leave no trace fire pit

Nantahala NF?????????

 

Pisgah NF

 

Try FS81 if you're ever out by Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest (near Robbinsville). It starts behind the kiosk at the beginning of the Cherohala Skyway and follows Santeelah Creek for several miles into Tennessee and Cherokee NF with several nice dispersed sites.

 

My best friend has one, it works well. If I needed another maul for some reason it'd be what I bought.

 

https://www.rei.com/rei-garage/product/172293/uco-flatpack-grill-and-firepit

Picked up this during the holidays, mainly because it was on sale. Haven’t used it yet but love how compact it is. It folds up to the size of a laptop and it comes with a grill.

 

I second the Pop-Up Fire Pit. Had it for over a year now. Super easy to setup and use. I bought it for those trips that required a metal container in order to have a fire. I got the cover that attaches to the bottom so that it could be used on locations that you don't want to mess up the ground ie like on your lawn.

 

Has anyone tried burning pellet stove wood in one of these in the Fireside pop-up? They advertise this as an option.

With more places putting restrictions on bringing your own wood, I wonder if pellet wood provides a compact way to carry bug free firewood.

 

"... campfires are permitted but the wood must be USDA certified as kiln dried."

Are you kidding me? A government mandate for "kiln dried" wood to roast a marshmellow or a hot dog? What is the world coming to?

 

I have my Boy Scout hatchet from over fifty years ago. I've never had to tighten the head on the wood handle, much less replace it. Basic care in how you use an axe may have more to do with durability than construction or design, within reason, IMO.

 

I made this one out of some stainless tubs from the restaurant supply store. I love it.

 

My Bushbuddy:



It's small, and runs on twigs.

 

I have two - both are awesome for different reasons.

Primus Kamoto - Folds flat, can have lots of wood and stack up a good fire, or simmer down and grill stuff. Doesn't do great in the wind, though, unless you build a really big fire.




Biolite Firepit - Pricey, smaller grate size, but very wind resistant and easy to control/crank up to 11.




Both of the above pits are 'leave no trace' enough that I feel completely comfortable using them on my (trex) deck.
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I don't have one, but a solo could be nice. But they're also ginormous and don't pack down.

 

For true LNT areas (Black Rock Desert, etc.) I use an XL diamond plate tool box. Cheap, completely contains all the ash, and easy to transport.

 

Just a little food for thought. I love camp fires, and almost always have one when camping. I live in Michigan, we have had a firewood transport ban for years, Emerald Ash Bore. People complain f$;())) government regulations. They tried to confine it to the lower peninsula,but failed. People kept defying the ban, hard to enforce, didn’t take long and the entire state lost all its Ash trees, sad.

 

ive had a solo stove for 5 or so years, it has travelled around very well, has a couple small dents in it, but they are pretty strong - also i put wood in it to travel to camp, so use the space as well as possible - we also use our to cook on as much as we can (cause food always tastes better over fire) - there are times and places we can't use it of course

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I have a solo-stove bonfire and love it. I also have a solo-stove style smaller one that's more portable and its great too but you do have to process your wood to fit in it but other than that I love the "smokless" stoves.

 

I just built this

 

I have one of these and they are Fantastic for some things... They boil water as quick as a gas stove, are mostly smokeless and run on twigs.
THey do however run very hot and for cooking food they are too hot, also they burn through wood quick and require adding twigs constantly. if you can process mini logs that fit in them they burn lower and slower.

 

I have the smaller stove model. I don't recall the model but it's maybe 6" in diameter. I've only actually cooked on it a couple times, but it makes a great small, nearly smokeless campfire. Granted, it is small, but that has it's pros as well. My daughter roasts marshmallows over it so really that and some ambiance is all I need.

 

Just found this thread.
I've got the smaller Solostove and the Ranger. Both are great. I've also got the UCO flatpack and have used it to cook over charcoal. Thinking about getting the square format propane firepit for those times when I'm in an area that doesn't allow wood fires.

And I also got a Fiskars axe and it is awesome.