Searching for the Most Scenic Toilet in Washington State! (Part 3)

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Part 3 in my search for the best backcountry toilet! I hiked to Washington's best backcountry toilets to discover which one is the best of them all! The finale of this adventure is an overnight backpacking trip to Sahale Glacier camp, the highest elevation camp in the North Cascades with unparalleled views of the mountains, and home to the greatest toilet in the world!
Watch the entire series here: • The Best Backcountry T...
This series is a love letter to trail workers, volunteers, and anyone who has taken it upon themselves to do the vitally important work of managing human waste in our parks and public lands. Thank you for your work and for your dedication to helping us all Leave No Trace! 💚
Intro: 00:00
The hike to Sahale Glacier begins: 0:40
Lunch at Cascade Pass and the climb up Sahale Arm: 3:14
My sunglasses (goodr sponsorship!): 5:49
The final climb to Sahale Glacier: 6:31
Arriving at Sahale Glacier: 7:37
The final toilet revealed: 9:16
Rating the Sahale Glacier toilet: 11:20
Overnight at Sahale Glacier camp: 13:41
Incredible sunrise at camp: 15:05
Why I made videos about pit toilets: 16:31
Outro: 17:47
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This hike was Cascade Pass - Sahale Arm in North Cascades National Park!
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[@fleetfeet9]

I got married on Sahale Arm! One of my favorite places in Washington ;) I've used that toilet many times! lol

[@RainerGolden]

This was probably top 3 backpacking trips ever for me. That view from Sahale is the best I’ve ever seen. The stars at night were more clear than I have ever seen them. It was as if I had never seen stars before. Every time in my life that it feels like I can see the wonder of the world as if it’s brand new is something I consider such a gift.

[@isabelledrolet4297]

Never lose your sense of wonderment. That is truly a gift that keeps on giving!

[@jakeva9802]

Thank you sharing it with us

[@LeopardLadyVintage]

My teen always seems to walk into the room when I'm watching Miranda Goes Outside. She just came in and asked, "Why are you always watching this woman poop in the woods?" Because it entertains me, child.

[@jenellsaphid]

Ive really appreciated the tidbits around rules of usage for urine vs defecation at each stop and why. I would love to see this series continue for more locations (states? Countries? Climates?) and see how different places deal with the same issues.

[@logandemsich8337]

I have been way too invested in this poobric of backcountry poopin spots 😂 I need this for every state 😂

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

yooo SAME 😅 I hear there are some epic loos in Colorado!

[@max1000000ify]

*coLOOrado

[@vincentvega5686]

@@MirandaGoesOutside 10 yrs ago there was this amazing incinerating toilet at a fire tower in CO. not sure if it is still there though.

[@marlynhoksbergen3274]

Thank you Miranda & friends. I loved this series. Not only for the toilets but the views of your hike. For a lady from the Midwest I have had a smile on my face for the entire time of each video just seeing the beauty of your hikes. Keep up all the great work & thank you for your inspiration you give us! Love you guys!

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you so much 💚 These hikes have some of the most amazing views in Washington, and I love being able to share that with y'all! Big love right back to you 😘

[@inthehouse1960]

The Longs Peak toilets in Rocky Mt National Park have a long sordid history, but the new ones won an American Institute of Architects award. Thanks for the content, this was fun.

[@clickandrepeat]

@mirandagoesoutside I'd be super curious to have you share a bit more info / research on how they end up in place - do folks hike all the supplies up and then build them? Are they carried in whole? Dropped off from above? :D

[@michelle_ajema]

Just looked it up, they're pretty cool. 👌🏾

[@waitingforspring317]

Poobric…A term in which cleverness and middle -school humor kiss. 👌

[@leeperkins963]

I won’t dispute the grandure of the view. Incredible! But I don’t get enough warning to pack an overnight bag and walk up a rock strewn mountain for more than 5 miles just to poop. You have my gratitude for doing it for me! Great series gang!

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

😅 thank you!! It was definitely an excuse to go backpack in some beautiful spots!

[@vc5213]

A video visiting fire lookouts in Washington would be very cool!

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

LOVE this idea!! There are so many cool ones!

[@schulzbrianr]

Consecutive Miranda Goes Outside!! videos without a burp: 2

[@zachrandall]

Miranda "goes" outside has been a fun series

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

😆🚽🌲 the pun we never intended

[@thingsmariamakes]

Kyle and Chelsea really snapped with the videography this ep 👏

[@user-hu3si3zo6f]

Enjoy the view from that toilet and contemplate climbing J’Berg’s NE Buttress across the valley. A route you’ll never forget.

[@Foodmeow]

That is awesome! Looks like a smoker

[@RainerGolden]

It is kinda! Just smokin’ poo.

[@AnthonySamuel-ru2ff]

Hey Miranda Goes Outside crew! Its Tony, Jen and our little dog Charlie. It was so cool to see u guys out there on the Cascade Pass. We had an absolute blast in Washington especially over in Rainier. We didn't even plan on going there until you guys gave us the recommendation for the skyline and burrough's trail and so we spent our remaining days in Washington at Rainier. Thanks so much for giving us the local dig on the area, hope you guys get a chance to make it over to Glacier at some point (just try to go off peak season haha). More adventures to come, hope to see u guys out there again!

[@hikinggsdmom8754]

Is it just me or does it look like Rainer’s been working out? Looking fantastic, Rainer!

[@deant.1266]

I truly appreciate your video about this topic. I've had the great pleasure to have been to (but not used) all the toilets you cover in this series and I agree Sahale is awesome. Your comment at the end is right on target, we should appreciate these toilets, carrying your poop is not a fun thing.

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Thank you!! It was great fun to make. Sahale camp is incredible, and not having to haul out your own human waste is sooo nice.

[@johnbaker7692]

Miranda: 35+ years ago it was a 5 gallon bucket with a seat. However the location! The views! Unmatched anywhere! The guys I was with called it the “cosmic crapper”.

[@RainerGolden]

Wow! A 5 gallon bucket with a seat. Today that would fill up in mere days. I want “Cosmic Crapper” on a t-shirt. 😂

[@AbsolutelyFeral2605]

some classic Type 2 fun was had by all! ...Except Kyle... is Kyle standing in for the trail pup? Strong golden retriever energy right there!

[@user-hz8ji2gz1o]

The epic music when you found the toilet was great.

[@kennethschaidle5995]

About 4 years ago I got lucky and scored a canceled last-minute permit and think we camped in exactly the same spot you were in. I agree there can' t be many if any outdoor privies with a better view. That time several people had carried snow boards up and were playing on the glacier.

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

That's awesome!! I feel like you must have passed some of that luck onto us - we were so thrilled to get a last minute permit 💚 finally got to visit the loo of my dreams 😍

[@woof3598]

wonder how long the waiting list is for a spot up there ?

[@CampProjectCom]

There is a pretty "cool" pit toilet at 14 camp on Denali. A little hard to get to but the view is not bad.

[@conradjordan1222]

I’ve been wondering about those glasses, perfect timing, I have a 3 week trip coming up, so I ordered a set to take with.

[@SacredAssault]

This series has been great! If you and the team would be interested, hopefully one day you could come down to AZ and do a video on hiking The Grand Canyon!

[@MilaLu]

Miranda! I’ve sat on that toilet with a small audience not far from it! The views are definitely out of this world!

[@rebeccaunderwood4623]

Hi! I love watching your videos! I'm trying to learn about hiking/backpacking so a lot of the equipment is new to me! So what do the short gaiters do for you? Do they keep stones out of your shoes? Why don't you use netting for the flies and mosquitoes you encounter, are they a bad idea? Your videos are always so entertaining and so informative! I love your sense of humor! I just turned 60 but I love being silly and it is so refreshing to watch you and giggle along with you and your editing (I laughed out loud in part 2 with the flying saucer and the zillow ad🤣)! When I do hike it is so much more fun when you're able to use your imagination to keep your mind occupied and the hike goes so much more quickly! I'm so happy I found your channel! Thank you for being you and being so genuine for us! and yes, I had lots of questions about pooping along the trails and you have helped alleviate so many of my old lady worries! (PS. I have to use a cpap, i have a portable one but the battery is quite heavy, can you do a video with other backpackers that use cpaps and their solutions? my battery is about 4.5# and I've used it for off grid car camping, it's been great! but that's heavy for backpacking I fear. batteries for cpaps can be quite costly do you/or anyone know of any solar options for smaller ones? Thank you again!)

[@sturmykins]

It feels very fitting to watch the last video in the series right after a weekend with my first true experience pooping in the woods (meaning, cathole, no toilet of any kind).

[@natashabugarin140]

Loved this series! Thanks for working so hard to bring us videos that are as informative as they are stupidfun 😂❤

[@BirdSniffer343]

That goat looked like a polar bear with horns if you ask me 😂

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

😆 luckily wayyyyy less scary!!

[@schulzbrianr]

I humbly request that you have occasional update videos/clips of the other toilets you encounter on hikes around the country/world, keep a copy of that Poobric handy.

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

It would be my honor 😌

[@oneofnine4212]

Bugaboo snowpatch col toilet in Canada is by far the best Backcountry toilet I have seen. dident get a chance to make a deposit, we were in a rush but the view from the col onto howser towers and glacier is hard to beat.

[@rivereee]

On research float trips in the Grand Canyon we use basically a big metal box with a toilet seat on it, and at each camp you set it up with a beautiful view of the Colorado and the canyon

[@ervinslens]

Absolutely brilliant episode guys, as always narrated so professionally! Epic work!!!

[@jeffreycarman2185]

8:58 at 7,520 that’s a very high elevation camp site. The Lunch Counter on Mt. Adams in Washington, but not the North Cascades, is a bit higher at 9350 feet in elevation. I would love to get some trips into the North Cascades.

[@richardrawlings7750]

On the subject of migraines, making sure that I'm fully hydrated the day before a walk, and spending at least 15 minutes warming up and stretching before put my bag on seems to hold them at bay for me.

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Oh that's a great tip!! Electrolytes help me a ton - and I totally agree on warming up and stretching. I'm glad those work for you 💚 migraines are a pain.

[@PositivelyAndy]

@@MirandaGoesOutside PUN INTENDED!

[@amberdennison5754]

This series was super fun to watch. Who makes your earrings?

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Thank you!! They're actually just some huggie hoop earrings, and then I found a couple camp charms at our local second-hand craft store and hooked those on! Here are some links to something similar: Hoops: amzn.to/3P0zdSF Camp Charms: amzn.to/3EpaaE3

[@amberdennison5754]

Thanks, cute idea❤

[@musingwithreba9667]

That is a really fancy pit toilet ! And the campsite is phenomenal! And the goats are fun 😀

[@henna96]

Loved the series, seriously! I hope you continue making videos that other KZbinrs are not doing!

[@jjmyers6664]

Has someone already said it? A poo with a view! 🌄 Omg those views at the end once the smoke had cleared were insane. Didn't even look real. Gorgeous.

[@eyeseajujubee]

I enjoyed this series. It was so cool learning about how bathrooms in the outdoors!

[@kat.p.b.5193]

Great series!!! I also find the poo issue an important topic... you all did a really nice job😻

[@jamesbramlett5407]

Such a fun series, thx Miranda & Rainer

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Thanks for watching!!

[@markbegay7163]

Never disappoints, thank Miranda n all!

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Thank you!! 🥳

[@glenloewen7507]

As crazy of a concept that this series was, I absolutely loved it!!! Thanks Miranda!

[@alangauld6079]

Great series. Here in Scotland I've noticed quite a few of our mountain bothies(open huts) are acquiring pit or long-drop toilets although none of them have views, they are all enclosed. It's a sign of how popular backpacking and wild camping are becoming. Keep up the good work.

[@jonathanscott6234]

Sahale is my #2 favorite. Using the toilet on the South Saddle of the Grand Teton at sunset was truly a magical experience. When I climbed the Grand back in '86, that toilet would rank 5 in every category. An honorable mention is the toilet at Lake Sally Anne on the PCT north of Steven's Pass. It has a remarkable view of the Stewart Range off in the distance.

[@meowtasticchristine1745]

Sahale is #1 on my bucket list! So glad you got to go!

[@Judesster]

Loved this series. 😂

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

whoop whoop me too!

[@nickhikesinthewoods6150]

This is a awesome video right here

[@christinadenison2447]

Love Goodr! Love them more now that I can get them w/my prescription!

[@hikinggsdmom8754]

My life revolves around which pair of goodrs I’m wearing each day.

[@sharrison3974]

Loved the marmot impression!

[@rodoutdoors]

Love the views there. Hope the smoke wasn't too bad. Great message at the end to a hilarious series. Thanks!

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Luckily we mostly had a view of the smoke, without it creeping into our lungs! It was a gorgeous hike and campsite! 🥰

[@cousinjoyous]

What sun shirts are you all rockin' these days?

[@DavidVidaurri]

Great series ❤

[@TheShauNanigans]

I had no idea trail toilets like this even existed. Consider my mind officially blown.

[@garylindenmuth7468]

Outstanding video, the views were just incredible thank you

[@chelseapowell7794]

Gotta say...the toilet at the the Lower Saddle camp ground next to The Grand Teton is one of the most beautiful back country toilets I've ever seen. You have to bring a wag bag, but its all worth it when you sit on an actual toilet seat and look at that view.

[@lindahopson5003]

Nobody talks poop better than Miranda! Love the videos.

[@user-tg9rx6ps5c]

Absolutely brilliant episode guys, as always narrated so professionally! Epic work!!!. Absolutely brilliant episode guys, as always narrated so professionally! Epic work!!!.

[@David-eg4bx]

Outstanding video, I cannot begin to fathom how many people will add this experience to their bucket lists because of you. I eagerly await the ordering/prepayment instructions for an autographed copy of "The Panaramic Pooper". So glad to see you using a SPOT device, you should comment on it in a future video. Finally, I think women who snort insects are sooo cute!!

[@memathews]

Y'all should release a PSA clip of this series for outdoor retailers and especially state and local trail groups to use in their promotions, talks, meetings, maybe post to their social media, etc. It could extend your brand, your sponsor's brand, and gain a bunch of followers. You might even try to get LNT org instead. Just a thought!

[@waltermidkiff3662]

I used a pit toilet in the arctic circle in Alaska that would rival the first two. That third one is something else though.

[@kenziek222]

Amazing video!! And omg are you using a new Nemo tent Miranda?? If so, please review!

[@J-Peterson777]

I am so jealous of you and Rayner and everyone else in your group, that was such a fantastic adventure to go on. Please do me a favour and enjoy every single moment of it because you are only young once, you only live once and you only get one chance to explore this fantastic world that we all live in. You are doing everything that I wish I could do, so keep doing it, keep enjoying it and keep filming it. See you in the next video. Thank you.

[@trigsandtea]

Wishing I was there. We hiked to Cascade pass the day before we flew back to the UK so didn't have time to do sahale but I so want to see that view and use that toilet 🤣 one day we will come back. Maybe hope and get lucky to get a camping permit and hire some gear. I think you saw the same chubby marmut we saw up there lol. I love in the US that you have these toilets - the UK we don't even have them where we park never mind during the hikes.

[@maycatyuiop]

I'm glad they fixed the road.

[@kmannewyork]

Super great pit toilet with a awe struck beautiful view. I have a pair of goodr sunglasses and they are truly awesome. However there a lot more basic. Black frame with blue lenses

[@jenniferjohnson995]

I have loved this series! What an amazing view from there. If you haven’t been to the toilet at Panorama Point at Mount Rainier (Paradise) you should go! It’s like a hobbit house on the mountain and you can poop in privacy! Keep up the good work!

[@russhanbey2841]

I would like to nominate the precarious privy high atop Green Mountain in the North Central Cascades. The view brings in the nearby meadow systems and snowy ridegelines near and far. It's a Mt. Hood Fly Proof toilet that can be schlepped by hand to remote locations in parts and assembled on the spot. Made of cedar - this beauty is built for vista gazing and quiet contemplation, even though marmots find it captivating for all of the wrong reasons.

[@RichLong]

I love Goodr!

[@DingledadsTheDemon]

Great video

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Thanks Dingledads, you're a true friend

[@DingledadsTheDemon]

I know@@MirandaGoesOutside

[@AmandaCash-sr7or]

I legit thought you said this campsite had “ghosts” and I was so confused until the goats showed up. 😂

[@cassia_cries]

Wow! Loved the 💩 series and it was lovely seeing the rest if the crew in this vid ✌️🖖

[@northerntrouble]

Deuces of a mini series, but I think the one from number two! Should be sent off to the Smithsonian as an ancient artefact. Except for the nails and screws, I would be afraid to use it. Possibly end up with blood poisoning or something similar. One big problem I see with them is the path to get to them at night or bad weather and especially in the case of an emergency!!! Doing the butt cheek shuffle.😂😂

[@ericcarney2550]

I snowmobiled on a trail in Colorado that had toilets that were amazing but enclosed. The poo stalagmites were all like 50' tall and frozen solid. Still dumbfounded to this day what kind of heavy equipment they had to bring in to dig out these out houses!? I've never seen anything like it before and never again. It was like 200 miles worth of snowmobiling trails way out in the mountains. All the business was frozen solid so the little shack just smelled like an evergreen forest.

[@joeyoneda5387]

The “poonoramic” view was absolutely “poofect”. Thank you so much for this series and I hope to see more from other parts of the country!!!

[@fayweir4740]

Brilliant!! Loving this poop series 💩

[@JonathanFisherS]

This series should be sponsored by Metamucil!!!

[@ryanm7478]

As someone who dug poopers at a camp years ago, that took some work to install

[@benelliott6133]

Yep, that was my guess, Sahale! Have had the pleasure of that incredible view💩😀

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

It's AMAZING.

[@colwynpower1800]

You guys are so freaking cute! I love your hikes. CP from SoCal❤️

[@blayneb16]

My friends and I used this toliet when it was super windy at the summit and we were giggling like crazy cause we blowing around so much

[@aventureraclette]

7:48 franchement c'est magnifique...

[@jeffreycarman2185]

10:36 when I climbed Mount Adams in 2012 there is a ton of human waste (even though the rangers supplied us with wag bags) if they haven’t put a toilet up there they probably should.

[@kimr1806]

When we were kids, we would joke that you “can’t poop without peeing” so I am curious how many aren’t peeing in there 😆

[@craigevanswastaken]

In order to get the most of the toilet, your food should consists of dried fruit, peanut M&Ms, and chili Mac.

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Part of a complete breakfast 😌

[@czarsean1]

Part 4! Part 4!

[@aubreywhitley6889]

Check out the view from the toilet at Horseshoe Mesa in the Grand Canyon. You reach it from the Grandview trail. The interesting part is the Park Service has to use helicopters to fly them out to empty them. 😳

[@laemaison2332]

@MirandaGoesOutside Awesome video! Do you mind sharing where you purchased the shoulder strap pouch?

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

It actually came with my Flash 55 Pack from REI! Sadly REI doesn't make the PackMod shoulder strap in this color separately, but if you like the yellow there's a zipper pocket from Gossamer Gear that's pretty similar! Check it: bit.ly/3P1pnA6

[@spacewalker9375]

What! I was just there Friday! I can’t believe I did t know this was a thing. Now I wanna go back just to take a dump

[@naturalmeditation101]

Silly but so you, awesome.

[@sumnerland22]

I'm not sure if you take requests.... but Boston Basin toilet is right there with Sahale. Also, would be curious if you'd go through areas like the Olympics and Mt Rainier NP. Summerland at Rainier has one of the nicest toilets imho.

[@SinkToTheBeat89]

MORE outdoor toilet adventures! World tour toilet ratings lets gooooooooooo

[@RavensSarora]

Ya'll getting up literal mountains with full packs and I'm over here wrecked carrying in the groceries to a house with no stairs 🤣

[@kid5Media]

I'm rather fond of toilet in the upper Enchantments with a view of Prusik Peak.

[@Judesster]

Goodrs are the best sunglasses for hiking.

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

They really are! I like that no matter how much I sweat they never slide off my face.

[@thomaswondra]

So sad! I could see Mt Rainier from that toilet last year.

[@MirandaGoesOutside]

Once the smoke cleared, we got a little glimpse!! But the smoke was pretty wild.

[@derekatwood6236]

You missed the best toilet. Shuksan sulfide glacier, amazing view of mt baker and there is phone reception only while sitting on the toilet!

[@SuziPoozi]

Shitters full! 😁