Paper maps at a ranger station made me feel old

Stopped at the ranger station near Glacier last month to grab a trail map. The kid behind the desk looked at me funny. Said most people just use their phone now. I get it, GPS is great. But I've been burned by dead batteries and no signal on the North Fork trail before. Carried a paper map that time and it saved me 4 miles of wrong turns. Anyone else still keep one in their pack as a backup?

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simontorres21d ago

Glacier's North Fork trail is actually up near the Canadian border, that's the west side. You might be thinking of the North Fork of the Flathead River, which is a totally different trailhead. Paper map still wins though, I keep one in my glove box for when my phone dies on the way there.