Beauty is to the beholder. Everyone can define this the way the want...and I do not have a problem with that. I do not consider Half Dome and Mt. Whitney wilderness during the three-season but the latter can be during the winter.
For me, it's the lack of people, even over highly traveled trails. I've been up Ice House Canyon and Mt. Baden-Powell at night and all I've seen are bright eyes staring at me. These are places that are not considered wilderness most days of the year but they were those nights.
The same applies to winter travel. I've was up Charlton and Baden-Powell this past winter where I did not see another person all day.
Let alone being off the gird.
