Happy Anniversary, Baby . The Wilderness act turns 35.
Wilderness locks up the land, prohibiting people from entering or using public lands.
Wilderness makes large chunks of the National Forest inaccessible. In particular, wilderness excludes the elderly and the handicapped. In addition, all national forest lands, including wilderness lands, can be experienced by horseback. Because Colorado has many areas that are remote, there is no need to designate wilderness officially. The farthest distance that anyone can be from a road in the Southern Rockies is six miles.