New Wilderness Pooping Course

Everybody poops... but not everyone knows how to poop in the wilderness in an environmentally friendly way. The Mountaineers are addressing this challenge with a new course launching April 1, 2021, just in time for summer: Wilderness Pooping.  

Get valuable information and learn fun facts for every destination you might visit: 

• Enjoy the "using the bathroom" video on our Low-Impact Recreation Skills page
• Ever wonder where your poop goes? Sometimes it takes a helicopter ride!
• See photos of our state's most scenic outhouses 
• Visiting Olympic National Park's beaches? You don't have to be a "surface pooper!" 
• Digging tools   
• Where and why to use a blue bag/wag bag
• How to use less toilet paper 
• Learn about the magnificent animals that crave urine

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Butt seriously... proper management of human waste in the backcountry is no laughing matter.  Here are some resources to help everyone poop better outside:

Resources

• From Leave No Trace: I have to poop outside! What do I do?
• Outside Podcast: An Amazingly Crappy Story  
• A classic read on the subject: How to Sh--t in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art