Camping in Mountains: High Altitude Campsites
Posted by Camp Trainer on Feb 25, 2009 in Tips and Strategies • No comments • 560 views
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- Choose a campsite sheltered from the wind. The above tree-line vegetation often shows you which way the wind most often blows.
- Pitch your tent on the lee side, or crawl in among some bushes or behind a few large rock formations. Stay away from passes because they funnel winds.
- When you’re putting up your tent, weight the ground cloth with rocks so it doesn’t blow away. When you get the tent up, weight it down before you try to stake it out.
- Likewise, when you spread out your gear, anything not weighted down is subject to becoming airborne.
- Even if you use a free-standing tent, always stake it down. If the ground is too rocky for stakes, you can tie the guylines to rocks or (if the rocks available aren’t big enough) to a stuff sack filled with stones.
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