Re: Melting snow (WAS: Crystal loop water/route conditions? )
I have snow camped a few times and the fuel consumption is around 3X of
normal GC conditions...white gas rules in the situation. This is due to
the large...
Robert LaRoche 2010-04-20 11:45:02 #61077
Re: Melting snow (WAS: Crystal loop water/route conditions? )
Good tip that I had not thought of!
--- In Grand_Canyon_Hikers@yahoogroups.com, "Ken" wrote:
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> I would suggest using some water, in the pot, to start...
Wade 2010-04-20 10:19:23 #61076
Re: Fellow Hikers,
Thanks for you advice, Rich. I usually buy topo maps from my local camping/hiking stores, but I doubt they will have the ones I need for GC here in Ontario. ...
vikka@rogers.com 2010-04-20 07:50:35 #61075
Last minute packing for 4-day hike
Hi Danielle: My husband and I & our 8-year old just did the corridor loop hike you're doing, we are fairly experienced backpackers but like you we wanted to...
Susan and Ken Meyer 2010-04-20 07:06:44 #61074
Re: Last minute packing for 4-day hike
I'm an infrequent GC hiker who mostly uses the corridor trails.
For me, the very best piece of advice anyone here ever gave was: change your socks in the...
daria_gold 2010-04-20 06:49:36 #61073
Re: Last minute packing for 4-day hike
My 2 cents...
> No need to take "extra" food. I portion it out and take only what I need. Don't worry about "just in case" as you can purchase all sorts of...
sumiwada 2010-04-20 06:35:13 #61072
Melting snow (WAS: Crystal loop water/route conditions? )
I would suggest using some water, in the pot, to start melting snow.
You need to have water in the pot or the snow goes straight to vapor (when
trying to...
Ken 2010-04-20 06:30:40 #61071
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