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What I learned on my first backpack hunt. (Cold weather)
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<blockquote data-quote="comfisherman" data-source="post: 2936933" data-attributes="member: 8394"><p>I spend a lot of time in those kinds of Temps, last month we had a dip for a few days that caught me off guard without some of my tricks.</p><p></p><p>I've got a 200 wt Merino long sleeve base layer with a hood, seems redundant but allows me to manage head temp all the way down to base layer. I've a few different mid weight technical polar shells in various thickness from various companies. I like hoods and huge chest pockets, my favorite that just died was an older marmot but have one from rab and a Mammut thst just got rotated in the mix. The big chest pockets are for snacks, nothing worse than chipping and tooth on a bar. Chest is the best way to warm them in a mid layer. And the light weight polar hoods fit very good and keep the neck and cheeks from getting cold as you roll around in the bag. </p><p></p><p>Insulated bladder hoses combined with a few chemical heat packs can keep the hose thawed for the times it can't be kept sub layer. Wife and I have switched to carrying with us a runner bladder harness and it stays sub outer layer after we setup camp. Have an ultralight stuff waterproof sack for the bag, bladder goes in between the legs in the stuff sack in the sleeping bag every night. Stuff sack might be not needed unless you toss and turn like me, knocked it open one time and that sucked...</p><p></p><p>Its all a process of learning, sounds like you figured some things out. Wife and wander around every fall more than were home. I'm still trying to figure out the "perfect" socks, and inevitably I'm hungry or overpack on food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="comfisherman, post: 2936933, member: 8394"] I spend a lot of time in those kinds of Temps, last month we had a dip for a few days that caught me off guard without some of my tricks. I've got a 200 wt Merino long sleeve base layer with a hood, seems redundant but allows me to manage head temp all the way down to base layer. I've a few different mid weight technical polar shells in various thickness from various companies. I like hoods and huge chest pockets, my favorite that just died was an older marmot but have one from rab and a Mammut thst just got rotated in the mix. The big chest pockets are for snacks, nothing worse than chipping and tooth on a bar. Chest is the best way to warm them in a mid layer. And the light weight polar hoods fit very good and keep the neck and cheeks from getting cold as you roll around in the bag. Insulated bladder hoses combined with a few chemical heat packs can keep the hose thawed for the times it can't be kept sub layer. Wife and I have switched to carrying with us a runner bladder harness and it stays sub outer layer after we setup camp. Have an ultralight stuff waterproof sack for the bag, bladder goes in between the legs in the stuff sack in the sleeping bag every night. Stuff sack might be not needed unless you toss and turn like me, knocked it open one time and that sucked... Its all a process of learning, sounds like you figured some things out. Wife and wander around every fall more than were home. I'm still trying to figure out the "perfect" socks, and inevitably I'm hungry or overpack on food. [/QUOTE]
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