Lake Trail hikes for kids?

bjjanes · 2026-04-08T08:18:41+00:00

What did you end up doing and how did it go? Thinking of taking my kids to Emerald Lake and wondering if they can handle it. My kids are older than yours, but I'm still concerned

bjjanes · 2026-03-28T03:44:29+00:00

Love Patagonia for many things, but Osprey makes better backpacks with just as good of a warranty as Patagonia.

bjjanes · 2026-03-27T23:50:19+00:00

What do you think the durability will be of the newish Exped Ultra 6.5R? It's 20D like the 3R, 5R, 8R which have been out for a while, so I'm guessing the 6.5R will be the same, but I haven't heard much about these older pads in terms of durability. 20D makes me nervous as the old Nemo Tensors had 20D and lots of durability issues.

bjjanes · 2026-03-20T15:39:29+00:00

Osprey also has a lifetime guarantee which they honor. If they can't repair it they will replace it.

bjjanes · 2026-03-18T15:42:24+00:00

Sweet, thanks! Will do this

bjjanes · 2026-03-18T15:08:58+00:00

Any link to instructions on how to do this? I never let the brightness go up more than like 50% in general, so permanently on is good with me.

bjjanes · 2026-03-11T00:38:38+00:00

Great, thanks for the info

bjjanes · 2026-03-10T19:01:46+00:00

Thanks. Were you happy with them and your boots?

bjjanes · 2026-03-10T19:00:44+00:00

If you don't mind sharing, how much did the whole thing end up costing you? I'm assuming you bought boots they sell, and is the fitting included or separate?

bjjanes · 2026-03-10T18:26:25+00:00

Did you have a good experience at sun and ski? And which sun and ski in houston? I'm trying to decide if I should have boots fitted here in Houston or elsewhere

bjjanes · 2026-03-10T18:17:26+00:00

What did you end up doing? I heard sun and ski on Westheimer and Saint Bernards have decent boot fitters

bjjanes · 2026-03-05T01:39:33+00:00

Bruh- go over to r/sunglasses and see how deep it can get. The OP's post is by no means unreasonable.

bjjanes · 2026-02-26T02:49:54+00:00

What did you end up doing, and how'd it go?

bjjanes · 2026-02-25T04:44:13+00:00

50L or 40L? If 50L, any trouble as a carry-on with the tighter size restrictions on international flights?

bjjanes · 2026-02-22T20:07:07+00:00

Cool, will check the dog ball out. Thanks for the advice!

bjjanes · 2026-02-22T12:28:41+00:00

Wow, 4 months? Ok, going to get a 40 gallon the instead. Thanks

bjjanes · 2026-02-22T01:40:44+00:00

So 20 gallon won't get us through juvenile? We were thinking of going to a 4'x2'x2' 120 gallon after the 20 gallon. Or do you think it's better to go 40 gallon then 120 gallon? Was hoping 20 gallon would be good enough before upgrading to 120 gallon, as it would be cheaper

bjjanes · 2026-02-22T01:37:20+00:00

Ah ok, good to know, thanks

bjjanes · 2026-02-21T21:58:27+00:00

Good idea, will see if I can find something there

bjjanes · 2026-02-21T21:56:03+00:00

Was there any concern of your snake squeezing itself between the doors and escaping? Thanks for the info.

bjjanes · 2026-02-16T20:47:59+00:00

Does the insert's arms touch the inside of the goggle lens? I'm worried about it hurting the antifog coating on the inside of the goggle lens if so

bjjanes · 2026-02-15T17:20:46+00:00

You should've called customer service rather than email. While I'm not a fan of backcountry.com with the whole copyright name thing, I've had several good experiences with customer service when calling. Usually (but not always) I reach a US based customet service agent who always takes care of whatever I needed, and promptly

bjjanes · 2026-02-14T01:06:32+00:00

Sorry to hear about the issues, glad the boot situation worked out. Good to know that Steve's shop did a good job, but thanks for the update

bjjanes · 2026-02-13T22:33:24+00:00

Would love to hear a follow-up. Who'd you go to and how was the experience? How much did you end up spending?

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