Braving the crowds

PageRob · Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 859 Location: Page, Az.

Meeting people on trails can be fun, but I'd rather be on a trail with just some close friends or by myself, and see no one else. Then again, I get asked tons of questions all the time by random strangers when I'm hiking with my telemetry gear, so I may have a perspective different from others here.
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azbackpackr · Posted: 8/6/2007, 6:14 pm Post subject:

I like it all. I like to hike with friends. I like to hike solo. I like to hike cross country where there is no one. I like to hike on easy trails and hard trails. I like meeting people on the trail and chatting. I like hiking all day on a trail and not meeting a soul. It's all good. It's hiking!

IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

FalconGTHO · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 30 Location: West Valley

Well, actually, I wasnt aware of that. I saw "Dont Bust The Crust" signage at various places in the National Parks I visited on my May vacation. With an explanation of the "cyanobacteria" on the signs.

As for the rest, the impression from the post was that you go "off trail" regardless of legality, but carefully and conscientiously nevertheless. Forgive my misunderstanding.

IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

Hmmm. I haven't come across signs like that in any of the parks but I guess it certainly would aply.
No, my intention is/was not to correct any misunderstanding, it was to answer your original inquiry with an important introduction to minimal impact/tread lightly. You did inquire. I guess I could have answered with a "No, it is not illegal to hike cross country in the vast majority of public lands".
I don't think you really mis-understood me. If everybody who ventured into these primitive public lands were as well versed as the people on this site then there would never be legislation restricting foot travel in any but the rarest occasions. I think it is important that no more people than a land can handle be regulated by permit but if the Forest Service closes 150,000 acres because idiots with little reguard burn them down, I'd leave my stove at home and march right on through. I care about mother and this planet about as much as it can be cared for.
Don't pay much mind Mr Falcon. There's a lot of passionate people in here. Welcome aboard. Razz

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Matt Hoffman · Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 701 Location: Grantham, NH

Canyon Dweller · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 712 Location: Denver, CO

In Rocky Mtn National Park you have to stay on trail in desinated areas only. Most of the park you can roam freely where ever you want to.
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GringoDiablo · Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Mohave Valley

Sorry for the cut in not sure how to answer IGO's reply: No that one was alright! It was a couple of years later in Germany had tickets to see them again. Got too drunk on the train and ended up at a holding station on the East German border! Evil or Very Mad

FalconGTHO · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 30 Location: West Valley

IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas