An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado's tallest and busiest 14er.

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If given the proper tools, will hikers pack out their poop? A study of Colorado’s busiest 14er explored this and more

An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado’s tallest and busiest 14er.    And because what those hikers do with their waste can have widespread environmental and human impacts, PACT Outdoors, a Crested Butte-based business, set out this summer to explore behavior and attitude around “packing it out” with researchers from Penn State University.  The survey, which connected with over 4,200 hikers at Mount Elbert outside of Leadville, pro…

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An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado’s tallest and busiest 14er.    And because what those hikers do with their waste can have widespread environmental and human impacts, PACT Outdoors, a Crested Butte-based business,...

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An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado’s tallest and busiest 14er.    And because what those hikers do with their waste can have widespread environmental and human impacts, PACT Outdoors, a Crested Butte-based business, set out this summer to explore behavior and attitude around “packing it out” with researchers from Penn State University.  The survey, which connected with over 4,200 hikers at Mount Elbert outside of Leadville, pro…

If given the proper tools, will hikers pack out their poop? A study of Colorado’s busiest 14er explored this and more

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