Winter Overnight II

SmokinOnion

SmokinOnion

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This is a follow up to my earlier Winter Overnight found here. Same basic camp type as last time. Made a few changes to the shelter type though, adding another larger tarp over the reflective poncho. Different fire as well and used pine boughs under the Thermarest.

Snow was much deeper, hitting three and a half feet with drifts to five plus.

Our snow is very dry, doesn't pack much, just sink in it. Event with decent snowshoes I'm not getting much flotation, the pulk is sinking as well, about eight inches or so from the surface.

This is the back shot of the path in.

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Future camp site.

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Digging out of the camp site.

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Once I got the site dug out I got the main larger tarp up and the smaller reflective poncho set up. Pine boughs down and basic camp set and then started on the fire.

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Putting dinner on...

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Making wood fell to the Wetterlings, the BK9 and predominantly the Trainblazer 24" Buck Saw.

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Got the temps inside the shelter to about 55 degrees, air temp outside the shelter was 12 degrees.

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Video summary
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John G said:
Nicely done! That's a ton of 550 cord on your axe handle.
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I wanted to try that out but I don't know if I like it or not. I was looking for ways to carry extra cordage and I wanted to see if it would add protection to the handle. Meh, don't know if I like it or not. Seems to be working, though using it like that in conjunction with my gloves made it a little on the big side.
 
KuRUpTD said:
Good stuff - how'd that trailblazer buck saw work for ya ?
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I like it, cut like a champ.

Only issues I had were just how damn cold that metal got, especially if I touched it with a bare hand. Using gloves the cold wasn't really a problem but the bulk of it was to an extent.

I was able to use it to cut enough wood for the night and do it fairly comfortably. I'm thinking of trying one made of Hickory in order to address both the size while wearing gloves and the materials.
 
Nice outing! Looks like that sled was sinking deep in the snow. Was it hard hauling?
 
"it's about 12 degrees, it's way warmer than it's been" :eek: awesome video, man. keep 'em coming. i love being out in the woods during the winter.
 
kgd said:
Nice outing! Looks like that sled was sinking deep in the snow. Was it hard hauling?
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When my snowshoes sank then yes. Generally don't have much of a problem but this last snow was just insanely light and fluffy. When I did sink I was really sinking! Couple times I had to shovel snow out, undo the bindings and remove the snowshoes as they'd sank so deep I couldn't pull them up.

When that was happening, the sled felt like a damn wood stove behind me.
Usually it tracks pretty good and doesn't sink that much.
 
SmokinOnion said:
I like it, cut like a champ.

Only issues I had were just how damn cold that metal got, especially if I touched it with a bare hand. Using gloves the cold wasn't really a problem but the bulk of it was to an extent.

I was able to use it to cut enough wood for the night and do it fairly comfortably. I'm thinking of trying one made of Hickory in order to address both the size while wearing gloves and the materials.
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How about a piece of (relatively thin) foam pipe insulation? You could pack it separate and then just slip it on the handle when you want to saw.
 
Guyon said:
How about a piece of (relatively thin) foam pipe insulation? You could pack it separate and then just slip it on the handle when you want to saw.
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Rick suggested to me to use hockey tape to cover up mine and I'm going to take his advice on that. You only need to cover the main grip pole that everything packs into. The trailblazer's really are great saws!
 
kgd said:
Rick suggested to me to use hockey tape to cover up mine and I'm going to take his advice on that. You only need to cover the main grip pole that everything packs into. The trailblazer's really are great saws!
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Or some Silicone Rescue Tape.

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kgd said:
Rick suggested to me to use hockey tape to cover up mine and I'm going to take his advice on that. You only need to cover the main grip pole that everything packs into. The trailblazer's really are great saws!
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Sounds like a plan.
I'll give that a shot.
 
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