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I've been one of those statistics on that trail - before Halfway. But am not saying that it was our fault at all. Bad info on map. (trail length total) Poor communication otherwise as well.   We got choppered out a few days later. It makes for good stories down the pike, but I'm not sure that I'd recommend it for lesser men...    With that said tho - to this day, that stretch is our #1 "go-to" area. We love it to ... death?   I have carried satelite communications since 2000 b/c of our experience.   Call ahead before leaving. Make sure that the folks on the other end know who you are (maybe emergency numbers for you) where you are comming from, and when you are leaving. If you have a new phone, it may support satelite texting when off grid. I know some Yanks that have that feature, and it works at camp there.   Also, snow report from last night at Anjigami said there was up to 4' of snow in the bush, but that lake ice is almost non-existant. Of all of the layers, the best that he had to offer was a 3" layer.     .

You would be right to think so, but people have very short memories and tend to lean to their comfort zones/status quo. I can only speak for those I have direct contact with, but none of that changed one thing for any of them - most are it is what it is and they're going about their normal business.   I hope to hear clubs are flush with new volunteer blood and permit TOTAL #'s has surpassed last year and the sport has grown.      

Idk, I wonder if regular sales will be higher with a greater emphasis on suggesting people buy at non discounted price to try and help make up for the short fall expected this year.  I know I did, as did others on this site, I know a drop in the bucket though likely.  It would be surprising to see growth though, but you never know - there seems to be a history of odd things happening.   Regardless though, I’d think the massive implications of trail losses this year coming to a big reality should set a different mindset for many for hopefully the greater good of the sport.

If 80k is the number the final number from last year, then we won't know till this season is over. Need to know the breakdown, early, regular, etc. and only then will you know where you stand revenue wise, growth/loss wise.   My suspicion is early sales were higher, regular will be flat, overall growth will be none to little, but loss will also be little to none ( which is a win ), however stagnant, but primarily sold at early prices, will be a $ loss, which is not good.   Only time will tell        

Ah, so around 80k was the permit number sold last year….kind of perplexing to think the number would be less with a great season last year and this year was off to a great start. But I’d assume 80k includes the non seasonal day/week passes which haven’t likely even been a thing yet and more of a Jan/feb timeline for those sales.  Otherwise just shy of approx $4mil less than last year, but is hard to put an accurate number on it because you don’t know when permits were bought for each year.