, or parts thereof is subject to procedures established by the superintendent through written authorization.
Section 2.20 – Skating, Skateboards, and Similar Devices
The use of roller skates, skateboards, scooters, coasting vehicles, and similar non-motorized devices is prohibited, except within residential areas.
Section 2.21 – Smoking
(a) Smoking is prohibited in the following locations:
All government owned buildings and structures, including all restrooms, except employees’ residences with consent of the occupant(s).
All government owned or leased vehicles.
Within 50 feet of gasoline pumps and flammable substance storage areas.
Further restrictions will be posted and published upon the superintendent’s approval of heightened Fire Restrictions (See Attachment 8).
Section 2.22 – Property
(a)(2) Property may be left unattended for periods longer than 24 hours in following areas and under the following conditions:
Motor vehicles may be left unattended for up to 30 days at trailhead parking and residential areas.
Section 2.23 – Recreation Fees
(a) Recreation fees, and/or a permit, in accordance with 36 CFR part 71, are established for the following entrance fee areas, and/or for the use of the following specialized sites, facilities, equipment or services, or for participation in the following group activity, recreation events or specialized recreation uses:
Entrance Fee Areas:
Park entrance fees are collected at the following locations:
Big Stump Entrance, Grant Grove
Ash Mountain Entrance, Ash Mountain
Mineral King Ranger Station, Mineral King
Non Commercial Fees:
Vehicle Pass - $35.00
Motorcycle Pass - $30.00
Individual Entry Pass - $20.00
Non-Commercial Group in 16+ passenger vehicle - $20.00 per person not to exceed the price for the same seating capacity for commercial groups listed below.
Commercial Group Fees:
Commercial Group, 1-6 Passenger Capacity - $25.00 plus $20 per person, not to exceed $75.00
Commercial Group, 7-15 Passenger Capacity - $75.00
Commercial Group, 16-25 Passenger Capacity - $100.00
Commercial Group, 26+ Passenger Capacity - $200.00
Daily Site Use Fee Areas:
Campgrounds (Non-group, 1-6 people)
Atwell Mill $32
Azalea (summer) $32
Azalea (winter) $32
Buckeye Flat $32 CLOSED due to damage from winter storms in 2023
Cold Springs $32
Crystal Springs $32
Dorst $32 CLOSED during COVID in 2020, followed by damage from winter storms
Lodgepole $32
Moraine $32
Potwisha $32
Sentinel $32
Sheep Creek $32
South Fork $32 CLOSED due to damage from winter storms in 2023
Sunset $32
Group Campgrounds (Maximum occupancy)
Canyon View B (30 people) $60
Canyon View A, C, & D (40 people) $70
Canyon View G Sites (19 people) $50
Crystal Springs (15 people) $50
Dorst A & B (25 people) $60
Dorst C (50 people) $80
Dorst D (40 people) $70
Sunset A&B (30 people) $60
Wilderness Camping Fees:
During the trailhead quota season (from late May to late September) a wilderness fee of $15 per permit, plus $5 per person is required.
Section 2.50 – Special Events
Permits are required for any special event utilizing park areas.
Special events such as walk-a-thons, races, endurance runs or competitive events, commercial or otherwise, will not be permitted in wilderness areas.
Solicitation activities (per 36 CFR 2.37) require a permit.
Section 2.51 – Demonstrations/ Section 2.52 – Sale or Distribution of Printed Matter
(b) Demonstrations of more than 25 people are allowed within park areas designated as available under paragraph (c)(2) when the superintendent has issued a permit for the activity.
(c)(2) The areas listed below are designated for demonstrations and the sale or distribution of printed matter. These areas may be occupied by groups of 25 or fewer persons without a permit provided that all the terms of 36 CFR 2.51 and 2.52 are met and when these locations are not being utilized for previously scheduled public or administrative purposes. (See Attachment 10 – First Amendment Site Maps)
Ash Mountain:
On the lawn adjacent to the picnic area that is directly across the Generals Highway from the Foothills Visitor Center as depicted on the map.
Mineral King:
The area immediately south of the Mineral King Ranger Station as depicted on the map.
Lodgepole:
The area southeast of the Lodgepole Visitor Center adjacent to the visitor parking lot as depicted on the map,
The area northwest of the Giant Forest Museum as depicted on the map,
The Lodgepole Campground Amphitheater, or
The Dorst Campground Amphitheater.
Grant Grove:
The area next to the footpath just southeast of the Grant Grove restaurant as depicted on the map, or
The Sunset Campground Amphitheater.
Cedar Grove:
The east-west oriented sidewalk on the north side of the Cedar Grove Lodge, excluding the intersection with the north-south sidewalk on the west side of the Cedar Grove Lodge as depicted on the map, or
The Cedar Grove Amphitheater.51
Section 2.62 – Memorialization
(b) The scattering of ashes from cremated human remains is allowed without a permit under the following terms and conditions:
The remains to be scattered must have been processed by pulverization after cremation.
The scattering of remains by persons on the ground is to be performed at least 100 yards from any trail, road, developed facility, or body of water.
The scattering of remains from the air is to be performed at a minimum altitude of 2000 feet above ground level.
No scattering of remains from the air is to be performed over developed areas, facilities, or bodies of water.
No markers are permitted.
No publicity may be given to this activity.
When a permit is issued, except for the authorization to disperse human remains by scattering, nothing in the permit shall be construed as authorizing an entry or activity otherwise prohibited or restricted by law or regulation.
