What's your back country camp set up?

[clacklin009]

Tent = Big Agnes Copper Spur UL1 with footprint
Sleeping Bag = Marmot 20* 600 fill
Pad = Big Agnes Insulated Aircore
Stove = Optimus Crux Lite with Terra Solo cook system
Filter = Katadyn Hiker Pro

 

[Musket Man]

Alot of my backpack gear is army gear. I have a Zlite pad and burnton stove. Nothing fancy and I would like to make some upgrades but it works. Late season or when Im camping near my truck I have a smaller canvas tent. Sure is nice coming back to the wood stove and warming up/drying out when its cold and wet out. Usually just heat up food on the wood stove too.

 

[Fink]

Alot of my backpack gear is army gear. I have a Zlite pad and burnton stove. Nothing fancy and I would like to make some upgrades but it works.

Nothing wrong with the Zlite! I've tried a bunch of pads, and the Zlite is about the only one I can sleep on for a few nights without my back feeling like it's gonna break. I put my clothes on top of the pad (or under, if they are wet) for some added loft, and I sleep pretty good.
Other main gear:
BA Fly Creek UL1
Stoic Vamp 15 degree down bag
MSR pocket rocket with Stoic titanium pot/spoon
Steripen classic filter

 

[JWM]

I've considered not bringing a tent and instead just something to shield me from the rain, but I haven't done that yet. Despite the weight of a tent(its not a heavy tent) and rareness of early season snow, the tent is something I feel I should have. Anyone backpack without a tent?

I've done it but don't know if i will again. Spent a week in the High Uintas during the early season getting hailed on every afternoon. The hail would bounce off the ground up under the rain fly. It was like being in a popcorn maker.

 

[Musket Man]

I like the Zlite. Its light and durable but I would like to get something a little thicker. Im going to get a tarp something like BOHNTR is using which will be an upgrade from my poncho. I have used a space blanket a few times to close it in better in bad weather.

 

[ckink65284]

Tent= Tarptent Contrail. (recently sold it)
Pad = Big Agnes Insulated Aircore
Sleeping bag= Marmot Trestles 30
Pillow= Cocoon Ultra-lite Air Core
Kitchen= SnowPeak GigaPower with titanium pot and spork (This will be replaced with a Jetboil Sol(except the spork))

 

[jjenness]

Kelty 20 degree bag
Cabelas XPG bivy cover
Thermarest pad
Eureka solitaire tent
Jetboil for stove
Spoon and fork from kitchen drawer

 

[Grantbvfd]

Tent/shelter: Big agnes super scout, big agnes copper spur ul4, kifaru 8 man tipi with large stove, Kifaru mega tarp

Sleeping bag: marmot hydrogen 30*, marmot plasma 15*, kifaru slickbag 0*

Sleeping pad: exped downmat ul 7 long wide with thermarest zlite under it if going floorless.

Stove: jetboil sol ti or Kifaru large stove with msr titan pot

Sea to summit titanium spoon

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[Ikeepitcold]

Great info guys! Thanks

 

[NVBird'n'Big]

Great info guys! Thanks

Amazing thread. This will be one I keep and eye on and come back to when I'm shipping for more gear here soon.

 

[Drhorsepower]

Shelter- go lite shangri-la 3 if wife comes, rei minimalist bivy otherwise.

Bag- big Agnes lost ranger 99% of the time. If really cold a marmot 0°

Pad. Exped synmat ul7

Stove- soto od1r

Filter- sawyer squeeze filter

 

[RockChucker30]

Shelter:

Seek Outside LBO for a tent. Hammock setup is a TTT Switchback with a custom OES MacCat Deluxe tarp.

Insulation:
EE Rev X 20 degree quilt, Hammockgear 20 degree Incubator underquilt, or a Western Mountaineering Antelope 5 degree sleeping bag.

Pad:

Gossamer gear Eva pad, thermarest ridge rest, z lite, or neoair.

Backpack:

Paradox Evolution 4800 with base talon


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[25contender]

I was going through some video from last seasons 2 week OTC public land solo archery hunt and took some screen shots to share. Nothing fancy. I moved camp 4 times following the elk I saw lots of Elk just could never get a shot of either of the two I was hunting. I got close but there was either a limb or tree in the way or the shot was two far. Still was a great hunt. Some of the photos may be blurry due to light and being video screen shots. Enjoy.

The tent set up simple one man tent. Solstice a very good tent for the money but not my favorite.

Living quarters. I keep a change of cloths and a few other essentials in the tent with me.

My pillow is the sleeping bag stuff sack with my down vest inside.

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[25contender]

I always set up a light weight lean too if I can. I like to keep my pack and bow under it at night. It also make a good cloths line. I also keep my food and garbage up in a tree a little ways from camp.

You can see the edge of the stream on the left of the picture. This is one of my favorite camping spots. Great water at 8500ft and is really convenient

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[25contender]

A few pics from camp.

 

[25contender]

And a few more.

I try to set up my camps so I can do some glassing from close by.

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

Shelters:

Tarp: GoLite Poncho-Tarp
Solo Tent: Tarptent Contrail
Hammock: Kammok Roo
Backpack Group/Floorless: GoLite SL5 w/ BPWD perimeter netting.
Light Horseback Backcountry: Reliable Teton 10X10 wall tent.
Horseback Tent City: Various (4) Reliable & Montana Canvas Wall tents.

Sleeping Bags:

Big Agnes Zirkel SL 20
Kelty Arete 10
Kelty Ignite 20 Dridown

Sleeping Pads:

Thermarest
Thermarest Neoair
Thermarest ProLite
Big Agnes AirCore

Cots:

Sportsman Warehouse (OK)
Roll-A-Cot (awesome!)

Kitchen:

Jetboil SOL ti
MSR Pocket Rocket

Water Treatment:

Sawyer Squeeze
Steripen
Katadyn Hiker

 

[DryFlyGuy]

Shelter: Kifaru Megatarp or Hilleberg Kaitum Three
Bag: Mont-Bell super spiral (20 degree, I think)
Pad: thermarest neo air
Pillow: exped air pillow
Stove: Brunton Primus
Chair: walkstool comfort 55 (<-- guilty pleasure)

 

[Retterath]

great pics and info guys, now i have something to refer to before i head out.

 

[25contender]

What a difference the years make? This camp photo was taken back in the late 80s about 8 miles from the pics above. It was my first archery Elk Kill in Montana.This was taken in late September about 4 miles from the truck. We went in to prep the Elk. We were young and not as prepared as we are these days. It was snowing and we didn't plan on staying the night but decided to stay. We only had space blankets and made some sleeping quarters with limbs under some trees near the fire. It was actually pretty comfortable. Got to love the old Swiss army wool cloths!! You can see one of the sleds with the elk meat stacked up. Even then the plastic sleds were the heat in the snow.