Fremont Peak's paved road and parking areas encompass more area that at Coe,
I believe. At Coe, the Ranger's house is right there at the parking areas so
it easier for the Ranger to watch things on a 24-hour basis. This probably
keeps the trouble away. At FP, the Ranger's house isn't very visible to the
Park entrance and parking areas, so it actually accommodates those who drive
up and try to stay illegally after hours, esp. in the SW parking lot (the SW
parking lot is hidden from the Ranger house's view). FP would mean more
after-hours' work for a Ranger that Coe does. Am I right?
Peter
> From: "John R Pierce" <pierce@No-Spam>
> Reply-To: The Astronomy Connection <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:28:36 -0800
> To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
> Subject: Re: [TAC] Re: A Friendly Reply from Ranger C.L. of Fremont PeakState
> Park(Monterey District)
>
>> I'd be happy to discus this 24-hour issue with C.L. Maybe I can catch him
>> while I' at the Peak this Saturday near his house and ask how difficult
>> would it be to get FP to a 24-hour open status. He's usually in and out
> from
>> his house while were're setting up nearby.
>
> I suspect the issue with official 24 hour access at FP has to do with
> cruisers and late night partiers... Its easier to flat out ban night access
> than it is to distinguish between different classes of after-dark activity.
> The cruisers could claim they were up there to look at the stars, just
> perhaps a bit more boisterously than the typical TACo outing...
>
>