# Minimize Campfire Impacts- Day 6 - The Seven Days of Leave No Trace (11558251555)

Image Description: a woman wearing a white and red headband, is using a small propane campstove that is placed on a large slab of rock. In the background, tree branches, and a canyon wall.

Before hiking in the canyon, all backpackers should be aware Campfires are not allowed in the backcountry, no how nowhere Campers instead should bring a stove with some fuel Self-contained stoves for cooking is the rule

Make sure your flame never gets out of control A wayward spark can turn the canyon to nothing but charcoal Fire spreads quickly in this desert place Jeopardizing plants, animals and everything else in this space Cacti and trees can take decades or more To grow back to their splendor, the condition we adore Fire scars are ugly, black and full of ashes They spread through campsites and with your gear clashes Besides, fires block the magnificent night sky They drown out the stars which otherwise seem close by

So be sure not to light a fire on your backcountry trek Grand Canyon thanks you for treating this rule with respect

- Andrea Tavegia, Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry Information Center

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Grand Canyon NPS
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minimize_Campfire_Impacts-_Day_6_-_The_Seven_Days_of_Leave_No_Trace_(11558251555).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Grand Canyon NPS
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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