Originally Posted by
waddo
Leave no trace camping means I was never there. It's private land? Was I there? Rather an "illegal" leave no trace camper than the dick-heads who stay on camp grounds and "party."
I have no idea where you live but in my experience, “parties” don’t occur at campgrounds of any kind. I’ve camped at private campgrounds, state campgrounds, and Forest Service campgrounds throughout the US over the last 40 years. I’ve not encountered rude behavior at anyone of them. The vast majority of them have campground hosts and/or rules against late night parties. Even at the Forest Service campgrounds, there are campground hosts that enforce rules against parties...even in small campgrounds. Middle Quartz campground is high above Gunnison here in Colorado with 7 spots. It had a campground host.
In fact,
dispersed camping is where people have parties and act in a destructive manner. I’ve seen a lot more trashed campgrounds in dispersed camping areas than I have at organized campgrounds. You might be a saint when it come to “leave no trace” camping but most people aren’t.