A cold camp out at the skyline shelter! (pic heavy)

^ don't mind at all!, that was the Lunar eclipse Saturday, wish I could have captured it better but I still love that picture. Thanks for all the compliments I'm blushing :)
 
You did a nice job of capturing the moment. The country looks beautiful. How far was the hike into the shelter from the road?

You see pictures like this and my immeditate thought is "I want to do this too!".
 
22-rimfire said:
You did a nice job of capturing the moment. The country looks beautiful. How far was the hike into the shelter from the road?

You see pictures like this and my immeditate thought is "I want to do this too!".
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Thanks!! It's about 4.2 miles from the road to the cabin.
 
Amazing photos! Thanks for sharing them.

How did your shirt get wet? Sweat?
 
crossada said:
Amazing photos! Thanks for sharing them.

How did your shirt get wet? Sweat?
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Yup it's a steep climb to the cabin shirt was soaked with sweat and froze as soon as I took it off and changed into dry warm clothes.
 
Those photos are beautiful, as is your companion. I was fortunate enough to spend but a week in VT last January at a friend's cabin. This post really brought all of that back, and reminded me how much I long to get back up there (The Long Trail is on my to-do list). We snowshoed Camel's Hump, incidentally, and it was awesome even though a late afternoon snow came through and eliminated any view once we got above the treeline.
 
VTguy17 said:
Ha! I didn't she slept in there with me most of the night!
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AWW, i was thinking about if i was up there with my dog id prolly cuddle with it in the bag!! Thats a very nice view and cabin as well, beautiful pictures to.

What sleeping bag is that and what were you wearing? The reason I ask is because I might buy a winter bag and clothing so I can go out hiking before spring. Any advice would be appreciated!

Sonya is such a pretty girl, is she a huskie?
 
She's a long haired husky.

The bag is a Marmot Never summer 0 degree bag. As far as clothes, layers is key. For the hike up usually a long sleeve sweat wicking fabric covered by just a t-shirt. When I stop moving thats when I throw on a light weight fleece, a wool sweater usually followed by a nice warm down jacket. Pants wise usually just long thermal underwear and some hiking pants. I rarely ever have a problem with my legs getting cold usually just my toes so insulated boots are a must in weather like that. You want light weight clothes that will still keep you warm even if they get wet, unlike cotton.

I usually use fleece, wool, and a down jacket in some kind of combination.
 
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