Spent $40 on a printed map set for the Wind River Range and it saved my trip

I was planning a 5-day loop near Cirque of the Towers and figured my phone with downloaded maps would be fine. Halfway through the second day, my phone got soaked in a sudden downpour and died completely. I mean, I was totally turned around without it. Luckily, I had those paper maps in a zip-lock in my pack, and the detail on them was way better than my app anyway. Has anyone else had a close call that made you switch back to carrying a physical map?

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claire95822m ago

That exact thing happened to me on the Teton Crest Trail. My power bank got wet and my phone was just a brick for two days. What kind of printed map set did you get, like a specific brand or from a guide service? I've been using the same old forest service ones forever.