Boondocking in the Snow* -- Trip Report
We just got back from several days of snow* camping. The asterisk is because the snow quickly turned to slush. But we really did have six inches of fresh snow on the ground when we set up camp, so that counts, doesn't it? Maybe not.
Anyway, here is our trip report:
Snow Camping in the Sequoias
I am sure that folks from true Snow Country (Idaho, Montana, the Arctic, and so on) will find our descriptions of coping with the unplowed and untracked snow to be hilarious -- in those places, six inches would qualify as a light dusting. But to us, it was a novelty (and an uncertain driving surface, at least until we got used to it).
It turns out that there is a big advantage to camping and hiking in fresh snow -- it makes it much easier to determine whether there are bears prowling the nearby woods:
Anyway, here is our trip report:
Snow Camping in the Sequoias
I am sure that folks from true Snow Country (Idaho, Montana, the Arctic, and so on) will find our descriptions of coping with the unplowed and untracked snow to be hilarious -- in those places, six inches would qualify as a light dusting. But to us, it was a novelty (and an uncertain driving surface, at least until we got used to it).
It turns out that there is a big advantage to camping and hiking in fresh snow -- it makes it much easier to determine whether there are bears prowling the nearby woods:
