[MCaver]

Why are summit registers ok in the wilderness if plaques aren't? They are no more "winderness".

[gyngve]

[MCaver]

I'm passing no judgements, just asking questions to find where the line is. I wouldn't want to see plaques all over either, but I understand the sentiment of wanting to mark the location of someone's passing. So if a small stone marker was placed out of the way, not in sight of general traffic, would that be as ok as a summit register?

[Rich Baldwin]

I think we should draw the line at flagged plaques on dog-built cairns.

[GeoHiker]

I don't mind the memorials it gives you pause to think about what happened and how fragile we are in the outdoors when the conditions warrant caution. There's a memorial near the Lake Serene mine near Index where 3 were killed in an avalance. Everytime I see a cross and memorial along the highway I slow down. I don't mind the reminder.

[touron]

[touron]

[Meander]

What do you think about this one? Found on the Cheakamus Lake Trail (IIRC) in British Columbia.

Plaque on Cheakamus Lake Trail, BC

Here is another one I came across at Yellow Aster Butte, down near the tarns in a wooded area:

Plaque found at Yellow Aster Butte Tarns.

I was surprised to see it there.

[Meander]

I should say, the bottom one at YAB was posted near the remnants of an old cabin structure. There was not much to see but a few logs on top of each other.

[Dante]

I'm not so keen on new plaques in the wilderness. The WWII memorial plaques at Nordrum and elsewhere are OK with me, though, because they predate the Wilderness Act and presumably memorialize people who loved the area but didn't live to enjoy it again.

[wadel]

There is a memorial plaque bolted to a rock above Camp Muir. It reads: Here's to banana slugs and high places. We gratefully celebrate the life and spirit of Janie The song of our soul. Janie and Willi died March 4th 1979 This isn't in a wilderness but NP's have some fairly stringent rules as well.

[gyngve]

[Allison]

If it's above Muir then it is in both a NP and in designated federal wilderness.

[jasonracey]

I haven't seen it but I think a plaque was installed for the guy who fell into Columbia Basin off of the ridge below Kyes Peak about 6 years ago in the spot where he was found. I think he was a UW grad student or something like that. They found his car at the Monte Cristo trailhead but it took a week or so to locate his body. I'd bet the people who decided to do it were not thinking about wilderness impact. What better place to put it though? Unless Seattle gets a climber's memorial that we could use - like the one they have for fishermen. I'd donate money to a project like that.

[David]