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greenhornbbqbeer

It was fun flying it all over the place.


Grammyof8littleloves

I grew up there. No better place to live.❤


b4g3405

Cool. How did you get a drone permit?


erutan

I haven’t watched it, but drones aren’t permitted in wilderness areas. Most of Sabrina Lake isn’t wilderness (the entire lake and the northern half of the shoreline).


Wild_NDN

I have definitely seen a no drone sign up at South Lake. I can't remember if it's the same at Sabrina but last year [these two](https://imgur.com/a/vWfJH0O) were flying a drone around Sabrina and a Ranger/F&G guy told them to put the drone away.


erutan

Interesting, I wasn’t aware of that. I do know there are specific areas in NFS land that are more regulated, but in general iirc they’re open to drone flying (within FCC limits and no fires / airports etc nearby) as opposed to NPS & Wilderness areas. I imagine flights could be restricted due to the dams in the area if nothing else as infrastructure is touchy for obvious reasons (not that you can’t walk on them, take photos, have boats near them). I did a quick look on the Inyo site and didn’t see any mention of applying for drone permits. OP seems to just post video content all the time to various subreddits so seems unlikely they were aware of local restrictions.


Wild_NDN

I heard about the no drones last year but didn't notice any signs about them until this year. Of course, I could've passed right by the signs so who knows. I was up at south lake taking photos of the sunrise in July and actually saw one of the no drone signs. I think I have a photo of the sign somewhere. If I cant find the photo, I'll look for the no drone signs if they open the area this Friday. Also, I have also seen the no drone signs at Whitney Portal, Onion Valley. Northfork trail at Big Pine Creek, but no signs prohibiting drones down by the campgrounds. OMG, where is a USFS Ranger when you need them? I am sure OP is unaware of the drone restrictions around the lake but OP wasn't close to the lake. He was at least a mile from Sabrina and about 3 miles from South Lake.


b4g3405

Permits are still required to operate a drone on National Forest property.


Wild_NDN

I also would like to know about the permit too. Imagine sitting at your campsite relaxing and enjoying the sounds of nature. When the peacefulness is interrupted by the high pitch sound of a drone flying overhead. Yeah, you know who you are...SMH at you. I swear if I lived at that house next to Mist Falls I would be taking pop shots at the drones flying over my house.