Another question about Banff to Jasper
Hi all. I've gone back through the posts in this forum for a year gleening all the information I can. I have a 12 page word document with the advice I've cut and pasted, mostly from your answers t...
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Thank you all for the additional replies.
profdant, unfortunately we do not have solar. Before our trip to Rocky Mountain National Park in Fall 2017, we added 2 more Trojan 6 volt batteries to the 2 we already had. The 4 nights we were at RMNP, we never drew either set down below 50%, even on the mornings when the first one up (I did my best to make sure that was Tom) was assigned to turn on the furnace to knock the chill down enough for us to leave our snug, warm beds and hastily dress.
As for hiking, from reading your blog posts, I think we're much like you on the types of hikes regarding length and gains. And I totally understand your comment about the lack of oxygen on Colorado hikes. My Florida yard is at 6 feet above sea level. I sometimes felt like I was trying to breathe with a plastic bag over my head. But we did those hikes and survived.
obgraham and Kevinwa, we live on a tourist destination barrier island so we try to get away from crowded places when we travel. Especially for the hiking part. As you noted Kevin, on a trip like this we're the type who are gone all day so campground amenities, such as how spacious it is, don't matter as much to us as convenient location does. Now if I can find a place with a convenient location and great scenery, I love it. But often not possible. Considering how popular that whole area is, and with some campgrounds being closed this year, I'll probably be thankful to get whatever I can. Where ever I can.
I've moved all this new info into my word doc. Now I'm off to read more about some of these hikes and try to get better oriented to what's where.
profdant, unfortunately we do not have solar. Before our trip to Rocky Mountain National Park in Fall 2017, we added 2 more Trojan 6 volt batteries to the 2 we already had. The 4 nights we were at RMNP, we never drew either set down below 50%, even on the mornings when the first one up (I did my best to make sure that was Tom) was assigned to turn on the furnace to knock the chill down enough for us to leave our snug, warm beds and hastily dress.
As for hiking, from reading your blog posts, I think we're much like you on the types of hikes regarding length and gains. And I totally understand your comment about the lack of oxygen on Colorado hikes. My Florida yard is at 6 feet above sea level. I sometimes felt like I was trying to breathe with a plastic bag over my head. But we did those hikes and survived.
obgraham and Kevinwa, we live on a tourist destination barrier island so we try to get away from crowded places when we travel. Especially for the hiking part. As you noted Kevin, on a trip like this we're the type who are gone all day so campground amenities, such as how spacious it is, don't matter as much to us as convenient location does. Now if I can find a place with a convenient location and great scenery, I love it. But often not possible. Considering how popular that whole area is, and with some campgrounds being closed this year, I'll probably be thankful to get whatever I can. Where ever I can.
I've moved all this new info into my word doc. Now I'm off to read more about some of these hikes and try to get better oriented to what's where.
