Winter camping trip

[mn_ultra_guy]

Any MORCers interested in a Winter camping trip in the next few weeks? We could hike, ski, snowshoe, or maybe we could do a Winter bike tour.
Takers, buehler, anyone?

[Don Youngdahl]

Any MORCers interested in a Winter camping trip.............

Winter camping?? Do you sleep on a bed of nails at home? :crazy2:

[lostboy]

I think it would be fun but in order to get out a ride a lot I have to sacrifice time else where.

The coldest I have camped in is 13F. Although we weren't expecting it to get that cold. The bottom of the mountain it was 80, top was 50 by sunset it was 30 by morning it was 13. I was cool but never cold, thanks to a good sleeping bag.

[mn_ultra_guy]

Winter camping?? Do you sleep on a bed of nails at home? :crazy2:
Winter camping can be quite fun with the right gear!

[RichZilla]

Heads up people. Winter camping has just been approved for the PugFest event at Hillside Park in Elk River this weekend. Saturday night camping in the far back lot is good to go. Then stay for the festivities on Sunday!

http://ramseybicycles.com/merchant/1225/files/pugfest08_flyer.pdf

[Jake Helmbrecht]

My last winter camping trip got down to -16 and I was shocked at how comfortable it actually was, we didn't even use a tent. It's one of those things that you can't imagine doing, but once you take the leap and give it a try, you realize that it's no big deal. You just need to take a few more precautions to stay dry, and of course the right bag makes all the difference.

[dbruning]

I've done before and it was definitely below zero but with the right bag(in this case -30 degree down bag) I was toasty. Plus we used to make up warm LEXAN nalgene bottles filled with hot water and throw them in the bag 2o minutes before hitting the sack. Talk about a little piece of heaven. In fact my next purchase with RE-I dividend will be a winter bag.

[jitterjepp]

I pulled off the trail during the arrowhead 135 a couple years ago and it was -22 without the windchill. I threw my sleeping bag down on the snow and went to sleep in a cozy -30 bag for 12 hours. I was quite toasty.

If humans can survive an ice age I think with a little of that modern technology and a few hundred thousand years of the old "this works - that doesn't" knowledge one should be completely fine.

My thoughts are that not everyone will enjoy it but for the most part with all that history and technology one should at the very least be able to figure out staying warm at night.

Like the Gieco commercial says, "so simple a caveman can figure it out" and apparent thats true because we are all here.

[Jake Helmbrecht]

The camping at Hillside was pretty sweet. We biked in with a trailer with all the supplies, and dug a couple of snow caves that weren't really needed with the mild temps, but the were fun to build. (check the pics on the Pugfest thread). Could have packed lighter but we had to make sure to have extra clothes to race and get wet in, also beer is sort of heavy ;). The only downside was that if you weren't in the caves you could hear the freeway off in the distance, all my other winter camping has been that peaceful silence you only get miles from everywhere.


I'd be down for a winter bike tour if anyone els is game. We're running out of time though.