Canada Day Weekend In The Rockies [Archive]

dana

07-03-2014, 07:55 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 07:57 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:00 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:02 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:05 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:07 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:09 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:10 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:12 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:14 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:16 PM

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dana

07-03-2014, 08:18 PM

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sheep.elk.moose fanatic

07-03-2014, 08:25 PM

Awesome Dana !

ThinAir

07-03-2014, 08:26 PM

Wow, amazing pics!!. Assuming your happy with the kifaru system?? Just looking at the set up myself, how is the duty on a package like that?

HarryToolips

07-03-2014, 08:27 PM

Wicked pics as always Dana..that bull elk is gonna be a trophy for sure..

nano

07-03-2014, 08:38 PM

Very nice pics Dana, thanks for posting them up

dana

07-03-2014, 08:53 PM

Wow, amazing pics!!. Assuming your happy with the kifaru system?? Just looking at the set up myself, how is the duty on a package like that?

Like all systems there are positives and negatives depending on how and where you use it. Not the ideal easy set up for truck camping in National Parks but hey, we were warm when the temps got down to 2 degrees at night. Funny to hear tourists walk past our site and say 'do they have a fire in that tent?' The tent by far was designed for highcountry backpacking. It requires a large footprint. And sometimes requires set up twice to adjust for hitting rocks with the pegs. I have had the tent for 6 years and have had it in all sorts of conditions. The biggest asset is the lightness of the total set up when backpacking as a family. About 11 pounds with stove. The 6 man fits my family of 4 just perfect. The biggest negative I have found with it is the pegs. I break them quite often with in rocky soil. I can not remember what the duty on it was 6 years ago.

tuner

07-03-2014, 09:16 PM

how do you manage to get such wonderful pictures all the time?Awesome!!!

Foxtail

07-03-2014, 09:24 PM

Unreal... That elk and that one muley are going to be champs in a couple months

goinghunting

07-03-2014, 10:03 PM

Like all systems there are positives and negatives depending on how and where you use it. Not the ideal easy set up for truck camping in National Parks but hey, we were warm when the temps got down to 2 degrees at night. Funny to hear tourists walk past our site and say 'do they have a fire in that tent?' The tent by far was designed for highcountry backpacking. It requires a large footprint. And sometimes requires set up twice to adjust for hitting rocks with the pegs. I have had the tent for 6 years and have had it in all sorts of conditions. The biggest asset is the lightness of the total set up when backpacking as a family. About 11 pounds with stove. The 6 man fits my family of 4 just perfect. The biggest negative I have found with it is the pegs. I break them quite often with in rocky soil. I can not remember what the duty on it was 6 years ago.

How about the floorless design in the snow when your backpacking? How do you make that work and stay dry?

dana

07-04-2014, 04:51 PM

Easy, kick most of the snow out of the way and put tree bows on the ground or just have a couple ground sheets to put your sleeping mats on keeping the stove area bare. Not any different than horseback hunting with a wall tent. Doesn't take much to be comfortable when you have the stove burning. Certainly nice to sleep with dry gear versus living in wet gear in a normal 4 season backpacking tent in snowy conditions.

bigredchev

07-04-2014, 05:53 PM

you always produce great pics. Thanks

Scuba_Dave

07-04-2014, 06:21 PM

Those are absolutely amazing pictures Dana! Thank you for sharing! We wanted to do something similar this summer. But I couldn't find a tent system I liked...Going to have to check out the stuff you have :)