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Camping, Wild Camping, Snow Holing, and Bothies

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This chapter first defines camping and presents a camping spectrum which ranges from survival camping to trailer tents, caravans, and motorhomes. It then discusses snow caves, quinzhees and igloos, and finally bothies before examining participation numbers. The final part of the chapter focuses on specific environmental impacts: damage to soil and vegetation, impacts on water, and the impacts on wildlife. The final section considers the management of these activities such as trail design and the development of hardened campsites as in the Overland Track in Tasmania. There is discussion on some attempts to manage the impact of human faeces on water resources, with examples from the Cairngorms, UK. Finally, examples of how the impact of camping on wildlife has been managed are presented.

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Stott, T. (2019). Camping, Wild Camping, Snow Holing, and Bothies. In: Outdoor Recreation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97758-4_8

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