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This trip is almost here! Depart Thursday. Anybody have any recent trip reports from the area?

Plane tickets purchased last night. 4 commits, 2 maybes. This is going to be a great trip. I’m really looking forward to it.

What time of year were you there that the crowds were thick? I’m thinking last week of August should start to thin things out.

I was just in Huntsville 2 weeks ago for work. I would have been happy to have met up and bought you a beer to discuss the area. Maybe our trails will cross out there.

Thread resurrection time. I was actually unable to pull this trip off when it was originally planned. But, it’s back in the calendar for the last week of August this year! Can’t wait.

If...

While cowboy camping with three friends I had a drunk guy walk into our campsite acting aggressive and holding a crossbow bolt. In his drunken stupor he was accusing us of having been in his...

About two years ago a friend and i were backpacking in the Red River Gorge, KY. We had hiked for quite a while. It rained all day. Also thought we were in the middle of no where. It was nearly...

Well, my group of 4 may well reduce itself to 2, but I'm still all in. I just found out that one of my coworkers grew up right by where we will be going. Awesome to have a good source of local...

Yeah, we are still leaning heavily towards that first week of sept for exactly that reason.

We are zeroing in on the first week of sept, but I may well look into a few weeks further back in August as well. Either way, we have gear for comfortable in the 20's.

How awful are the mosquitos in July?

We will probably be there the very first week of Sept, and are planning for those temps.

I'd love to have any first hand notes or trip info you have of the area. I've driven through Thermopolis just east of there with my wife once, and desperately want to return. Any state with more...

WOW, that is pretty much spot on to what I'm hoping to put together!

Planning a 5-6 night trip to this area in Sept. Any strong recommendations for a 40-50 mile loop? I'll have a group of about 4 guys.

One week out now! Gear is packed. Very much ready to go. Looking forward to my best trip yet.

I'll try to do a write - up. There are already plenty out there for this exact trip which is a big reason why i selected it. This will be the longest backpacking trip any of us have taken. Prior...

Perfect article for me to read this morning. I had just taken a ton of stuff that I realized I've never actually used and threw it into my storage tote. I'm now down to a surprisingly small pile of...

I went with the ground chair. Lightest possible solution I could find that was actually worth carrying.

I leave on the 13th of August for my next trip. Of course I had to place an order with Dutch for a new handful of bling. Also picking up a helinox ground chair. I mocked them when I first saw...

Its still too early to tell, but I'm jumping onto this thread just to stay informed. If I make it, I'll have my two girls along as well.

How are the water sources? 6 of us are heading out there in August. I can't freakin wait!

My 20 degree hammock gear under quilt just arrived!!!!!!!!
Giggity!

Looks like I'll not be stretching the temp rating of my 40 degree setup.

I've had a couple of interesting experiences, but two stick out the most in my mind. Both occurred in the Drury/Mincy wilderness area in southern Missouri. During college I treated this area as my...

Interestingly enough, I'm a very hot sleeper. When traveling solo for work I'd set my thermostat to 65. At home, we set it at 70 and I sleep with a sheet and a fan. But when I've taken my hammock...

Yeah, it's looking like upper 30's at the coldest. And I have a hammock gear top/bottom quilt rated at 40. But when I've used it at 40 I froze. Hoping to have a bit more margin by bringing a thin...

I'm prepping for my august CO trip and trying to answer the same exact question. My setup is just not quite warm enough for the expected temps. With that in mind, and how temps can fall...

I gave up DEET after melting the steering wheel on my wife's van after a particularly buggy hike. I had shorts on and had hit my legs pretty well. Next thing i knew they had brushed up against the...

Anybody have a lead on a good topo map that also incorporates the trails out there? Also, looking into water sources along the route. Any help is appreciated!

Well, 6 of us are all in for a lost creek wilderness excursion. Will be flying out Aug 13, and back Aug 20th. Pretty much all of our time in between will be spent outside, with our final night at...

That looks interesting

I just started looking into Lost Creek yesterday. Looks like a great deal of it is at or below 10K, Perfect! I think that will be the ticket. I have spent quite a bit of time hiking and biking CO...

Thanks for your feedback. I guess nobody else wants to chime in and give up their favorite spots...

Five of my friends and I are looking to do a multi day backpacking trip to CO. Looking for a little advice on a solid route. We are coming from KY, so elevation is a consideration. We have access...

I camped two nights using one as a top quilt. Temps were in the 50's, very wet. I pretty much stayed wet for 3 days straight between the rain and the humidity. Due to forgetting to button my pack...

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Here's two of them layered together. I took a pretty simplistic approach. I'll try them out this weekend. The only real drawback is it could be about 6" longer. I like the way...

I just bought two, and a compressible down vest that was about $18! I'll be making one of them into a summer top quilt and if it stays warm will give it a shot on Thursday. For the price, it is...

My incubator 40 just arrived!!!! This thing is nicely built and easy to set up. Can't wait to save up for an actual top quilt and ditch the bag completely. It's shocking how light this thing is. ...

Well last weekend I spent the night in my hammock strung up between two jeeps at Adventure Offroad Park in southern TN. It is possible to sleep poorly in a hammock, but that was due to the jeeps,...

Good morning from Kentucky! I've spent a few nights in my hammock in the Appalachians and the back yard. I was a pre-first hammock night convert. After backpacking with two friends in the Ozarks on...