Tired of waiting for warmer weather, I decided to revisit Vermont's Green Mountain National Forest for some winter backpacking and a dose of snow camping. www.sintax77.com
The specific location I chose was the Big Branch Wilderness area. This is very close (just a bit further North) to the Lye Brook Wilderness, where I filmed my solo hike to the Stratton Pond area. This helped me to be familiar with the general area in terms of driving, but it would be my first visit to the Big Branch Wilderness, in hopes of doing some snowshoeing and getting a different Winter perspective on Vermont's Green Mountains.
My general direction taken was the along the Lake Trail towards Baker Peak and Griffith Lake, following and crossing McGinn Brook and eventually connecting to the Appalachian Trail / Vermont Long Trail. At least that was the plan... I also also try my hand at setting up a tent in the snow, which by the way, will be my 3-season tent, so we'll see how that goes too. Oh and speaking of that, here's my backpacking gear for the trip.
Gear List:
(32lb Base + 7lbs Food & Water = 39lb Total Pack Weight)
EMS Long Trail 70 Backpack
Kelty Salida 2 Tent amzn.to/2eOx3Z2 (3 season tent, not actually built for winter)
Nalgene 1 liter water bottle amzn.to/2vK1zr9 inside EMS insulated hip pouch.
Disposable 1 Liter Water Bottle kept in Pack
1 Liter Platypus Bladder amzn.to/2ePcdJ8 for backup water storage
DeLorme PN-60 GPS, Long Trail Map by Green Mountain Club, and Forest Service Print-Outs
Brunton Classic Compass amzn.to/2uyhQ3H
Layers of various synthetic clothing (worn plus spares):
(long underwear, short sleeve and longsleeve shirt, EMS fleece lined pants)
MontBell Ultralight Down Parka - 800FP
Water Proof Outer Layer - EMS Thunderhead Jacket and some cheapo synthetic track pants
Outdoor Research Rocky Mountain High Gaiters amzn.to/2uYhRiw
Zero Degree Down Sleeping Bag - Kelty Cosmic Down 0 amzn.to/2eOjGrN
Therm-a-rest Z-Lite Sleeping Pad amzn.to/2eOdS1x
Klymit Inertia X-Frame Sleeping Pad amzn.to/2eOGEiF
EMS Packable Pack - Used as pillow (but it's really a stuffable daypack)
EMS 'Altitude' Mittens with fleece inner gloves
Regular gloves, knit ski cap, balaclava etc.
Garmont GTX Snow Boots amzn.to/2uCPL9L
Carhartt Sock Liners paired with EMS Mountaineering Socks amzn.to/2w1v46Y
Kahtoola MICROspikes (ice traction for boots) amzn.to/2w0X0aU
Alps All Terrian Snowshoes 25" amzn.to/2eOU9P8
Swis Gear Hiking Poles
Large trash bag, paracord, extra assorted zip-lock bags
Ramen Noodles, Mountain House Pro-Pak dehydrated dinner, snacks etc
$8 Ultralight Canister Stove amzn.to/2w17RSm with small Jetboil Fuel canister
'Light My Fire' Mini Fire Steel amzn.to/2tZCPcj , waterproof matches amzn.to/2uYGLOZ , small lighter amzn.to/2uy2NXz
Space Blanket amzn.to/2uYj2OY
2 ReVive Solar ReStore chargers amzn.to/2eOFe7v for video camera, phone, etc
PTEC Byte Headlamp amzn.to/2uYtO7A & Preon 2 Penlight amzn.to/2uy4Nz5
Tin Can Cookset & Light My Fire Spork amzn.to/2w13SFm
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26 фев 2013
