>best I've ever been in
Tatra National Park
>the one I'd like to see
Probably Serengeti, maybe Pantanal or some part of Himalayas
What's the best wilderness you've ever been in and the one you would like to see?
>best I've ever been in
Tatra National Park
>the one I'd like to see
Probably Serengeti, maybe Pantanal or some part of Himalayas
My favorite is probably the Gila National Forest in New Mexico. Scottish Highlands are a close second.
I read a book about the wienerscomb Basin in Belize, been dreaming about that lately.
I love Redwood forests, they're like Narnia. Probably partially because 90% of my outings have been in the Rockies where it's generally pretty dry.
Southern Utah/northern Arizona is also great, Zion is probably the most spectacular if I had to pick one place, nice to just wander off trail there. The maze and needles areas of Canyonlands are pretty special too.
Yellowstone, Wind River, Canadian Rockies are some other good ones.
Only place I've really gone significantly off trail is in the desert though
Too many places I want to go but number one has to be the Himalayas, to see the definitively grandest mountains. More interesting choice is the tepuis in Venezuela, always seem fascinating whenever they show up on Planet Earth (TM) or the like, like a lost world.
I've only done one day hike in the Gila but it's one of my favorites.
before my trip up the west coast I was super excited about Olympic NP and the Hoh Rainforest specifically but I didn't find it to be as cool as Redwoods which had all the neat rainforest qualities but also way bigger trees.
>I didn't find it to be as cool as Redwoods
So I want to go to Hoh because I'm specifically interested in mushroom hunting and foraging. I also wanted to go to Hoh because I would be able to see the (Cascade) mountains in the same trip.
Would I still be better served going to Redwood?
yeah I don't know about mushrooms. The main Hoh area is extremely busy by the way, probably not the best for foraging, there are plenty of less busy areas though. Olympic is probably better if you want to see more than just forests. You should visit Redwoods at some point though
the best wilderness i've ever been in is about an hour from my house so i will NOT be telling but heres a pic
oh and best id like to see would probably be tortuguero in costa rica
>i will NOT be telling
Its not like Rocky Mnt National Park is a big secret
youre both wrong teehee
not the park the region. unless thats on the op.
north cascades is beautiful
Thought it looked like Montana.
It's a picture he saved from PrepHole (filename). As if he lives there lol, he never leaves his room and has never been outdoors.
thats my own pic i just have the PrepHole X filename randomizer on, heres another pic from the same hike
no
Fricking hell, you killed him.
Were you selling a PC with a 3090 on Craigslist last month?
I'm an PrepHolelet but I prefer to think of it as just the beginning of my career. The best place I've been was the forests of northern Wisconsin on a solo camping trip. I had never been camping by myself before and to be doing it in the most remote place I've ever been was soul-affirming
My number one must-see is the Hoh Rainforest. I think I would love to live out there, somewhere in the rural Cascades. As far from Portland or Seattle as I could get
Most people think our country doesn't even have mountains or wilderness. That's how we protect nature.
The best was Botswanna and/or Tanzania. Absolutely mind blowing.
second best was corcavado national park in Cost Rica. Jungle is crazy
Honorable mention for the greater yellowstone wilderness...the best wilderness in the lower 48. so many critters.
here's the thing, if something becomes wilderness
a)it has already had every original tree removed (in 99% of cases)
b) wilderness means there's no blazes, the trails CANT be maintained by power tools, so everything goes to shit easily
I too enjoy the idea of pristine forest, but the reality is tramping through the mud for hours because they haven't regraded the trail properly in decades.
Wilderness just means they don't see the trees anymore, and, in the case of PA at least I think they don't allow oil/gas extraction within wild area boundaries.
I'd much rather have a looser designation that still prevents logging but allows proper signage and maintenance to occur.
>'d much rather have a looser designation that still prevents logging but allows proper signage and maintenance to occur.
thats called a national forest in the US. Designated "wilderness" areas dont allow motors, logging, hunting or bikes.
national forest then permits logging and oil/gas extraction
ideally you want no logging or mineral extraction, but also no other moronic rules about camping or party size or bikes being prohibited etc.
there's nothing like that
I'm pretty sure you can hunt in some wildernesses.
>national forest then permits logging and oil/gas extraction
yeah- I read your post wrong sorry. I dont find the rules in designated wilderness areas very onerous at all..except maybe bikes but even still its incredibly worth it. we all have to compromise nobody gets everything they want
its not just the rules, its that it prevents fricking maintaining the trails too
power tools are FINE in wilderness if you are using them to fix the trails
wilderness should just mean no logging, no mineral extraction, no development of like fricking gift shops, not shitty unmarked trails that are unusable eroded mudpits
I am very much opposed to the "give land back to the animals" school of ecology
>its that it prevents fricking maintaining the trails too
not in my national forests. Wilderness trails get maintained as labor and budgets allow. You seem triggered. good luck with that.
you are ignoring my basic point that wilderness means no power tools and that limits how much you can fix trails and they end up going to shit
>as labor and budget
guess who is in charge of determining the budget for the USDA
guess what they feel about spending money on government stuff
calling something wilderness ensures trails go to shit and become unusable
>that wilderness means no power tools
you are a tard. They haul chainsaws on pack horses into the backcountry all the time to fix trails.
Have you ever been out? holy shit. You are literally sperging out about power tools. wtf.
The paperwork required for specific permission to use a specific power tool in a specific wilderness area is a nightmare. The powers that be sperg out just as hard
t. Fed
you dont know what you are talking about. most wilderness areas out west were never seriously logged or are desert. the west is full of wilderness with hundreds of years old trees. and wilderness areas CAN be maintained with power tools. trail crews work through all the national parks and forests with wilderness areas with chainsaws. they just cant use vehicles.
As another anon already pointed out, in the western US (where probably 90% of US designated wilderness is, a lot of which was remote USFS land for decades before designation) the wilderness areas end up preserving a lot of the old growth and climax forests, whereas more accessible areas in national forests can and still are logged occasionally or even intensively for pulp, furniture, and other wood products even in states like Arizona and New Mexico (and despite this the average stand age of P ponderosa is between 109-160 years in these states). Most of the wilderness areas out west have old growth and climax forest. Motor vehicles and development of building and other infrastructure is not allowed in designated wilderness, except for grandfathered in development and anything that meets the minimum requirements for administration of these areas (often means power tools for trail maintenance and work and also sometimes for fire work). There should honestly be more designated wilderness, especially in remote upper riparian and watershed areas IMO, and this is coming from someone in a state with 4.5 million acres of it (roughly 15% of the total BLM, USFS, NPS, and NWR lands in state, 9% when adding tribal lands, and only 4% of the state's total land).
my favorite.. 4 months in denali working for nat geo. it wasnt the best. the best i would say was this 8 month gig working for a discovery show in the olympic national. was alone a lot making sure batteries got charged and cameras were kept dry. we drank and smoked a lot of weed that job. was great times.
How the frick do I get a job like that
Backpacking into the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I miss wilderness therapy so bad bros. Nothing has made sense since.
Used to live in Denver.
Fricking heaven.
I'd like to go through some cool hikes in the balkans now, because that's the garbage heap I am in now
>I'd like to go through some cool hikes in the balkans now, because that's the garbage heap I am in now
How the hell did you end up there?
I'm planning on a week-long trip into the Bridger Wilderness in Wyoming this August/September, but I love going into the Cloud Peak Wilderness in the Bighorn Natl. Forest. Everyone going full tourist mode in Wyoming almost always go straight for Yellowstone and Tetons and mostly ignore the National Forests, so they are comfy-maxing.