Originally Posted By OregonMouse
Just a reminder that in many areas or seasons in the western US, wood fires (whether in stove or open) are not allowed.


I'm in upstate NY, can't afford to travel. But access to wilderness areas is two miles from my front door.

I wonder if carrying and burning wood pellets or hardwood chips would be legal. That would be better than polluting the planet and killing a bunch of waterfowl with oil accidents. Although carbon is released by burning wood products. There's probably not enough outrage in the general populace for there to be a movement toward a more natural type of stove. Besides the canned fossil fuels are super quick, clean (if we ignore oil spills, etc). But why do we have to be quick out on the trail? The biggest pleasure for me on the trail is the lack of pressure/urgency to do anything.
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