Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Bears at Whitney Portal

Over the years, I've seen different notices left on people's vehicles, ranging from "Please clean up your act" to "If you don't fix this ___, you'll be ticketed" to an actual ticket.

I would support the "no warning, here's a ticket" approach for hikers, as they've clearly been notified of the need to leave a clean vehicle during the permit process. However, not everyone who parks at the Portal is "educated". There are lots of visitors who drive, park and walk around sight-seeing, fishing, etc. You do provide your make, model and license plate # as part of the permitting process, but I don't know if that info is checked before a ticket is issued.