Winter hammocking pack weight

[Raul Perez]

Mitch I went with the warbonnet winter mamba tq and the winter yeti uq which saved me a lot of weight.

[Just Jeff]

My pack will probably be somewhere around 25 lbs and good to 0F. Considering bringing a frozen steak to cook on the fire Saturday night.

I skipped the steak, and my pack was 16 lbs with 2 days of food and no water. I used the GoLite Ultra 20 Short* for a top quilt and it worked well at the temps we saw...low of 28F. I had a DIY hammock w/o bug net and the Winter Yeti on bottom. Not a whole lot of extra clothes b/c it was just an overnighter, and the MontBell ThermaWrap for worn insulation. I'll post a more complete gear list when I get the page posted.

* I'm 5'10" and ~175 lbs and the short model worked fine on this trip, even though it's not rated for my height. I could feel the bottom of the footbox and I didn't have any extra height, but having a 19 oz quilt good to 20F is great...especially at $140 or whatever I paid for it.

[Mustardman]

I ended up way over packed - I'm fairly sure our DIY UQ's are good to 0, and probably lower, so I was actually sweating most of the night.


I find it kind of awesome that I have gotten to the point where I go camping at 4 or 5 degrees below freezing, and end up sweating. Not bad for an Atlanta boy.

[wisenber]

I went for a 3 day 2 night trip last winter...
My fully loaded pack (including food and water) was 25.5lb and that set up was good down to 0*f
I also was carrying a large knife (RC 6) and others extras that probably would equal 2 lbs.
I think you're doing just fine

Sounds like my normal Winter pack weight. Mt Rogers on the other hand was too heavy for my 50lb scale. Those darned pot luck dinners in the middle of a backpack trip will add some weight!

[Mustardman]

The timing here worked out to be perfect - today I swung by the Mont Bell flagship store in Boulder, and what do you know - they had an ultralight 800 fill 15 degree bag on clearance. Score!

That ought to shave at least half a pound off my pack weight, and be a heck of a lot more compressible too.

[Just Jeff]

Good on ya! That's timing. Now you just have to cut off the hood and turn it into a quilt like we talked about!

Or at a minimum, you'll have to take another trip soon so you can test it out.

[Mustardman]

Good on ya! That's timing. Now you just have to cut off the hood and turn it into a quilt like we talked about!

Actually, I think I'd try that with the cheaper REI bag I got at scratch-n-dent instead

[Fiddleback]

for me, 32*F to 0*F
below 0*F requires additional equipment

That stretches across seasons for me. May thru October, my area's nighttime lows run from low-20's to high-40's (below 7000'). I target 12 pounds base weight and usually end up a tad over 15. Although I've not tested it out, I think if I incorporated my sit pad into the sleep system I could probably get down into the low teens without any more pack weight.

Below that, "requires additional equipment."

FB

[animalcontrol]

That stretches across seasons for me. May thru October, my area's nighttime lows run from low-20's to high-40's (below 7000'). I target 12 pounds base weight and usually end up a tad over 15. Although I've not tested it out, I think if I incorporated my sit pad into the sleep system I could probably get down into the low teens without any more pack weight.

Below that, "requires additional equipment."

FB

Nice and light....great job!

yea, my 3 season temps cover 45*F to mid 70's (no elevation in Indiana higher than 700' ) and total packweight for this is 18-20#

you bring up a good point....define "Winter Hammocking"!! below 40* for me, YRMV

[bigwig]

Seems to me that since a fire is optional (I very seldomly build one) both a huge knife and a saw is also optional.

In my opinion, there's no way to get a winter hammock set up even close in weight to sleeping on the ground, but some other people may have better winter gear than me.