Feathertop 10-12 July - Snowfest?

[jdeks]

Too many people at the hut for me so we went elsewhere. From the looks of it those snow boarders used up nearly all the wood at federation hut, they didn't like being asked to go out and replace what they had used.

It probably wasn't just the boarders, but their lady-friends too. From their arrival on Friday (with both blokes hauling the girls' snowboards up for them), they spent the weekend whinging about how cold it was, how the hut 'didn't have enough beds', and sending their blokes out to the tent to fetch fresh socks. We went out on Friday for a few hours and in the time we were gone, the short blonde one managed to burn up all the small kindling we'd stacked, and yet despite this had somehow also let the fire go out . We came back and found them both with their feet literally inside the now-cold fireplace, surrounded by the larger hardwood logs we'd cut, complaining that there was 'no wood' (ie too heavy) and it was cold. Thereafter, blondie was referred to as Veruca Salt.

Mind you, no-one else helped the two of us out when we went to cut more wood for the night...probably best I left when I did, if they decided to burn the rest and not replace it either.

?wild dogs, jdeks? I've never run into them, and hope I don't.

Don't hear much about wild dogs on the forum.

This is my second such encounter. A few years back I was cornered by pack of 5 about a day's walk north of Dinner Plain. Had to hit one across the snout to get them to back off and they tailed me for about 8km afterwards. This time, these two just tailed me, but I saw tracks in the snow the size of teacups heading up Westons spur the next morning.

They're absolutely out there, and they get hungry in the winter.

[paidal_chalne_vala]

I was camping up on Mt Stirling at the Bluff spur hut area on Sunday July 19th and there was only one other tent with a couple there. It was that night that I discovered that I need a sleeping bag that is very long , wide, thick and rated to minus 12 C not minus 2 .I will be armed with such a sleeping bag when I head up Mt Feathertop next month. Apart from that sleepless icy night all my gear incl. snow shoes, poles, snow tent, snow pegs, thermals, goretex shell, exped minus 24 rated sleeping synmat , trangier etc. all worked well in the snow.

[earthairfire]

I discovered that I need a sleeping bag that is very long , wide, thick and rated to minus 12 C not minus 2

It's not going to fix the issue of having a bag that's rated 10 degrees higher than needed, but I found that wrapping my foil emergency blanket around my sleeping mat really helps to isolate from the ground when sleeping on snow.

[Moondog55]

I was camping up on Mt Stirling at the Bluff spur hut area on Sunday July 19th and there was only one other tent with a couple there. It was that night that I discovered that I need a sleeping bag that is very long , wide, thick and rated to minus 12 C not minus 2 .I will be armed with such a sleeping bag when I head up Mt Feathertop next month. Apart from that sleepless icy night all my gear incl. snow shoes, poles, snow tent, snow pegs, thermals, goretex shell, exped minus 24 rated sleeping synmat , trangier etc. all worked well in the snow.

Rather than buy a whole new SB why not just buy my Burrow thermal liner?
Would add that 10 degrees you need and give you an ultra light summer bag into the bargain

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[paidal_chalne_vala]

Hi, I have ordered a sea to summit thermal SB liner but I suspect that will be window dressing. I need a proper south pole kind of SB.

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[Moondog55]

Hi, I have ordered a sea to summit thermal SB liner but I suspect that will be window dressing. I need a proper south pole kind of SG.

Well -18C should be more than enough to cope with winter above the snowline but if you sleep colder than most just get a -25 bag,
Getting an Antarctic rated bag [ -50] for here is just a tad overkill. I hope the S2S liner works for you; it doesn't for most of us

[paidal_chalne_vala]

Hi , I was just using hyperbole for humourous effect about the South Pole. I have found Mac Pac make a sanctuary 2000 extra long down SB. It is comfort rated to minus 12 . I tried one out for size. Oh it was like going back to the womb !!!Snuggly wuggly . The Sea to summit SB liner arrived in the post . If that does anything at all I would be very surprised. At least it will keep my winter sleeping bag clean.