"""The Backpacking Checklist - 18-Pound, 3-Day Backpack, is essentially a full-three-season, backcountry gear checklist configured for the Cascade Mountains, for a three-day weekend"""

thats the quote.

It was minus 2 at my house Tuesday night in Bend (east of high Cascades) at 4,000 feet. I might use my caribou bag as a liner for a bigger bag... and its snowing - I hate bivy bags in snow.

This was the only one of our gear lists that I've read. Its not a bad list as a summer list, although I've seen it drop to 15 degrees at night at 7,000 feet hear in the Fall. A marmot pinnacle bag (15 degree) is my choice.

Jim


Edited by Jimshaw (03/16/12 09:15 PM)
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