Group size guidance
- Affiliated separation miles
- 0.5
- Day hiking
- 25
- Exceptions
- other named areas and stock have separate limits
- Overnight off trail
- 12
- Overnight on trail
- 15
Evidence and sources (1)
Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
NPS Party Size Limits gives 15 on trail/12 off trail with named exceptions, affiliated separation, and a separate 25-person day-hiking maximum; the Inyo eastern approach still caps groups at 15.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service