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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Winter Camping and Activities Tent Stakes for Frozen Ground? |
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11/12/2019 05:50PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
There is a chance I will head to northern MN next week for a few days with my Snowtrekker Basecamp, which requires 9 or so stakes to set up. In deep snow, I use a mix of snow/sand stakes and/or deadman branches. But there may not be enough snow where Im going yet, and I'm wondering about what stakes might be best. I once used my summer MSR Groundogs, but they were beasts to get back out requiring a lot of boiled water and patience. Anyone have better suggestions?
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11/13/2019 04:03PM
Gadfly: "billconner: "Barn spikes. Like 10 or 12" ones. "
This is what I have used in the past as well and I felt they worked well. They even work well when camping on the ice. "
+3 Used them as well and they work just fine.
"It is more important to live for the possibilities that lie ahead than to die in despair over what has been lost." -Barry Lopez
11/30/2019 09:43AM
Thanks everyone. I went with 10 inch barn spikes, which I was surprised were only 45 cents each. Pounded them in about half way, fearing they would be hard to extract after 5 days but they were not. Just two lateral taps from the back of my axe and they came up. Actually had the back one come loose when a large clump of wet snow fell from a red pine. I really expected they would be harder to get out after my experience with ground hogs, but it was no big deal at all.
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