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Unpopular opinion: I used to ignore established trails until a trip in the North Cascades last fall.

We tried to cut our own path to a lake and ended up wasting three hours in a dead end gully. Now I always check the Forest Service map for the official route first. Anyone else have a story about a shortcut that backfired?
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perry.evan
perry.evan2d agoMost Upvoted
Ever tried to shortcut through a scree field?
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emma_clark
Oh man, scree is the worst for that...
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