Tents in the snow

[Tipi Walter]

I figure since it's Winter Solstice we could add pics of our shelters in the snow, whether tents or hammocks or tarps or bivy sacks etc. No 44 foot long RVs please!

They could be on the Appalachian Trail or the CDT or PCT or BMT or MST or wherever else, just gotta have some snow in the pic. Maybe describe where you are and what the conditions were like. Here's a pic---


My old Mt Hardwear Muir Trail tent on Bob Mt in some cold temps. 2003. This was a 9 day trip and I spent 4 of them right here on the mountain in the storm.

[Alpine Jack]

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This is on the BMT through the Citico Wilderness. I honestly believe it got warmer (inside the tent) as the inches began to pile up overnight. Morning was a beautiful winter wonderland - which is why I do the bulk of my hiking during the winter.

[Tipi Walter]

This is on the BMT through the Citico Wilderness. I honestly believe it got warmer (inside the tent) as the inches began to pile up overnight. Morning was a beautiful winter wonderland - which is why I do the bulk of my hiking during the winter.

Sorry, had to post your pic bigger because it looks neato. I remember this Halloween when it rained all night and then got cold and stopped. Wow, no more rain hitting the tent. Thing is, the rain turned to snow and I couldn't hear the pitter-patter of the stuff and by morning everything was covered. News to me.

[colorado_rob]

Or, as seen from a lower angle....

[Tipi Walter]

Good thing someone with experience knew where to place camp.....

Looking down on 14K camp from 17K camp on Denali

Those are great pics. Denali always reminds me of the book Minus 148 Degrees by Art Davidson. His group got caught in a winter ascent hellstorm and spent many weeks suffering and 3 or 4 terrible days holed up in an ice cave with 3 guys near Archdeacon Tower. 100mph winds, hence the -148F number.

[colorado_rob]

Those are great pics. Denali always reminds me of the book Minus 148 Degrees by Art Davidson. His group got caught in a winter ascent hellstorm and spent many weeks suffering and 3 or 4 terrible days holed up in an ice cave with 3 guys near Archdeacon Tower. 100mph winds, hence the -148F number.

Yeah, I read it, fascinating book. "Freedom climbers" (I think that's the title) has lots of accounts of winter Himalayan climbs by the Polish climbing community, who have said that they think climbing 8000 meter peaks in the summer is for sissy's... OTOH, their survival rate for their winter 8000M ascents is running about 50%....

[rocketsocks]

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This is on the BMT through the Citico Wilderness. I honestly believe it got warmer (inside the tent) as the inches began to pile up overnight. Morning was a beautiful winter wonderland - which is why I do the bulk of my hiking during the winter.

Snow is a great insulator, you ever fall butt first into a snow bank and just sit there for a bit, kinda warm, cradling...and warm.

[Tipi Walter]

Snow is a great insulator, you ever fall butt first into a snow bank and just sit there for a bit, kinda warm, cradling...and warm.

There's that, and then there's the falling and the consequent unwillingness to get back up because it's a Hell Slog and so you seriously consider curling up in a ball in the snow by a tree and going to sleep, permanently. It's a hard nut to crack. Gotta get up and drat it keep moving.

[rocketsocks]

There's that, and then there's the falling and the consequent unwillingness to get back up because it's a Hell Slog and so you seriously consider curling up in a ball in the snow by a tree and going to sleep, permanently. It's a hard nut to crack. Gotta get up and drat it keep moving.

That is very true, many a stumble bums come outta the bar, can't find there car, wonder off to sit a bit, and just never wake up...happens all the time. Crazy way to go.

[rocketsocks]

That is very true, many a stumble bums come outta the bar, can't find there car, wonder off to sit a bit, and just never wake up...happens all the time. Crazy way to go.

In the winter o'coarse.

[Tipi Walter]

That is very true, many a stumble bums come outta the bar, can't find there car, wonder off to sit a bit, and just never wake up...happens all the time. Crazy way to go.

Reminds me of terrible news story I heard back in the 80's---a woman stumbled out of a Chicago bar drunk during a winter storm and walked to an alley. Passed out. She woke up later in a hospital with no legs or arms. This could be an urban legend, more study needed.

[Rolls Kanardly]

Snow is a great insulator, you ever fall butt first into a snow bank and just sit there for a bit, kinda warm, cradling...and warm.

Ohh you mean with clothes on,

I just love a hot steam and fresh snow, Rolls

[rocketsocks]

Ohh you mean with clothes on,

I just love a hot steam and fresh snow, Rolls

Most definitely with clothes on.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Last MLK day weekend in Harriman park. There are three tarptents and a half dozen Whiteblazers hidden in this photo:
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The thumbnail photo is a borrowed TNF tent off of the valley way trail on Mt. Madison.

[Tipi Walter]

Last MLK day weekend in Harriman park. There are three tarptents and a half dozen Whiteblazers hidden in this photo:
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The thumbnail photo is a borrowed TNF tent off of the valley way trail on Mt. Madison.

Cool pics. The first one is neat with the snow actually falling. The NF looks like their Mountain tent, robust 4 season thing.

[rocketsocks]

Last MLK day weekend in Harriman park. There are three tarptents and a half dozen Whiteblazers hidden in this photo:
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The thumbnail photo is a borrowed TNF tent off of the valley way trail on Mt. Madison.

too funny, I got up early and was ready for a quick getaway that morning. As my pack sits there and gets snowed on I think to myself.....I should be sleepin' right now.

[Feral Bill]

Last MLK day weekend in Harriman park. There are three tarptents and a half dozen Whiteblazers hidden in this photo:
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The thumbnail photo is a borrowed TNF tent off of the valley way trail on Mt. Madison.

Fingerboard shelter, no?

[Another Kevin]

Fingerboard shelter, no?

Yes indeed! We all tented the next night at William Brien. We were just strolling about, except that a couple of the stronger hikers went and did a big loop to the south. It was snowy there too, but I don't think anyone thought to take a picture. It was a mite chilly: the snivel meter said 18 °F inside my tent the next morning. The way body heat warms a tent, it must have been quite a bit colder outside. The Boy Scouts who were using the shelter decamped in the middle of the night.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Yes indeed! We all tented the next night at William Brien. We were just strolling about, except that a couple of the stronger hikers went and did a big loop to the south. It was snowy there too, but I don't think anyone thought to take a picture. It was a mite chilly: the snivel meter said 18 °F inside my tent the next morning. The way body heat warms a tent, it must have been quite a bit colder outside. The Boy Scouts who were using the shelter decamped in the middle of the night.

Did they really? I just thought they got up, earlier than we did and hiked on!

Funny thing about that trip is that I brought my zero degree bag that was actually too warm, but I stupidly only packed my beat up zrest foam pad that didn't have nearly enough insulation. I slept on my side and had to keep switching sides throughout the night because whatever side was against the pad was freezing and the side that was on top kept sweating!

I wonder if Lou's going to post a photo of his "hooch" shelter.

[Tipi Walter]

Here's one from one of my Nepal trips back in the 90's.
This one is from 17,500' Dhampus pass which is just north of Dhaligiri.
I stayed here again in 2004 the night before I summited 20,000' Dhampus peak.P5050057.jpg

That looks like a North Face frog-style tent and I've seen a view over the years. Very cool pic of some real mountains.


Here's a similar North Face tent but in different mountains. Much different.

I know this pic and this wall tent. It's David, right?