I’m a new hanger with 3 trips under my belt. My last trip presented something I thought was going to be somewhat easy to deal with, wind. Nighttime temps were expected to be in the mid 40’s. My UQ is rated down to 40* and bag is rated to 20*. My first night, camping was in designated spots only, but I managed to find a spot where I was able to angle my tarp to block most of the wind and I hung the tarp as low as I could go. There wasn’t much choice in using terrain to block the wind which I’d guess was at about 20MPH. I woke up several times during the night to the wind howling and my back side on the chilly side. Problem was wind was still finding its way inside tarp from the occasional gust that came from the open ends of the tarp. Felt like a wind tunnel!
The 2nd night I had planned on an area that turned into a nightmare. Middle of the day and wind was at least 30MPH and downright cold. This area had very few trees and I never did find a spot that would allow me to angle the tarp to block the wind. I ended up just pushing through as the terrain was treeless past the area I intended to camp.
Aside from angling the tarp and hanging it low, how do you deal with a cold wind? Should I have an UQ rated lower? Any tips or tricks?
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