I don't try to do any sort of distance hiking in the winter. I switch to peak bagging.
I'm not lost. I know where I am. I'm right here.
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Rasty wrote:
Sweating going uphill and freezing going downhill
Rasty wrote:
I'm learning about winter distance hiking. I'm using a 40° sleeping bag and a 0° quilt. My temperature range is +/- 50°. The weather where I am is exactly that. Last night I used my 0° quilt as a pillow. Tomorrow night and the next I will need both. I'm hiking in shorts down to 30°. I find that it's easier to add and remove gloves and hats then pants.
Astro wrote:
And you are in GA (or NC)!If there is a Southern Cafe version of the North's MLK, I vote we wait until Memorial day.Rasty wrote:
I'm learning about winter distance hiking. I'm using a 40° sleeping bag and a 0° quilt. My temperature range is +/- 50°. The weather where I am is exactly that. Last night I used my 0° quilt as a pillow. Tomorrow night and the next I will need both. I'm hiking in shorts down to 30°. I find that it's easier to add and remove gloves and hats then pants.
AnotherKevin wrote:
I don't try to do any sort of distance hiking in the winter. I switch to peak bagging.
PaulMags wrote:
I switch to long planks on old-school looking leather boots myself...AnotherKevin wrote:
I don't try to do any sort of distance hiking in the winter. I switch to peak bagging.
Rasty wrote:
I'm learning about winter distance hiking. I'm using a 40° sleeping bag and a 0° quilt. My temperature range is +/- 50°. The weather where I am is exactly that. Last night I used my 0° quilt as a pillow. Tomorrow night and the next I will need both. I'm hiking in shorts down to 30°. I find that it's easier to add and remove gloves and hats then pants.
LIhikers wrote:
How's this for winter camping? Sleeping on a frozen lake. At -25 below zero it was too cold to rain so we didn't use a tent but others did. It was a dog sledding camping trip in MN.
[IMG:http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/lihikers/Dogsledding/IMG_2051.jpg]
[IMG:http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/lihikers/Dogsledding/IMG_2045.jpg]Most of the bulk on that sled was sleeping bags. They were rated for -60 below zero and are too big and bulky to backpack with. The bags are made by a company Wiggys.com
Wise Old Owl wrote:
Well this is why I like starting these threads...something pops out of the wood work of the blog and I was under the impression LI Hikers ment Light Hiker... clearly the owl was so wrong on this... you are hiking heavy-er than TP on the other blog, not a bad thing... but I have to ask ...LIhikers wrote:
How's this for winter camping? Sleeping on a frozen lake. At -25 below zero it was too cold to rain so we didn't use a tent but others did. It was a dog sledding camping trip in MN.
[IMG:http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/lihikers/Dogsledding/IMG_2051.jpg]
[IMG:http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/lihikers/Dogsledding/IMG_2045.jpg]Most of the bulk on that sled was sleeping bags. They were rated for -60 below zero and are too big and bulky to backpack with. The bags are made by a company Wiggys.com
If you are on a lake on ice and hopefully a layer of snow ... a double wall tent will trap yet another 5-10° ease any "changing" But that is not why I chose your post.... What was your plan had the weather changed and a big wind had blown up? Wind Chill can change everything.
Wise Old Owl wrote:
Well this is why I like starting these threads...something pops out of the wood work of the blog and I was under the impression LI Hikers ment Light Hiker... clearly the owl was so wrong on this... you are hiking heavy-er than TP on the other blog, not a bad thing... but I have to ask ...LIhikers wrote:
How's this for winter camping? Sleeping on a frozen lake. At -25 below zero it was too cold to rain so we didn't use a tent but others did. It was a dog sledding camping trip in MN.
[IMG:http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/lihikers/Dogsledding/IMG_2051.jpg]
[IMG:http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/lihikers/Dogsledding/IMG_2045.jpg]Most of the bulk on that sled was sleeping bags. They were rated for -60 below zero and are too big and bulky to backpack with. The bags are made by a company Wiggys.com
If you are on a lake on ice and hopefully a layer of snow ... a double wall tent will trap yet another 5-10° ease any "changing" But that is not why I chose your post.... What was your plan had the weather changed and a big wind had blown up? Wind Chill can change everything.