Ultimate Camping Thread

No pics yet but I am loving my HMG Dirigo 2 tent. Decided to invest in a lightweight tent and this thing is amazing. No pole arrangement to carry and you use your trekking poles. Large vestibules and entrances on each side make for heaps of storage for two to keep rucks out of the way when stretching out.

 

Those look cool but not cheap.

 

It’s high speed stuff to be sure. We were going to camp this weekend but the weather changes that.

Heads up: Good-to-Go foods is doing 25% off all of their meals at their website, ends tonight at midnight.

 

Ice fished my whole life, camped on ice once and would not recommend

 

Hyperlite Mountain Gear 15% off coupon

Code:

HMG15

 

It is all about the gear and clothing.

No bugs.
Quiet.
Water source all around.
Etc.

 

Yesssssss....

 

A bit o' bodacious Bighorn backcountry backpacking, bushwacking, and bivouacking

Bighorn Mts., WY - found a nice spot with good view west down the Shell Creek canyon, looking to the Rockies


sunset

morning sun battling snow squall front

that perfect-height, snow-free sitting rock


anyone know what this beast is? tracks about 1.5 - 2" wide, looks like I caught him coming and going; odd, there's nary a heel pad in sight, hummmm...

 

Maybe rabbit? Looks like it hops

 

A BONUS bit o' bodacious Bighorn backcountry backpacking, bushwacking, and bivouacking

Shell Creek Canyon, Bighorn Mts., WY
Last weeks trip taught me that the winds are too variable and strong in the Shell Creek Canyon for effective use of a tarp/leanto system.
So I exchanged my 6 oz tarp for my 3.5 lb tent on this trip:


(mule?) deer grazing on the ridge above me about 200 yds away; also heard coyote pack howling the following morning:


2/3 moon:


next morning; geologists say the Big Horn Mt.s are eroding ancient seabeds laid down hundreds of millions of years ago and subsequently uplifted a "mere" 70 million years ago, really puts a perspective on a human lifespan:



must be careful where you place your pack or hand around here; here's what lurks just beneath the snow surface in some spots:

 

Those are alien tracks bro. they only walk on their fingers

 

A Cascades Quickie

last(?) snow fix of the season
southwest ridge of 3-Fingered Jack, central Oregon Cascades



zoom shot to the south



1st setup



that bane of leanto-ers- wind direction change, forced me to modify the setup





zoom photo of Black Butte to the east



3-Fingered Jack summit peeking above its own upper southwest ridge

 

Very nice

 

If you are searching for youth sleeping mats these are on sale. I grabbed a pair, one for the boy and another for me to try out as part of my ultralight setup. Lots of others on discount as well but these are nearly half off.

https://www.campsaver.com/klymit-static-v-junior-sleeping-pad.html

 

Olympic Mountains Quickie

overnighter about 17 miles NE of Mt. Olympus:

 

Another Cascades Quickie

central Oregon Cascades, snowshoeing and camping around Big Lake:



Mt. Washington to the south:







ended up sleeping on the lake; a windless, starry night with a low of about 25F;
next morning: