I have been up the MT 6 times and I saw a FS ranger on my last time. We talked about the weather a bit and as he was walking away I asked him if he was the person who checks permits and he said "yes". Then he asked if I had one and I showed him my tag which was ok. Then I told him how many times I had been up there and that I had never seen a ranger and he told me that the FS was cutting back because of budget problems. So I am to guess that there aren't many rangers up there.
-Dan
Cya up on the MT this Sat!