What is the minimum legal age to go backpacking unsupervised?
Posted February 1st, 2010 by admin 6 Comments »
Mike asked:
A friend and I want to go backpacking in Wisconsin, leave-no-trace camping along the way, and we need to know if it’ll be legal. We’re both sixteen, and have extensive wilderness and first-aid training, more so than the average adult. Is it legal to camp without an adult at age sixteen? Or is it eighteen? Please only tell me if you’re 100% sure. If you just think it’s eighteen and don’t think I should go, fine, but I need the actual law. Thanks.
A friend and I want to go backpacking in Wisconsin, leave-no-trace camping along the way, and we need to know if it’ll be legal. We’re both sixteen, and have extensive wilderness and first-aid training, more so than the average adult. Is it legal to camp without an adult at age sixteen? Or is it eighteen? Please only tell me if you’re 100% sure. If you just think it’s eighteen and don’t think I should go, fine, but I need the actual law. Thanks.