Rarely will I lead a trip with more than 5 people.
For the bear photo tours, more than 5 or 6 photographers simply clutters up the situation, often stresses the wildlife and never works out well for all involved.
For the wilderness trips I simply believe it’s not a good wilderness travel ethic to move 10 people or similar through the backcountry. The impact of larger groups camping and trekking in those regions can be somewhat destructive to the fragile ecosystems there. The focus of all these trips is to provide a wilderness experience and keeping group sizes reasonable enhances that provision.
The bald eagle and aurora tours I keep to a group of 4.
