Pics of your backcountry camp

[WaltAlpine]

North face. Had it since 1984. Made a few modifications when I started hunting deer.

[Andrew]

2014 WA High Hunt and Wyoming Back Country Elk Hunt

[washelkhunter]

whats the story on the platforms?

[MLHSN]

How do you like the hoopla?

[Andrew]

Platforms...they are the remenants of an old outfitters camp.  Although they provided a nice level and flat tent spot they proved to be very cold.  I woke up the next morning with the sleeping pad frozen to the bottom of the tent floor.

Hoopla...Its my second season using it and I have no complaints.  It is an awesome two person tent, roomy 3-person, but as a 4-person would be interesting.  I bought the ground cloth which hooks into the tarp, although it adds almost a pound, it is nice to have and provides a dry/clean spot.  I also bought a used "mega pole" and use it instead of a trekking pole per the advice of a back country enthusiast who told me that he's had trekking poles snap or bend in high wind storms when used as a tent pole.  Speaking of which this shelter survived the 2013 high hunt night from hell and experienced 60+ mph gusts, granted it leaked like a sieve but I'm sure any other shelter or tent would have too under those conditions.

[MLHSN]

Speaking of which this shelter survived the 2013 high hunt night from hell and experienced 60+ mph gusts, granted it leaked like a sieve but I'm sure any other shelter or tent would have too under those conditions.

I finished up the archery elk hunt and packed out the day that storm hit and it started getting ugly right as I got to my car. Glad I missed that one. My buddy was still out in it and said the air was humming with all the static electricity.

[fillthefreezer]

Platforms...they are the remenants of an old outfitters camp.  Although they provided a nice level and flat tent spot they proved to be very cold.  I woke up the next morning with the sleeping pad frozen to the bottom of the tent floor.

Hoopla...Its my second season using it and I have no complaints.  It is an awesome two person tent, roomy 3-person, but as a 4-person would be interesting.  I bought the ground cloth which hooks into the tarp, although it adds almost a pound, it is nice to have and provides a dry/clean spot.  I also bought a used "mega pole" and use it instead of a trekking pole per the advice of a back country enthusiast who told me that he's had trekking poles snap or bend in high wind storms when used as a tent pole.  Speaking of which this shelter survived the 2013 high hunt night from hell and experienced 60+ mph gusts, granted it leaked like a sieve but I'm sure any other shelter or tent would have too under those conditions.

this year in CO we had to use double trekking poles to withstand the wind we were seeing (in my LBO). it was crazy...

[Andrew]

Speaking of which this shelter survived the 2013 high hunt night from hell and experienced 60+ mph gusts, granted it leaked like a sieve but I'm sure any other shelter or tent would have too under those conditions.

I finished up the archery elk hunt and packed out the day that storm hit and it started getting ugly right as I got to my car. Glad I missed that one. My buddy was still out in it and said the air was humming with all the static electricity.

Mid afternoon we could see something was heading our way and tuned into our Rhino weather radio channel and learned we were in for a hell of a storm starting at 11 pm.  Like clockwork it started and persisted until almost 3 am.  We had lighting flashing on either side of the ridge, trees crashing down, and every gust sounded like a freight train racing up the hillside and would 'grab' the tent pressurize it and then snap back at us!  My brother-in-law, who's from Indiana, said "Dude it will be a miracle if we live through this cause we're either going to get struck by lighting or killed by a falling tree tonight!"  We both woke up soaking wet and looked at each other and said HOLY $%& I can't believe what happened last night!  We made the executive decision to screw the no fires in the back country above 5500 and built a much needed fire to dry ourselves and gear off.  It went from 80+ degrees the day before to low 40's with sleet and snow mix.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Soaking wet, not good. Helluva storm or not.  Is there anything that you'd change, to not have gotten soaking wet?

-Steve

[7mag.]

I rode that same storm out in my SL3. It held up great and didn't leak a drop. I didn't sleep much though.

[Andrew]

Soaking wet, not good. Helluva storm or not.  Is there anything that you'd change, to not have gotten soaking wet?

-Steve

There were multiple reasons for getting wet:
- The drastic temperature change and condensation on the inside (Hoopla is a single wall shelter)
- The shelter has no bottom so rain being blown at 60 mph pretty much was driven underneath the side walls
- The vent was facing into the wind (this was controllable however obviously overlooked when I pitched the shelter, now I know better).

[Western-Extremist]

2014 Idaho backcountry camp

[Rob]

Tried out my Hoopster on Hood on Monday (tent on the far right of the photo).  It was great!  Lost 5 snow stakes in an attempt to pound them into the hard pan snow...  they got mangled!

[netcoyote]

Love the color in that first pic, Rob. With the weather we've been having, that snow must be rock hard!

[Watimberghost]

Love the color in that first pic, Rob. With the weather we've been having, that snow must be rock hard!

great picture!