Route-Plan Details
Identifying Landmarks and Bailouts
Map Revisions and Man-Made Features
As we mentioned earlier, photo revisions are common on these USGS quads. Keep in mind how fast the world around us changes, even without human interference. Trails, roads, mining claims, permanent snowfields, lakes, rivers, marshes…these can all change and are not necessarily reflected in the photo-revised map. Because there’s no way to account for the unknown, I’d just recommend trusting land features over anything manmade while navigating in the backcountry. Whenever you’re determining location, or coming up with a...