Spent a night on the AT this weekend at the Gravel Spring shelter campsite area while out with friends.
It snowed 2-3" sat night and temps were down around, I am guessing, 20f.
The new Golite 20f quilt I picked up on sale worked great with my combo UQ/reflectix rear end/ccf foot pad to keep me sweating most of the night.
I had loaned my larger tarp to a buddy camping next to me on the ground and opted to test out the diy 5x9 sil tarp I made a few weeks ago.
There was basically no wind all night. If the snow would have been blowing I would have had change my trees and pitch, or go to ground.
But since there was no wind it worked out great. The snow stayed out, but the tarp was almost touching my head a few times due to the snow pack on top.
I did not bring any kind of weathershield in an effort to get my pack weight down (around 14lbs total with food/water/fuel and an extra wood stove that I was playing with) but it would have been a good idea with any sort of wind or rain.
Overall it was great watching it snow from the hammock, but this tarp will likley only get used when the forecast is for minimal percip. Like I said, if there had been any wind the night could have been miserable.
2.5' of wall on each side aint much!
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