When does parking start to bite?

[RKelleyJr]

At what point in the weekend (fri,sat,sun) does parking start to become a pain in the a--? Going up tomorrow, but may have a late start from central VT. Hope the weather holds...Will I be able to park at the visitor ctr with little trouble?


I'm only asking because you guys seem to have all the answers...
-R

[Jonathan Shefftz]

I'll provide you with my spring data points thus far:

April 21, Saturday (also Son of Inferno Race), perfect weather, arrived about 8:10, had to park far away.

May 6, Sunday, perfect weather, arrived about 9:00, had to park in first Forest Service lot (which still had quite a few spaces) south of Pinkham, but so close to AMC it was almost like being in the AMC lot.

friday shouldn't be a problem.
last saturday we got to the lot at 8:20 and we parked in the lot below the amc lot (about 150 yards). by 8:30, they were parking down lower, in the lot off to the right. (about 500 yards).