Winter Camping and Traverses

Stewart has done one of these big traverses every winter for the last couple of years. Andrew joined him on the Rogers Pass to Bugaboos last winter for a slog fest. The lesson learned is go light and fast as possible. A megamid is as basic a tent as possible. Two ski poles strapped together over a light nylon fly create a roof and then shovels dig into the snow to provide a cooking and eating platform. Lots of space for cooking and easy to set up but a little cooler and you are sleeping on snow. Dried foods in a boil bag from backcountry pantry were awesome and then a couple of quick snacks like cliff bars and guu shots completed the meals. We managed to camp beside water most every night so minimal fuel required. Keep the backpack as light as possible makes those 5,000 ft days possible. I managed to fly out a bunch of stuff with a crew at Fairy Meadows - Yeah!