What are the logistics of planning a backcountry camping trip?
Hi all, I've never backcountry camped before and I wanted to go to Monongahela National Forest for my first time camping overnight. I want to find a trail that I can hike and just find a spot out there in the wild to set up a tent and sleep for the night, rather than a campsite where a bunch of other people are also camping. I've been trying to use the website to find anything related to that but I think it just keeps sending me to established campsites so is it more of just something I have to go and look for myself? How exactly does backcountry camping work in terms of making sure I'm camping in a place I CAN camp, and are there permits that I would need? Any advice would be helpful, again this would be my first time so I'm not sure what else I should look into! #hiking #camping #activity source