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Jan 11th, 2012 at 6:28am
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Anyone else use this? Looks great to me.
  
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Reply #1 - Jan 11th, 2012 at 6:11pm
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Unless things have changed, it's only for car-camping.  Back-country hasn't been available in the past.
  
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Reply #2 - Jan 11th, 2012 at 6:47pm
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I think things have changed. I went through the process up to the point of payment. Still the rules are only five months in advance and if the ranger station isn't open during your trip you can't reserve- those permits are on a "first come first served" basis.
  
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Reply #3 - Jan 12th, 2012 at 6:51am
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I find it interesting just seeing what's booked up. I don't usually make reservations so the Availability Calendar will be very helpful in that regard. It seems to account for non/resident quota differences. Wonder if it frees any unused resident quotas ~3 days out.
  
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Reply #4 - Jan 12th, 2012 at 2:11pm
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The added ability to reserve Q backcountry sites on Jan 1, 2012.  I think they have not cleaned up a warning that you must still do them by phone, but another poster at BWCA.COM did reserve one and I tried it to the point they asked for payment, so believe it is indeed true.
  
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Reply #5 - Jan 12th, 2012 at 3:38pm
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I just went through the reservation process and confirmed my backcountry Q permit.  Everything seemed fine but I did have to email a confirmation to myself - it doesn't do it automatically.  Looks legit to me.
  
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Reply #6 - Jan 12th, 2012 at 5:38pm
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FWIW, after 2 attempts and 2 hours, the confirmation email never came.
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Reply #7 - Jan 12th, 2012 at 10:59pm
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I looked at the web site yesterday.  The 888 number said you would save money if you used the web site to reserve a date for Quetico.  My entry date will be June 16 so I will let you know how it works.  The site will not let you go more than 5 months into the future.
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Reply #8 - Jan 13th, 2012 at 1:34pm
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According to someone else who called, the savings is $1 of res fee - don't know of CA or US but can guess.  Yes. 5 months out and not before mid May or after late September - just like before.  I like the idea I can easily see what permits are or are not available quickly.  It was a little arduous to get an image of what was available over several days over the telephone.  Got to think this system will prompt more people to reserve themselves and rely on outfitters for their service less.
  
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Reply #9 - Jan 13th, 2012 at 3:42pm
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Westwood wrote on Jan 12th, 2012 at 10:59pm:
The site will not let you go more than 5 months into the future.
Westwood

5 months is the rule for all reservations on OntPPs.
There are also penalties for cancelling/changing 4 months or less before the entry date.  I think they get punitively higher the closer to your entry date you make the change.

People used to book their favourite sites a year in advance and for the maximum stay allowed, cherry-picking the best sites.  Then they wouldn't use the reservation.  The site goes empty.  The park doesn't collect their cash.  People who would have used the site can't.  Basically it became a de-facto case of if you could afford it you could claim a site and have it go vacant.  In a fit of rightous egalitarianism (justly so imo) restrictions & penalties were put in place with the result being more people using the parks and 'offenders' paying the price for their campsite-camping ways.

What's really fun is trying to book a yurt.  They go fast.
  
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