Please contact the Lee Vining Ranger Station for areas where firearms can be discharged safely and legally. Short-cutting switchbacks is prohibited. This activity causes erosion and deterioration of existing trails and impacts areas outside of trails. If you must travel cross-country, keep your group small, and avoid trudging through wet meadows or places with sensitive vegetation. Join us in the stewardship of your land by storing all trash in your pocket or pack while hiking.
Some hikers even carry extra bags for storing trash left by others.
When smoking, locate a clear or barren spot and stop hiking. Never crush a lighted cigarette butt on a log or stump. Make sure matches, ashes and burning tobacco are dead out before continuing on. When fishing, please be sensitive to stream and lake shore vegetation. Pack out fish entrails - never toss them into water sources.