1) I'm sure Canada being closed off is limiting the dispersion this summer.
2) Remote learning and remote working starting in March led to a mass migration to outdoor recreation. If schools are remote again this fall perhaps parents and kids will have to spend more time attending to studies beginning in September and things will quiet down.
3) The FS does very few new timber sales and thus few new roads. Old roads are now abandoned to preserve big game and because of lack of funding.
4) MX is probably not as big a draw w covid limiting dispersion.
5) Social media leads to the overcrowding and then destruction of many places.
Kayteg1 - I've always wanted to camp on Powell, 10,000 lakes is another option.