BWCA An alternate view of basecamping Boundary Waters Group Forum: Basecamp Basics
Chat Rooms (0 Chatting)  |  Search  |   Login/Join
* BWCA is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Boundary Waters Quetico Forum
   Group Forum: Basecamp Basics
      An alternate view of basecamping     
 Forum Sponsor

Author

Text

ockycamper
distinguished member(1524)distinguished memberdistinguished memberdistinguished memberdistinguished member
  
09/08/2022 03:55PM  
We bring 14-18 men up to BWCA each fall (divided into 3 groups). We are ages 50's to 70's. We base camp typically on Red Rock lake.

Over the 15 years of basecaming in BWCA we have gone the other way from the threads in this section:

We have almost all moved from tents to hammocks

To handle those rainy days, we use very large group tarps in each camp to cook under and hang out under.

We bring ultra light, but comfortable chairs like Helinox. No heavy bag chairs

Our food has moved to dehydrated

In short, as we have grown older we want to haul less weight, and spend less time setting it up. Most of the threads in this section seem to be how to camp like you are in the state park, but in the BWCA.

Far less gear. . . .less time cooking. . . lighter/comfortable chairs. . . no tents/cots
 
      Print Top Bottom Previous Next