In my limited experience dealing with the USFS on backcountry trips the org is choked with bureaucracy and completely ineffective at basic management. I remembe

In my limited experience dealing with the USFS on backcountry trips the org is choked with bureaucracy and completely ineffective at basic management. I remember one trip to Mt Adams where we had to register at least 3 different ways for a climb, including one that required internet access from the backcountry ranger station with virtually no connectivity. You couldn't just go up to the ranger sitting at the window doing nothing and handle the registration directly.