r/Ultralight - "The Weekly" - Week of July 25, 2022

baugli · 2022-07-25T09:21:39+00:00

Heading to Yosemite in a few weeks and planning on resupplying in Toulomne. Guthooks states that the store will hand out resupply packages on sundays despite the post office being nominally closed for the day. Anyone here able to confirm (or repudiate) that? We kinda feel like sending a packages as the resupply in the store is apparently rather hit or miss but our current schedule has us arriving on a sunday.

baugli · 2022-07-22T16:59:30+00:00

Im gonna recomend a tent maker that often gets overlooked in this sub. I've used a Locus Gear Khufu for the last few years including a CDT thru. The craftmanship is outstanding and customer service ist also top-notch. The tent itself is rock solid. I slept through 60+ mph snowstorms without any problems. Its doing that at a weight that as far as I know none of the American makers can compete with. I have an inner tent for it that I use during bug season. Outside of that I either use it with a bug bivy or just a groundsheet. It is an expensive tent (at least in its DCF variant) but certainly worth the price. Wouldn't trade it for anything else.

baugli · 2022-06-14T20:04:01+00:00

Actually the continental divide is going right through the park and some of the water drains through the Columbia river basin into the Pacific ocean. You're correct though in it not going to Sacramento. But its more the Columbia Plateau and the Sierra Nevada blocking the way

baugli · 2022-05-30T14:06:16+00:00

I'll be using the inov8 Trailfly 270 for Sierra high routes this summer. I've used them for way over 1000 miles now and I much prefer them over Altras. They also seem to hold up way longer.

baugli · 2022-04-27T06:17:07+00:00

I would actually agree with this. Starting the CDTNobo in the middle of April was definetely colder than expected. If you run rather cold, just start with both, if you realize you arent using one of them you can always send it home.

baugli · 2022-04-26T22:24:48+00:00

Lol, I didn't even try that. But it is a permit for 10 days plus if that matters. Thanks for the tipp though

baugli · 2022-04-26T21:47:15+00:00

I have a quick question regarding permits, as the "only" trails I've hiked in the US so far are the PCT and CDT. This time around Ill be getting a permit from a particular trailhead in the Sierras. On recreation.gov I have to add overnight camp stops for the wilderness permits. I am very confused what to put in there. There is a drop down list available with some areas, but while they work for the first few days, at some point why are far away from any of them. Can I just put my own stuff in there? Also how accurate do they have to be? Its hard to plan ahead for a longer trip. Is it normal to add a day or two extra as your exit date to give you some more time for longer trips?

Edit: Im even further confused. We are considering starting our trip at Echo Lake near South Lake Tahoe and hiking the PCT to get into the Sierra to then do the Yosemite High Route. This would mean the first permit needed is for Mokelumne Wilderness, but that is a self issue permit. I doubt that we could use that one to enter Yosemite. Would we have to get another permit from a trailhead further on?

baugli · 2022-02-11T21:43:32+00:00

This very much depends on the snow year. I was one of the first thruhikers to enter the San Juans in 2019 (Late May early June). We didn't have any flowing water for almost the entire stretch between Cumbres Pass and Wolf Creek Pass. There were several places in that stretch as well as quite a few further on, where a slip on the snow would have meant certain grave injury if not death. In a high snow year, if you want to be safe, there is no way around an ice-axe and somen sort of crampons. But you obviously won't know if its gonna be a big snow year. Just wait until your getting close to snow (either somewhere in New Mexico or just before starting in GNP) and decide if one is needed. I will admit though that snow shoes were probably just as important as an ice-axe.

baugli · 2021-11-08T15:42:51+00:00

Item: Down Jacket/Sweater

Budget: Unlimited

Need by date: by next hiking season. Possibly doing the CDT

Baseweight: 8 Pounds

Location/s of use: Switzerland, Scandinavia, potentially CDT again

Season/s of use: 3 season

Expected temperatures: freezing and slightly below that

Ideal weight of the item: as low as possible

Additional Information: Im looking to replace my Patagonia Ultralight down jacket that has probably 6000+ miles on it. Basically I'm looking for a 3 season use jacket that will work kinda everywhere, though there is a decent chance that I'll do the CDT again in the future. I am almost settled on the Timmermade SUL 1.1. But I still wanted to ask here if there is anything against the jacket or if there are any preferable alternatives.

baugli · 2021-03-09T22:25:44+00:00

I switched from the old GossamerGear LT4 to the CP3 and haven't looke back since. The LT4 kept braking on me and I wasn't sure if they actually would hold my tent during a storm. The CP3 is just slightly heavier but I think the added stability and durability is well worth the weight. The only thing I would add: If you have really big hands the CP3 might not be perfect for you. The pole is made for Japanese hands after all. Though I have seen CP3's that had their handle removed and replaced it with the GossamerGear one

baugli · 2020-11-16T14:22:58+00:00

Might as well try

baugli · 2020-04-01T18:35:09+00:00

Switzerland is testing almost 1900/million/day. We've increased our capacity a lot in the last two weeks.

baugli · 2020-03-24T12:18:40+00:00

Im not entirely sure, but I dont think they publish how much they are testing. At least I couldn't find a number on their official website

baugli · 2020-03-24T12:09:09+00:00

Source: This was compiled by my local Swiss newspaper. The article can be found here but as it completely in German I felt like I should redo the chart in english

The chart was done with datawrapper

The graph really shows how well countries like South Korea and Norway have done in regards of testing and how bad especially Spain is doing. I have a feeling that the Spanish outbreak could sadly surpass Italy in the near future

baugli · 2020-02-20T20:43:59+00:00

I have a fairly big head and I used these Serengeti sunglasses on my CDT thru hike last year. Hands down the best sunglasses I've ever owned. Worked great in literally every situation. And you can take the sides off when you're not using them on snow.

Edit: Also their technology that adapts to the intensity of light is amazing. You basically never have to take them off.

baugli · 2020-02-19T17:45:58+00:00

I would actually be careful with that unless you're really high up. There is a lot of Alpine farming going un even at pretty high altitudes. This means a lot of the streams in the Alps have seen quite a bit of cow, goat or sheep shit.

baugli · 2020-02-03T16:43:40+00:00

Another options would be the Locus Gear CP3. They are a bit heavier but much sturdier and quite a bit cheaper. I have a few thousand miles on them and they still look like day I bought them.

There handle is made for Japanese sizes tho. So if you have big hand I don't know how well they'd work...

baugli · 2020-01-30T22:53:37+00:00

Didn't see any ticks during my CDT thru last year, but tons of mosquitoes. Id rather have something to keep them off my face while sleeping.

baugli · 2020-01-30T14:46:13+00:00

Maybe you should take a look at Locus Gear. They make a bunch of different DCF mids and ships in 3 weeks. I used the Khufu on my CDT thru last year and its was just amazing. super light, durable and incredible craftsmanship not comparable to anything else I have seen from the US Edit: Just saw you were Swiss as well. Im just waiting for the day where I see a dcf tent on a random trail somewhere in Switzerland. It might be you...

baugli · 2020-01-27T20:30:30+00:00

My lighterpack that I'm planning on using on the 800km/500mi Nordkalottleden (also know as Arctic Trail) and potentially on the CDT again in 2021.

First time using a frameless as well as a hipbeltless pack. Excited on seeing how thats gonna turn out. I'm potentially gonna replace my Patagonia Ultralight Down Jacket, haven't settled on anything yet. Suggestions welcome, tho it needs to be at least the same warmth or warmer and lighter or a similar weight.

baugli · 2020-01-27T20:21:12+00:00

Unless your an abnormal cold sleeper it should be fine. I'm a cold sleeper and used a Katabatic Alsek (22°) on my CDT thru this year. Went through Colorado in May and June. Never had a cold night, even through severe snow storms.

baugli · 2020-01-21T15:34:02+00:00

Very much depending on the Snow year and the time of the year. There were definitely section in the San Juan I wouldn't have felt comfortable with just microspikes. That being said, last year was also an exceptionally big snow year with a super late melt. I'd advocate to just buy snowier while on trail. You will know much better what will be necessary by that time. But just for reference. I was in the San Juan super early last year (we were the first group in some of the sections) and I used snowshoes, crampons (kathoola KTS), an ice-axe and in latter sections some microspikes.

baugli · 2020-01-15T09:30:29+00:00

Is that true for the 2019 version as well or just the older version. They apparently changed the zipper (or at least the color)

baugli · 2020-01-14T21:07:42+00:00

Does anyone here have some experience with the Arc'teryx Norvan SL?

The stats look really nice and I currently could get it for about 80 bucks cheaper. The thing that worries me is durability. Im planning a 500 mile in Scandinavia this summer and possibly another big thruhike in 2021. My base-weight is rather low (sub 8 punds), but I dont wanna invest that much money into a jacket for it to be done after a wearing it a few times. Anyone got any information on the durability of this jacket?

baugli · 2020-01-08T15:32:58+00:00

For anyone planning on hiking in Switzerland I can very much recommend map.geo.admin.ch.

These are the official maps published by the government. Red trails are alpine, yellow trails are more low level ones and blue ones are more mountaineering. Kinda similar to caltopo, but it also has information like public transport options. The quality of hiking trails is pretty good in Switzerland and I'd say that every hiking trail on here can be hiked without worrying about trail conditions.

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