>>1660702The national parks are a shared space that we all own. The park administrators were hired by us through our tax dollars to manage this incredible resource. One of the ways they are managed is by maintaining and limiting access to certain areas to preserve a true wilderness atmosphere or minimize impact to sensitive biomes. The only way to ensure the backcountry isn't being overrun by patchouli stinking patagonia clad yuppies is by keeping track of how many people are in any give area at any given time. The way this is achieved is by issuing permits. Therefore, the backcountry permitting system is perfectly reasonable in my opinion, especially because they're usually free or incredibly cheap (around $5).
