I imagine bottle caps should work fine. Good luck!

I suppose it depends on where you consider "over". :) Maybe an hour at most from the saddle to the very top plateau, an hour across the plateau and maybe a couple hours back to Green River since I didn't hit the trail I'd hoped for and ended up bushwhacking a bit more.

I could still use it. I don't get to backpack a lot but would expect it would last maybe 100 nights. It likely depends on the winds and sun experienced. I would just keep checking for damage of any kind to the tape and tieoff points as those are the key elements. Of course, if you don't take care of it all bets are off as polycryo will catastrophically fail if torn/punctured so if you just jam it in your pack with stakes or snag it on a branch while unfurling you're likely going to have to bail. As for hammocking, I believe those generally are larger tarps so if you used the full size sheet in an A-frame like the article I linked in the description it may work out for that.

It was a decent Plan B. I never have made it to the Weminuche so it's still on the list.

Fairly, once you're on the crest itself.

Nope. I have no interest in doing the AT actually. I've been on small portions of it. I prefer the western mountains but don't have time or patience for a through hike.

I'm just not a popular guy. :) It is actually my MOST viewed video!

It is blazed, which isn't really necessary IMHO, since it follows the ridgeline. There were a few intersections but it would be immediately obvious that you weren't continuing along the ridge. I always take map and compass anyway, but we only used them to find my parents' house on a nearby mountain and check progress. The hardest part was knowing precisely where the "alternate" parking lot at the northern TH was since we missed seeing the small sign. The other thing was not finding the spring at Deep Gap that some seemed to have used. There was a really small and slow one maybe 50 yards down the trail going down the east side of Deep Gap, but it was a pain to use so I'd just carry what you need for the night.

Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it. We are headed up in 3 weeks nailing down the itinerary. Was that camping area you were at Deep Gap ? Where the fire pit was. We plan to camp there it just looks as though it doesn’t really hold that many tents if it is deep gap

@@jamesgaffney106 Yes, that was Deep Gap. There aren't a lot of spots. Ironically, the best spot is in the no camping zone on the south side of the gap. I'd say the spot we picked was nice except for being right off the trail, but you're pretty limited when on a ridgeline. There was a jeep trail heading SW that you could put a bunch of tents on and a larger group we had passed did end up there. Maybe a couple spots very close to the intersection of the trail with the tiny spring.

Thank you :). Appreciate it

I'm not sure what the point of your comment was then since I have no control over your search results.

Were they related to Major Wheeler?

@@topshotrhit I’m not sure.. How is Major related to Alfred? My mother is the daughter to Renabeth.. Alfred’s daughter

Yeah, the western mountains really spoil you! :) I don't have much interest in hiking in the east and my folks are trying to sell their house in WNC.

I know it is kind of off topic but do anyone know of a good website to watch new movies online ?

@Skyler Harlan i would suggest flixzone. You can find it on google =)

@Houston Travis Yea, I have been watching on Flixzone for years myself :D

@Houston Travis Thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I really appreciate it !

@Skyler Harlan you are welcome xD

Polycryo (window shrink film). Hope my latest trip report will be up in a few weeks.

3M 2120 transparent duct tape

Hope you are able to make it out there this year.

Sorry, I only fish for people, and there were very few of those! :)

Yes, plenty to see in the exhibits. You just don't get to go anywhere in the interior that I recall.

I suspect the same can be said for many things in life, but hopefully most people don't let fear control their lives. ;)

If I didn't comment on them in the video they must not have been too bad. I recall having them in a few spots but nothing out of hand. Looks like my son wore a headnet at least twice. My first 2 Winds trips were the thickest. Of course, we purposely wear clothing to protect from skeeters and sun, too, so you'd likely look like a buffet nearly any time if you were in shorts and a t-shirt. ;)

John, See kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqaWpYhsrJ2cbbc (incl link in description) and kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWGZeomiiplprqc I believe the one shown here was a bit larger (~9x7) but had been damaged somewhat (left in sun while all bunched up which greatly increased the heat and shrunk and distorted the film in some places) which is why it was not very taut. Shrinkage/distortion wouldn't be an issue normally. Just be familiar with the risks of polycryo. I was prepared to bail at any time if it should fail for some reason. As for skeeters, they can be pretty bad in the Winds, depending on location and time of season. I'd expect July would be worst in most years so definitely take a headnet and a tent with mesh or bivy if possible. If you look WAY back in my vids, you'll see my first trip (and I think the second also) used a tarp that I had sewed mesh walls that kept them at bay. This trip was late enough they weren't a big deal. I ran into them in some places and not others but couldn't see a pattern (i.e., elevation, water, etc).

LOL. I like going to the rarely explored features of places, but I do have my limits.

No, REI Sub Kilo 20.

From Highway 24 at Lake George, travel north on Country Road 77 (Tarryall Road) for about 20 miles. The trailhead is on the right side of the road. There was plenty of paved parking. If you get to the small reservoir you can see on the map you went about 3 miles too far.

Thanks!

Just be prepped for the steep climb and descent!

@@topshotrhit If coming from Denver, County Road 77 can be accessed from US 285 at Jefferson. The loop can also be accessed from the Lost Park Trailhead, which requires driving about 20 miles of gravel road (good enough for most passenger cars), but avoids the steep climb and descent from the Ute Creek Trailhead.

Yeah where can I get some dam bait?

@@kimberly11091 Thats a classic

Where the hell is the damn dam tour?

@@rosannasmom1 Its a classic!

A bit claustrophobic? :) The road is washboarded a lot in places but we made it in a Honda Civic.