Originally Posted By Glenn Roberts
A random thought from the think-outside-the-box department: since your trips are communal, would a large silnylon tarp, pitched like a lean-to, be enough of a windbreak that you could all sit in front/under it and eliminate the cold-legs issue? Don't know if this would be practical in your situations, but thought I'd toss it out there.

Just remember, sometimes the stuff that's outside the box is just packing peanuts. smile


I like outside the box thinking, but I doubt a lean-to would have helped much. We were in tree cover with large boulders, so we already (in theory) had pretty good wind protection. It was just really ripping.