Tom D

after stomping your tent platform, lay out the tent and then really stomp the stake sites and add more snow until those sites are hard enough to drive in a stake. When it consolidates it will be like ice. After placing the stake, stomp once more lightly to tighten the snow around the stake.

If you use dead men, just loop the line around the buried dead man and tie the loose end above the snow. Then when you leave, simply untie and pull the cords down and around the deadman. no need to dig them up.

Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />