Originally Posted By TomD
Yosemite, they will ask, even in Winter. You need the permit (free) for the Badger Pass area. You put a copy in the window of your car and leave it in the long term parking at the ski field parking lot. They check every few days and if you don't come back on time, they supposedly will come looking for you.


Given the number of mutual aid searches prompted by finding a car in a lot belonging to overdue people, I'd say they WILL come looking for you.
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