Hi Tom -

The snow coaches took us to Old Faithful, where there's a winter lodge and cabins. We stayed in the latter for a night, then skied/snowshoed off into the backcountry.

The group actually went on for a full 10 days - I was only there for four (had to go out early for family obligations). There will be podcasts and articles about the trip in future editions of backpackinglight.

Crackers - yep, saw the news on the Jetboil stove, and interesting to hear that they'll do a remote canister Reactor. Probably good news all around - with the caveat that a lot of these efficient canister stoves have really bad CO emissions. Definitely some caution due there.

My experience with liquid fuel stoves in the past has been good - but I was impressed with the performance of the Primus stove with the remote, upside-down canister in some pretty harsh and cold conditions. Definitely made me rethink my past preference for liquid fuel in winter.