I've been experimenting with bad weather setups. When we get sleet or snow, especially with high winds, I set up my tarp in the backyard and camp out (my neighbors have gotten used to it I think). I've experiment with different pitches etc.

I recently bent some titanium stakes by pounding into frozen ground. I've also lost stakes when high winds rip them out of the ground.

So I recently bought some 8" Easton stakes. At first I thought they would work great because they were easy to pound in and the length allowed me to get a really secure hold. My report is that I don't like them.

Here's the problem. When I pulled the stakes out half of them lost their tops. The stakes themselves are still under the ground. Grr.

What do you guys like to use in the winter?