Grand Canyon: Erteilung von Backcountry Permits nur noch noch schriftlich

"Grand Canyon National Park long has run its backpacking permit operation with a four-month lead time. In other words, you could walk into the backcountry office on February 1 and ask for a permit for a date in June and receive it. Well, the rules are changing friends. With intentions of adding fairness into the system for those folks who can't simply walk into the backcountry office with a permit request, come February all requests for a permit for trips four months down the road will have to be in writing. While this might sound onerous or overly bureaucratic, it's not. It merely levels the playing field for, say, those who live too far from the park to simply pay a visit four months out to fill out their permit application."
Quelle: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2009/11/pay-attention-rules-are-cha...

Backcountry Permit: http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/backcountry-permit.htm