Snow snow snow!!

[Captaincrash]

Had my tent up in my yard to see how it performed in snow conditions, woke up this morning to this! We received around 25-30 cm of the lovely white stuff in the last 24 hours, will shovel it out in a bit and spend the afternoon in it!

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[Robbi]

WOW ! thats some snow you have there !

 

[treadlightly]

Lucky boy. All we got is rain:umbrella:

 

[Goatboy]

Had my tent up in my yard to see how it performed in snow conditions, woke up this morning to this! We received around 25-30 cm of the lovely white stuff in the last 24 hours, will shovel it out in a bit and spend the afternoon in it!

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Hi Captaincrash,

Is that a Mountain Hardwear tent lurking under the snow? Just going by the pole clips. Looks like good snow to go out and play in.

Goatboy.

 

[Captaincrash]

Hi Captaincrash,

Is that a Mountain Hardwear tent lurking under the snow? Just going by the pole clips. Looks like good snow to go out and play in.

Goatboy.

Eureka exo 5th season tent somewhere under there!

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[Toddy]

Excellent; all we've got is sodden wet with occasional flurries of sodden sleet

Once woke up at camp and thought I'd way overslept since it was so bright. Unzipped the tent door (old fashioned A frame two man) and stared straight into a wall of snow about a metre deep :yikes:
It was windy and that seemed to have kept one side of the tent roof blown clear, but the sunlight reflected on all that snow was as bright as Summer
Fun getting out of the tent though

Stay safe

cheers,
Toddy

 

[DaveWL]

Time to show off my ignorance again

Given that looks like a fairly full covering how much of an issue is air quality in the tent when you're buried like that?

 

[Gray]

Awesome pics, looks like a cracking tent as well.

My tent is deigned to collapse on top of me when it snows as a safety precaution

 

[WULF]

Thats some serious snow,,wish we had some.

 

[PropThePolecat]

Time to show off my ignorance again

Given that looks like a fairly full covering how much of an issue is air quality in the tent when you're buried like that?

It's a serious issue. A snow sealed tent can kill you.

If you expect that much snow, you have to get up every couple of hours, knock the snow off and make sure the vents are open or else you risk suffocating.

 

[Captaincrash]

I never go out without knowing the weather forecast because as stated a snow sealed tent is the same a putting a plastic bag over your head, Deadly! I'm testing out a bunch of new gear and wasn't sleeping in the tent the night we received the snow. If I were planning on sleeping in it during a snowstorm it would also plan to be up frequently in the night to clear it away. Its a simple process, i unzip the doors and clear away the snow on the vestibules without getting out of the sleeping bag. Not a huge inconvenience given the alternative! That being said, I spent a couple hours in the tent yesterday at a temp of minus 12c with a windchill of minus 20c and was quite comfortable inside the tent!!

 

[Captaincrash]

Here's some pictures from yesterday's visit to the tent, it was minus 12c out with a windchill of minus 20. I had my candle lantern going and as you can see warm and comfortable inside with lots of fresh air venting for safety!

Another note was the performance of the trangia stove, i carried the alcohol and burner in my pocket to keep it warm and the small frying pan was placed under the burner and stand to insulate it from the cold ground. It performed flawlessly and I had a nice hot cup of chaga tea and some Thai ramen noodles in very little time!

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[PropThePolecat]

Is that plus 12 inside the tent just from the candle lantern? That's surprisingly warm considering the outside temps!

 

[Captaincrash]

Is that plus 12 inside the tent just from the candle lantern? That's surprisingly warm considering the outside temps!

Yes, it was quite warm inside but I attribute it mostly to the 6 foot 4 inch 285lb furnace! I actually took my jacket off!!