Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Drone flying in the Whitney Zone

My most recent annoyance was hiking the Little Lakes Valley trail where a small group was operating a couple drones. This was inside the John Muir Wilderness boundary. You're the lawyer Salty, but as I read it, they may have been within their rights if they LAUNCHED from just outside the boundary as long as they didn't LAND in the "wilderness"?

And they can be just as annoying in unofficial wilderness areas.

Either way, it comes down to enforcement. Was I supposed to break from the trail, walk around the lake to confront these people and ruin their fun? Then what? Call the FAA?

I don't have any perfect answers here, but I hope people operating drones start to realize they can disrupt other people's "nature" experience whether its in a designated "wilderness" area or just a hiking trail.