>>2604516It is physically impossible for there to be people in every spot in every western state. To put it into perspective, in states like Colorado or Arizona there are respectively ~27 million acres of public land and ~39 million acres of public land, compared with their populations this results in respectively 4.6 acres of public land per person and 5.3 acres of public land per person. Even taking the most densely populated state in the continental western US (CA - 11th nationally in density), this is still 1.02 acres of public land per person. And since upwards of 75% of all people that go out stay in the top 25% of trails and locations this means that 3/4th of all public land out west is basically unvisited and empty on any given day. You can in fact drive out on some forest roads, camp for a week and never see anyone.
