March 2012 Archive

11
Mar
2012
jloomis

Hot Tent Snow Camping Near Surprise Lakes, Washington

Hot Tent Snow Camping

My friend Matt and I picked a snowy weekend to try out hot tent camping (tent heated with a wood stove). We left early Saturday morning for Flattop SnoPark, Washington (SE of Mt Adams). Our plan was to snowmobile 10-20 miles or until we found a good area to snow camp. Flattop SnoPark is situated in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Indian Heaven Wilderness and Yakima Indian Reservation. It's NW of Trout Lake, Washington on NF-88 road.

07
Mar
2012
water

Feathered Friends Down Booties

Product Rating: 
5
Feathered Friends Down Booties

Features:

"Finally a down booty that has the versatility to be used in the outdoors. Feathered Friends designed the booty so that you can wear the liners inside of your sleeping bag. The exterior shell can be used alone while hanging out around camp in the backcountry. The exterior fabric is breathable enough to help dry out your socks. Combine the shell and liners for cold weather use." Features water resistant durable shell fabric, drawcords at the ankles and cuff, Schoeller stretch waterproof/breathable shell rand, Toughtec waterproof soles, removable foam insoles, 800+ Fill power goose down, and liners have stretch waterproof/breathable bottoms.

04
Mar
2012
jloomis

Snowmobiling to Timothy Lake, Oregon

Timothy Lake with Mt Hood in the Background

On Sunday Katie and I headed to Skyline SnoPark to ride our snowmobiles. The area is South of Mt Hood and popular with snowmobilers due to the many groomed trails. This particular day started off cool and overcast, but later became a beautiful sunny winter day. We arrived at the SnoPark early, but there were already several others including many motorhomes in the parking lot. There was still plenty of parking, so we quickly unloaded and set off on the recently groomed trails.