trackrunner
04-19-2011, 08:15 AM
I've seen the same thing happen with Coyote Buttes permits. Last I heard about 2 years ago the going price for the wave was as low as $150.
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The nation's third-most visited park has only 900 reserved campsites available at any given time. They go for $20 a night but scalpers advertising on Craigslist are offering them for $100 or more — sometimes for hundreds of dollars.
They're also selling permits to climb Half Dome, which the park essentially issues for free.
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full story at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20110418/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_yosemite_ticket_scalpers
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The nation's third-most visited park has only 900 reserved campsites available at any given time. They go for $20 a night but scalpers advertising on Craigslist are offering them for $100 or more — sometimes for hundreds of dollars.
They're also selling permits to climb Half Dome, which the park essentially issues for free.
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full story at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20110418/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_yosemite_ticket_scalpers