Favorite time to go hammock camping?

[Shug]

I don't see how you do it, but I commend you for it! I just can't see regulating my body temp well enough to pull that off. As long as night time temps are about maybe 15*, I'm good to go. Getting out in summer is less attractive, but even in the heat of summer, the mountains are calling and I must go.

It is a long winter here and I have more time to go camping in the winter.


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[goobie]

I don't see how you do it, but I commend you for it! I just can't see regulating my body temp well enough to pull that off. As long as night time temps are about maybe 15*, I'm good to go. Getting out in summer is less attractive, but even in the heat of summer, the mountains are calling and I must go.

I'll take the cold over the heat....and bugs, any day. If you can be comfortable at 15° I bet you could manage 10° without too much trouble. After that, you go for 5°, etc, etc. Really not that bad with proper planning and equipment, as in another layer or stacking quilts.

Up in these parts, same as Shug, it's winter or just a few months hanging a year. Cabin fever ain't no fun!!

[daveysnowis]

My first few winter trips out were a grind but it is pretty magical. Try as I might, the weather has not worked out for a sub zero trip yet. Plenty of 2-10 degree slumbers though.

So my vote is winter.

[OneClick]

Winter is a close second after fall. This was a trip where no snow was in the forecast but a rare east wind picked up over the lake and dumped about 4" of the lightest snow I've ever seen. Looking at the radar, I don't think the narrow band of snow could have been more than 1mi x 5mi in size. 10°, calm, just perfect.

[Max B]

I like fall (Sep-Nov) the best but backpack in the spring and summer as well. Summer temperatures are much more enjoyable since I'm not roasting in a tent but it's amazing how much heat a bug net can keep in. I have only done backyard overnighters in the winter so far.

[Need2noCallahan]

I prefer every season that has night time highs lower than 68*.
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[Atlas918]

I prefer to camp in the spring and autumn. Though, I always get talked into 1 or 2 summer trips.

I like the spring and fall for different reasons. Spring tends to be muddier, and wetter, whereas fall can bring that cold, brisk, pre-winter winds cooling everything down.

Either way, I'm just happy to be on the trail.


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[jhawk]

I didn't realize it until I started camping every month, but winter is far and away my favorite camping season - the colder, the better. Winter gear/tech is the most fun for me, the contrast in heat between the area around the fire compared to just a few feet away is really noticeable, so you're aware of just how much you're defying nature...oh, and almost no one else is out there, so it's extremely peaceful.

My favorite campout of all time was in January when we went out when a supposed ice storm was on its way in that might prevent us from getting home. Amounted to absolutely nothing, but the amount of gear we packed, the way we rigged camp to prepare, we stayed so warm it was just beautiful.

I think that feeling of surviving when you know you shouldn't be is just really rewarding. Also, who could resist making an awesome pot of some spicy ramen, some good chili, or gumbo over a fire all day?