+1 on the buried stick.
Sometimes there is no snow and the ground is frozen. The only thing that works is tying to a log or rock. You will have to move them to your location.
+1 on the buried stick.
Sometimes there is no snow and the ground is frozen. The only thing that works is tying to a log or rock. You will have to move them to your location.
Has anyone had any experience with Vargo Outdoors "Ascent" Titanium Snow Stakes http://www.zpacks.com/accessories/stakes.shtml Have some and thinking about using them.
Those are very nice stakes..... BUT
The biggest problem you will have with any stake in the ground in the winter is getting it out.
Once they freeze in they usually get bent getting them out.
In winter if I have to use stakes I use gutter spikes.
When I bend them, or just cannot get one out of the ground I don't feel so bad when I lose it.
TZ brings up a good point about stakes getting stuck in frozen ground. For a while I haven't brought stakes with me even in the summer. I just grab a few sticks, and use my knife to make some in a few seconds. There are a few campsites deep in the adirondacks where my stick-stakes are still in the ground Of course they are buried under leaf litter, but since they are in the perfect spot, easy to find.
I bought these SMC T-Anchors to use in sand, but they worked great in snow also.
We are now ready to start our way down the Great Unknown.We are three quarters of a mile in the depth of the earth.We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknow river yet to explore.What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls rise over the river, we know not. Ah, well! We may conjecture many things. The men talk as cheerfully as ever; jests are bandied about freely this morning; but to me the cheer is somber and the jests are ghastly. Powell 1869
Hei,
This is what I used last weekend.
- A 150mm nail
The ground is frosen down to 60-80cm and the nails bend when I hit them down.
- So obviously I have to find some better way.
BR Simo
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