When either car-camping or backpacking, I seldom have a campfire. It always seems like too much work for too little enjoyment. However, I don't go alon= g with a complete ban on campfires while backpacking -- just banned in areas = where fuel is scarce or the woods are too dry. I don't know about the environmental impacts of campfires -- after all the forests evolved with forest fires. My 2=A2. John