Q. i'm going winter camoing and the is snow and ice on the ground do i move the snow away and lay the tent down or leave the snow down and put the tent so what should i do,
thanks,jamie
thanks,jamie
Answer
It's not good for the plants on the ground and it's a lot of work to remove enough snow to set down your tent. Usually, if there's so little snow that you could remove it, there's probably a spot nearby that's bare. So the best thing to do is set up on the snow, after using snowshoes, skis or just your boots to stomp down the area where the tent will go, wait a half hour or so for the snow to consolidate and harden before setting up your tent.
Because you'll be sleeping on top of snow, in winter camping it's best to have an inch and a half to 2 inches of closed cell foam pad(s) underneath.
It's not good for the plants on the ground and it's a lot of work to remove enough snow to set down your tent. Usually, if there's so little snow that you could remove it, there's probably a spot nearby that's bare. So the best thing to do is set up on the snow, after using snowshoes, skis or just your boots to stomp down the area where the tent will go, wait a half hour or so for the snow to consolidate and harden before setting up your tent.
Because you'll be sleeping on top of snow, in winter camping it's best to have an inch and a half to 2 inches of closed cell foam pad(s) underneath.
Winter camping in Socal?
allybear17
We live in San Diego, and we're looking to go camping over thanksgiving week somewhere OUTSIDE of San Diego, but not more than 5 or 6 hours away.. We'd like to be able to ride our mountain bikes, and have cell phone signal (so that takes out Joshua tree, death valley, and mojave)...
Any ideas? We'll be tent camping...
I already said I can't go to mojave, jt, or dv.. We have a 2 year old son that we'll be leaving with my parents, and I HAVE to have cell phone signal. JT and mojave don't have it. As far as death valley goes, you can only ride your bike on the roads, and not on any of the trails.
Answer
There is no limit to So Cal! Do you have to mountain bike or could biking all over to get from A to B be in the possibilities? I might suggest camping in Mission Bay you can ride to La Jolla, all around M B, P B, even to O B and out to Point Loma
Or if you want you can camp at Lake Morena off the 15 east past El Cajon I am not sure of the season at Lake Wofford in Escondido but you could also camp at San Elijo, San Onofre, El Cariso (above Lake Elsinore and lots of fire trails to ride on) or Lake Skinner. Something else tent camping at the beach won't have any campfire problems like the mountains have right now following the two year drought and red flag warnings inland.
There is no limit to So Cal! Do you have to mountain bike or could biking all over to get from A to B be in the possibilities? I might suggest camping in Mission Bay you can ride to La Jolla, all around M B, P B, even to O B and out to Point Loma
Or if you want you can camp at Lake Morena off the 15 east past El Cajon I am not sure of the season at Lake Wofford in Escondido but you could also camp at San Elijo, San Onofre, El Cariso (above Lake Elsinore and lots of fire trails to ride on) or Lake Skinner. Something else tent camping at the beach won't have any campfire problems like the mountains have right now following the two year drought and red flag warnings inland.
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