The Leave No Trace Seven Principles

Leave No Trace

Before you set out on your first backpacking trip, make sure you understand The Leave No Trace Seven Principles. These are guidelines for minimizing your impact on the outdoors.  Since the official wording of the principles is copyrighted, I won’t reproduce them here. Instead, please refer to this summary on the National Park Service website:

The Leave No Trace Seven Principles

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