Winter Camping[views:11805][posts:81]____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 7:02am - arilliusbm ""] Anyone like to camp in the winter? Or are you guys pussies because you can't bring your house heating with you? know of any places that are good to camp in the winter? Granted, the best places to camp are in the true wilderness, but I'm looking for a campground. I know there's a few up near Conway NH which never close. I'm thinking about checking some out with the gal this winter. Any recommendations? Also, an excellent site: http://www.campmor.com |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 7:15am - the_reverend ""] I was going to say the green mountains and ask what gear you had until I realized you were a pussy. Winter camping = bring a shovel and go off trail 100 feet you pussy. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 7:17am - Lamp ""] Burnside Park seems to be the real hot spot to camp in Providence right now and it looks to last into the winter. No fees to pitch your tent and close to lots of food. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 7:18am - arilliusbm ""] I've got enough gear, but need a liner for my sleeping bag. And LOL at going 100 feet off of trails, fuck that. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 7:20am - arilliusbm ""] The only problem is that my mummy bag is a little short for me. I need a long one, but the one I have now will suffice. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 7:52am - AndrewBastard ""] I'll tell you this much...IT SUCKS. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:00am - arilliusbm ""] How? Campfire + snow or cold air = awesome |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:14am - AndrewBastard ""] its just miserable...i know it seems kult or viking to want to do it but its not enjoyable. Sorry. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:19am - arilliusbm ""] Nah, I don't want to do it for that. I just want to hike in the winter or perhaps cross country ski. Wouldn't hurt to have a base or a place to crash. Just gotta be prepared. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:23am - AndrewBastard ""] hiking in the winter is cool but after a day of winter hiking, the sun goes down, believe me you'll want to be indoors. But go for it..its worth doing at least once. I did it at the base of Tuckermans to go snowboarding once and it was pretty brutal. Whiskey helped. |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:24am - largefreakatzero ""] In before NHF&G has to rescue your sorry ass off the mountain. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:27am - arilliusbm ""] Nigga plz. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:40am - BSV ""] I'd be down but I need alot more gear... |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:41am - arilliusbm ""] Lets do it. Just get a sleeping bag and liner |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:43am - Alx_Casket ""] No can do, I only sleep naked in 70 degrees with no sheets year-round. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:44am - BSV ""] I need snow shoes, winter suit, sleeping bag, tent, socks and thermals. unless we have an amazing winter and I'm plowing tons, ain't gonna happen soon. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:47am - arilliusbm ""] Tent could be shared. I've got a 6 person tent. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:55am - Alx_Casket ""] Oh, well now I see where this is going. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 8:56am - arilliusbm ""] Get your mind out of the gutter, Mengsk. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:03am - the_reverend ""] there are 4 season 6-person tents? I never knew. I've been in the woods hiking/camping in winter and I loved it. Carry your shit with you, bring tons of butter and don't plan to go more than 2-3 miles in 8 hrs. Once you break down, pack up, you can't go very far before you have to set up camp again. Especially if the snow is deep. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:05am - AndrewBastard ""] the_reverend said:there are 4 season 6-person tents? AKA.....A CABIN. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:07am - arilliusbm ""] Fuck, heathen cabin hiking party? who's down? |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:07am - the_reverend ""] I thought kurt cabin killed himself. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:09am - arilliusbm ""] First time Ive LOLed at one of your jokes. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:16am - AndrewBastard ""] and isn't Heathen Ledger dead too? |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:17am - arilliusbm ""] hahAhaha |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:20am - largefreakatzero ""] You guys should wear your black metal get-ups. It will be that much funnier when you have to get rescued. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:21am - arilliusbm ""] ye have lack of faith, LFAO |
| ______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:23am - BSV ""] wait til the ice comes, i know a small island on a lake that's close. we'll make an ice fishing trip out of it. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:25am - the_reverend ""] I have all the gear for it, but no time. artic shell boots, shell gloves, crampons, -25 bag, 3+ season tent, etc... the only problem is that my snow shoes had their bindings chewed by a dog. I need to get that fixed. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:25am - arilliusbm ""] Sounds sweet. Camp on the island, cook fish thats caught. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 9:26am - BSV ""] yeah i've had my eye on some 400 gram hunting boots, those would be nice. |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 10:37am - bobnomaamrooney ""] If anyone's interested I'll be going on a hike of the Appalachian in NH and VT this December, wearing some jeans and a Graveland tshirt I borrowed from Kim Kelly. When it gets cold I've got a Temnozr long sleeve. You'll have to bring your own tent because I'll be making a lean-to out of branches and shit based solely on what I remember from scouts like 15 years ago. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 10:43am - Alx_Casket ""] "This kindling was collected by Scott from Xasthur." |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 10:43am - arilliusbm ""] lol |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 10:58am - bobnomaamrooney ""] I'll be subsisting on dehydrated strawberries picked by the migrant worker relatives of the Black Twilight Circle. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 10:59am - the_reverend ""] there are 3 hints I can give you for winter hiking/camping. 1) bring a bunch of sticks of butter, cook everything with a stick of butter in it. 2) the water from pasta makes the best hot chocolate especially with a stick of butter 3) wrap piece of pizza in tinfoil and put them in all your pockets. |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 11:05am - bobnomaamrooney ""] 1) Leave note on your car windshield telling passersby that you're a woman hiking alone. 2)Go for a brisk hike in Franconia Notch 3)Get stabbed to death by a Québécois trucker. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 11:15am - arilliusbm ""] LOL Then the trucker can use the butter as lube for his necrosex. |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 11:19am - justinvaettir ""] winter camping is the fucking worst. hike, sweat, freeze. I'm from the white mountains and never understood what possessed the retards who'd end up on an air lift to dartmouth. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 11:19am - sigh ""] Fuck that shit man! There is nothing manly about tenting in the winter. Don't be a dumbass. Rent a cabin somewhere, have a fire, get drunk. You'll enjoy it more. I've been out on the trails after the sun goes down with full winter gear on and you can still freeze. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 11:29am - arilliusbm ""] Dumbass? There are people that enjoy camping in the winter! |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 11:37am - AndrewBastard ""] justinvaettir said:winter camping is the fucking worst. hike, sweat, freeze. I'm from the white mountains and never understood what possessed the retards who'd end up on an air lift to dartmouth. is it worse than sleeping on my floor with no blankets or pillow or anything? what a douche I am... I dont remember shit from that night...did we walk from the space to my house with me in a t shirt? i left my bag and hoody at the space. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 12:14pm - ark ""] Tuckerman's sounds like a sick trip..carrying a snowboard sucks in the wind but worth it. Just gotta have the right gear, snowshoes, avoid sweating if at all possible, and line your pockets with pizza and butter. That right there is a capitol idea rev. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 12:46pm - the_reverend ""] I went for 3 days in the green in either january or february. It was awesome, but on the way back we walked down one of the ski-hills and the girl in the party slipped and tore her LCL. |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 12:49pm - AndrewBastard ""] one of the dudes I rode tucks with the second time I went fell almost immediately and basically ate shit the entire way to the bottom. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 1:24pm - Samantha ""] Sleeping in my freezing cold house with no electricity right now is kind of like camping. I recommend the Green Mountains for ultimate brutality. When I was in middle school, they used to make us go on a camping trip every year... in mid October... in Vermont. Try a couple of days of sleeping in a lean-to and climbing Mount Mansfield when it's cold enough to snow, and you're only 12 years old. I think they consider that child abuse nowadays. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 1:34pm - AndrewBastard ""] the green mountains are so false compared to the white... NH or GTFO |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 1:37pm - arilliusbm ""] Thats racist |
| _______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 1:55pm - sigh ""] arilliusbm said:Dumbass? There are people that enjoy camping in the winter! I wasn't saying they're aren't any people out their that find it enjoyable. I enjoy being in the mountains too but spending the night in the woods of Maine or New Hampshire in the middle of winter is not my idea of enjoyment. It's extremely risky. That is usually a last resort when things have already gone wrong and survival has become the priority. It gets cold quick once that sun goes down especially if you've been sweating. Entirely doable yes, but you're choosing to put yourself into a potentially bad situation. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 1:58pm - sigh ""] arilliusbm said:Nah, I don't want to do it for that. I just want to hike in the winter or perhaps cross country ski. Wouldn't hurt to have a base or a place to crash. Just gotta be prepared. And you can do all these things and still stay in a small cabin with a wood stove. Just saying sleeping outside is unnecessary for what you are going to do. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:01pm - arilliusbm ""] But thats the fun of it. Im not discluding a cabin idea by any means, but its the safe way to do it. herugrim writing session in cabin or gtfo? |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:06pm - Alx_Casket ""] ITT: metalheads feel the need to prove themselves |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:09pm - largefreakatzero ""] sigh said: arilliusbm said:Nah, I don't want to do it for that. I just want to hike in the winter or perhaps cross country ski. Wouldn't hurt to have a base or a place to crash. Just gotta be prepared. And you can do all these things and still stay in a small cabin with a wood stove. Just saying sleeping outside is unnecessary for what you are going to do. This man speaks the truth. I love being outdoors, whether upland bird or duck hunting, fishing open water or ice-fishing. Been out in nasty conditions in all instances. It's just much better to come indoors at the end of the day, get dry, and get drunk. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:27pm - sigh ""] arilliusbm said:But thats the fun of it. Im not discluding a cabin idea by any means, but its the safe way to do it. herugrim writing session in cabin or gtfo? You see that right their is the problem. I know you think it will be fun. But trust me, it isn't going to be as fun as you think when you've got no fire and you're huddled together to share warmth. How much practice do you have making fire? What about with wet materials? Assume you lose your lighter, did you bring a fire steel and some dry tinder? Do you have a survival saw to cut dryer wood from higher up on the trees? Bring any thermal blankets? There is a lot more to being prepared than packing a sleeping bag, a tent, and some pieces of armpit pizza. Part of being prepared is knowing your limitations and respecting the situation. Speaking from personal experience my advice is to enjoy winter but do it safely and comfortably whenever possible. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:32pm - the_reverend ""] it's called being prepared. I guess that's why I like survivorman and you idiots like bear grylls. [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:34pm - arilliusbm ""] I have the supplies. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:35pm - the_reverend ""] you have supplies. time to drink your own piss! |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:36pm - arilliusbm ""] Alx_Casket said:ITT: metalheads want to camp in the winter |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:37pm - Alx_Casket ""] Alx_Casket said:ITT: aril wants to drink his own piss |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:39pm - arilliusbm ""] SO WHAT, IT TASTES GOOD |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:52pm - hauptpflucker ""] Snow insulates your tent. Winter camping > being stuck at home with no power or heat. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 2:54pm - Alx_Casket ""] [img] |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:17pm - AndrewBastard ""] I wanna climb Katahdin next spring...I didnt even really know about it until that band came about. GOALS: SET THEM. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:19pm - justinvaettir ""] AndrewBastard said: justinvaettir said:winter camping is the fucking worst. hike, sweat, freeze. I'm from the white mountains and never understood what possessed the retards who'd end up on an air lift to dartmouth. is it worse than sleeping on my floor with no blankets or pillow or anything? what a douche I am... I dont remember shit from that night...did we walk from the space to my house with me in a t shirt? i left my bag and hoody at the space. Both are equally miserable. I was 2 hours late for work and sore as a motherfucker. No idea about your jacket. I'd be down for doing an overnight hike come spring. mt moosilauke is a good one. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:20pm - justinvaettir ""] AndrewBastard said:the green mountains are so false compared to the white... NH or GTFO this |
| _______________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:36pm - sigh ""] The rockies make our highest peaks look like ant hills. |
| _________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:38pm - bobnomaamrooney ""] Just read Gary Paulsen's Hatchet and gtfo to the woods. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:38pm - arilliusbm ""] The rockies are awesome. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:42pm - the_reverend ""] for a beer commercial. the rockies are nothing compared to rheasilvia mons on Vesta or olympus mons on Mars. 14 mile high mountains and they are grim as fuck. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:46pm - arilliusbm ""] thank you The Universe documentary for teching the reverend how to one up the rockies. |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:50pm - Ancient_Master ""] Camp overlooking Mt Everest on XMas day, or false is u [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:50pm - arilliusbm ""] Only K2 is real. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 3:55pm - AndrewBastard ""] Ben, thats awesome. ARE YOU RICH? |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 4:16pm - Ancient_Master ""] mad rich khud |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 1,2011 12:34am - Permafrost ""] AndrewBastard said: justinvaettir said:winter camping is the fucking worst. hike, sweat, freeze. I'm from the white mountains and never understood what possessed the retards who'd end up on an air lift to dartmouth. is it worse than sleeping on my floor with no blankets or pillow or anything? what a douche I am... I dont remember shit from that night...did we walk from the space to my house with me in a t shirt? i left my bag and hoody at the space. i think we dropped you both off at your house...i blacked out after the jack was handed to me. i don't remember getting home but i remember NOLA. always NOLA. |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 1,2011 6:56am - arilliusbm ""] you all got raped. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 1,2011 7:43am - AndrewBastard ""] yeah...JACK def put an end to my memory. what time was it? there were beer cans all over my room in the morning. I have a black eye, i found weed on my floor (I DONT SMOKE) and justin was sleeping like a vampire on my hardwood floor because I was too drunk to even offer him a sleeping bag or pillow etc. REHAB SOON. |
| ______________________________ [Nov 1,2011 10:08am - ark ""] sigh said:There is a lot more to being prepared than packing a sleeping bag, a tent, and some pieces of armpit pizza. yeah man, thanks, i'll remember that... |
| ______________________________ [Nov 1,2011 10:09am - ark ""] arilliusbm said:thank you The Universe documentary for teching the reverend how to one up the rockies. LOL |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 1,2011 10:25am - justinvaettir ""] Permafrost said: AndrewBastard said: justinvaettir said:winter camping is the fucking worst. hike, sweat, freeze. I'm from the white mountains and never understood what possessed the retards who'd end up on an air lift to dartmouth. is it worse than sleeping on my floor with no blankets or pillow or anything? what a douche I am... I dont remember shit from that night...did we walk from the space to my house with me in a t shirt? i left my bag and hoody at the space. i think we dropped you both off at your house...i blacked out after the jack was handed to me. i don't remember getting home but i remember NOLA. always NOLA. holy shit I remember this now. that bottle of jack was the best/worst idea ever. more camping next year. more black out drunk NOLA singalongs. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 1,2011 11:51am - hauptpflucker ""] sigh said:The rockies make our highest peaks look like ant hills. For what it's worth. In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop (in North America), or prime factor (in Europe), categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit. It is a measure of the independence of a summit. Below is an except from a ranking of US peaks by prominence. [img] |