[at-l] Snow camping questions

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

Amy wrote:
>1)  When setting up a tent in a snowy area, do you brush/shovel the
>snow away first?  Do you compact it instead?

If you can brush (or shovel) it away, do so.  If it's too deep for that, 
then compact it.


>2) Is a groundsheet important on snow?
>

Yes - it'll retard both heat loss (not much) and water seepage from the 
snow/ice you melt (with body heat.)   Of course if you trust the tent floor 
to "really" be waterproof..............  I don't.  Been there, done that and 
been fooled.

We don't generally use a ground cloth anymore unless there's snow on the 
ground.

Walk softly - and sleep softly on that snow,
Jim

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