Trying to put together a 3-day family hiking/camping trip for next summer in Colorado. We have vacationed in the same area of the mountains for a few years now, and really fallen in love with the place. Last year the wife and I hiked a total of 55 miles in our week up there, but everything was a day trip, with a night back into the cabin. There are some areas we would really love to go see that are just too far for day hikes. But.... I haven’t had decent backcountry gear for almost a decade now. I forgot how dang expensive it all is.
It doesn’t help that we would have to up our game on sleeping bag quality/insulation due to 12,000 foot elevations and the unpredictable weather that comes along with that. Or that none of us have real backpacking packs anymore... or that the tent we have is a HEAVY son of a gun not made for backpacking.
I’m hoping I can get the wife convinced that investing in the gear is worth it, because I will end up with a backcountry hunting setup out of it if I can!
Items needed
3-sleeping bags (2-15°, and a 20° youth)
3-sleeping pads
Tent
3 backpacks (one of which is made for hunting)
A stove
Water purification
And another hydration bladder
You know... just everything.
Am I crazy?
It doesn’t help that we would have to up our game on sleeping bag quality/insulation due to 12,000 foot elevations and the unpredictable weather that comes along with that. Or that none of us have real backpacking packs anymore... or that the tent we have is a HEAVY son of a gun not made for backpacking.
I’m hoping I can get the wife convinced that investing in the gear is worth it, because I will end up with a backcountry hunting setup out of it if I can!
Items needed
3-sleeping bags (2-15°, and a 20° youth)
3-sleeping pads
Tent
3 backpacks (one of which is made for hunting)
A stove
Water purification
And another hydration bladder
You know... just everything.
Am I crazy?