This spring two of my sons and I backpacked up a trail in our area, and ended up making it up to snow level! Guess we should have waited a couple more weeks before making this trip. Well, that's ok.
We brought up hammocks we had made and wanted to try them out on a colder campout, with backpacking supplies. Our hammocks have a pocket below you that you can put a sleeping pad inside - I've slept in one at 19°F with a 3" foam pad and survived. See
HERE for my post on that. This time we were backpacking so we brought only our 1/2" blue foam pads, so it was going to be a challenge.
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| It was snowy due to a late snow storm - it was interesting seeing green leaves and snow on the ground. |
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| Looks cold, doesn't it? |
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| There's something magic about sitting around a campfire and watching the glowing coals. |
Long story short, we survived the night. It was a bit cold, but nothing we couldn't handle. I did however find that my hammock was tied to a dead tree that was rotten at the bottom. When I went to climb into my hammock at night to sleep my hammock dropped down low and I could hear the tree coming towards me. Luckily it didn't go the whole way and I was able to tie to a different tree nearby. The next morning I was able to push the 16" diameter tree over with one hand! I think I'll be more careful what I tie my hammock to in the future!
