listen up "hikers" dont plan on using the "cross country" zones as overflow when backcountry camps are full. these areas have limits too... hey if these areas didnt have limits are such "harsh" permit regulations Mount Rainier would look like the forest service full of all your nice fire rings litter and gross hunter camps. The purpose of the park sevice is to preserve and to protect and not to exploit this awesome area. the more and more people want to do the trail the harder it is going to be to join those numbers. the limits in the National Park will not change to accomidate the thousands of people that want to do the trail..... hey if magic mountain is full for this round,,,,guess what you have to wait until the next one!