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<blockquote data-quote="stirner" data-source="post: 1419820" data-attributes="member: 44287"><p>There's a lot of good advice here, and I'll add a little more. First though, I need to tell you that I live in Montana, and I'm a very warm-body, except for my hands and feet. I like bibs, and the ones I just wore out had a scent-blocker liner in them. I wore them with nothing else on my legs until the temps got to 10 or less. Then I put on a pair of light polypro long john bottoms. Good to -40. I bought a pair of Walls insulated, reversible bibs for the colder weather. Wore them once or twice-too hot and too bulky, not to mention they weigh a ton. For my feet, I have a pair of Kennetrek mtn extreme with 1000 gram thinsulate, and for really cold (-10 or below) I have a pair of Cabelas 2000 gram leather boots. These are FAT boots, and on the heavy side. But they are warm. I wear a good knee high wool sock, and a polyester liner from Cabelas. These liners are about as thick as a woman's nylon, and keep the moisture away from your feet. Other things I do for my feet are to wash them every morning and night. I also douse them with talcom powder to keep them dry. Sometimes I'll even dump a bunch in the boots. I already mentioned the bibs, except to say that the advantage they offer is in keeping your torso warm with no added bulk. I have polypro tops of varying thickness. The temp determines which weight I wear. 20 degrees or warmer, all I need is a top and my coat. After that, I add a fleece vest or fleece shirt. My coat is just a basic waterPROOF coat, with a mesh liner and hood. My gloves range from plain leather to fleece lined mittens that I can also wear liners in. I wear a cap, and when it gets cold I add a balaclava that my daughter knit for me. If you have a knitter in the family, buy some quiviut, and have a scarf made. Pound-for-pound, it's 10X better than anything else going. When the weather gets really miserable, the hood on my coat comes up.</p><p></p><p>I lived in Colo in the early 70's. I'm not too sure I would try backpacking in to 9000' and setting up a camp. There's a weather service, the name of which I can't remember, that gives you historical weather for any area. Also contact the FWP rep for that area and see what you're getting into. Remember, as the snow accumulates, the elk will migrate to lower elevations. </p><p></p><p>I drove to a campground in NW Colo in Nov once. The only place I could drive a steel tent peg in the ground was next to a tree. A guy and his son were in a pickup camper, and they came over just to see what kind of man would be in a tent in that weather!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, have fun and be careful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stirner, post: 1419820, member: 44287"] There's a lot of good advice here, and I'll add a little more. First though, I need to tell you that I live in Montana, and I'm a very warm-body, except for my hands and feet. I like bibs, and the ones I just wore out had a scent-blocker liner in them. I wore them with nothing else on my legs until the temps got to 10 or less. Then I put on a pair of light polypro long john bottoms. Good to -40. I bought a pair of Walls insulated, reversible bibs for the colder weather. Wore them once or twice-too hot and too bulky, not to mention they weigh a ton. For my feet, I have a pair of Kennetrek mtn extreme with 1000 gram thinsulate, and for really cold (-10 or below) I have a pair of Cabelas 2000 gram leather boots. These are FAT boots, and on the heavy side. But they are warm. I wear a good knee high wool sock, and a polyester liner from Cabelas. These liners are about as thick as a woman's nylon, and keep the moisture away from your feet. Other things I do for my feet are to wash them every morning and night. I also douse them with talcom powder to keep them dry. Sometimes I'll even dump a bunch in the boots. I already mentioned the bibs, except to say that the advantage they offer is in keeping your torso warm with no added bulk. I have polypro tops of varying thickness. The temp determines which weight I wear. 20 degrees or warmer, all I need is a top and my coat. After that, I add a fleece vest or fleece shirt. My coat is just a basic waterPROOF coat, with a mesh liner and hood. My gloves range from plain leather to fleece lined mittens that I can also wear liners in. I wear a cap, and when it gets cold I add a balaclava that my daughter knit for me. If you have a knitter in the family, buy some quiviut, and have a scarf made. Pound-for-pound, it's 10X better than anything else going. When the weather gets really miserable, the hood on my coat comes up. I lived in Colo in the early 70's. I'm not too sure I would try backpacking in to 9000' and setting up a camp. There's a weather service, the name of which I can't remember, that gives you historical weather for any area. Also contact the FWP rep for that area and see what you're getting into. Remember, as the snow accumulates, the elk will migrate to lower elevations. I drove to a campground in NW Colo in Nov once. The only place I could drive a steel tent peg in the ground was next to a tree. A guy and his son were in a pickup camper, and they came over just to see what kind of man would be in a tent in that weather! Anyway, have fun and be careful. [/QUOTE]
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