Plus side: no bugs, no bears, pretty snow on trees. Minus side: freezing one’s fanny off.
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Rebecca at Calipidder.com<\/a> told me about a backpacking group she hangs out with. They’re planning a couple weekend snow-camping trips in the next six weeks and I’m getting sorely tempted — though the idea of buying a bunch more gear for cold-weather camping, and lugging it up a hillside, is holding me back for the moment. Snowshoes can be rented but I would have to get an insulated jacket and pants. I’m not sold on needing a four-season tent (the good ones are all like $500). Seems like I could use one of my hiking poles to bolster the ceiling in my REI Quarter Dome if the snow got too carried away. I’ve certainly got plenty of pack: my Dana Designs Terraplane is as big as a Buick, but filling it to capacity and hiking several miles on snowshoes at high altitudes sounds slightly less than fun.<\/p>\n So I’m on the fence, as usual. Maybe I’ll just reread this thread at HighSierraTopix<\/a> on good winter-backpacking tents till I make up my mind. Or flip a coin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plus side: no bugs, no bears, pretty snow on trees. Minus side: freezing one’s fanny off. Rebecca at Calipidder.com told me about a backpacking group she hangs out with. They’re planning a couple weekend snow-camping trips in the next six…<\/p>\n
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