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  1. Jackson

    Greetings from Ohio!

    Awesome! Are you working for the NPS? Some great backpacking there near the south entrance, not a lot of people on those trails.
  2. Jackson

    Winter

    It's never too late! Nothing hits quite like a trip to somewhere warm and tropical in mid-March. I went to Hawaii almost exactly two years ago and the timing was just right, being late winter. It's 60 here today though, so the warm weather came to me instead this year.
  3. Jackson

    Winter

    Looking pretty grim up here also. Winter so far has not given me much hope for a turnaround later this month or in April. Guess it's time to dust off and tune up the gravel bike.
  4. Jackson

    Album The members of backcountrypost.com

    Good to see you back! Fantastic photos as well. I was back in the Salt Lake area over the weekend and conditions were very nice for hiking.
  5. Jackson

    PCT Survey 2023

    Great point on the methods, and I appreciate the insight! I'm mostly an outside observer of UL/thru hiking culture through sites like Reddit, so there's some observer bias on my part too. You know how reddit can be. I was surprised the Durston tents were priced so low. Pretty solid offerings at...
  6. Jackson

    PCT Survey 2023

    It's also interesting in that some brands are overrepresented while other large ones don't even show up. Presumably because the online thru hiking/ultralight community, like most other hobby communities online, becomes a gear optimization echo chamber, and everyone ends up mostly sticking to the...
  7. Jackson

    Winter

    Heaviest snow I've shoveled in years. Had forgotten what that was like. Fortunately only a couple inches of it for us in the valley.
  8. Jackson

    Album Snow and Winter Shots

    Wonder what it looked like when you were still inside! Probably mostly covered? How cold did it get?
  9. Jackson

    New from St Louis

    Welcome!
  10. Jackson

    More ancient past from the archives, 1981 Beartooths trip

    Loving these reports from trips decades ago! Magnificent shots; have me wanting to be in the Beartooths on a summer day!
  11. Jackson

    Winter

    I had read that there was a lot more falling south of here. Great news! Targhee got about a foot in the two days we were there. Best skiing I've had all season.
  12. Jackson

    Winter

    Some shots from xc skiing the Fan Creek area a week ago. We stopped and did 5-6 miles on our way down to Grand Targhee. Pretty weak and very crusty coverage for early February in this part of the park, but they've gotten a foot or more since this at least. Usually one of the snowiest parts of...
  13. Jackson

    A new tent

    And just to clarify, the poles to make it free-standing aren't trekking poles, but rather are flexible poles like a regular dome tent has, where they cross each other in the center of the tent, and their length is probably specific to the tent. As shown here:
  14. Jackson

    A new tent

    I have neither tent but do have a couple thoughts. Important to note that the Scarp isn't free standing unless you buy and use the optional cross poles, which add another 10 or 18 oz depending on which pole material you choose. Since you need a free standing tent, that means the Scarp would...
  15. Jackson

    Album Snow and Winter Shots

    Yuccas are no joke! Amazing how rigid those suckers are and how easily they can stab you just walking by.
  16. Jackson

    Album Snow and Winter Shots

    Incredible looking outing! Those cold temperatures would have been difficult though, sweating and then having it freeze probably almost instantly once you head downhill. Terrain looks absolutely amazing though. What a blast. Hey, speak for yourself! Haha.
  17. Jackson

    Album Snow and Winter Shots

    Had me laughing out loud with your descriptions of those habits. Have done all of those before also. I definitely have a lot of room for improvement but hope to have some grace by the end of this season. Ha. It's not cheap, but the Meidjo 3.0 is a tele binding that has the option for a lockable...
  18. Jackson

    Album Snow and Winter Shots

    I only took one alpine lesson and skied just two days on alpine bindings before I switched fully to tele last year. Was interested in it because, like you, I started on fish scale bc xc skis (which I don't spend enough time on nowadays). I've kind of learned both tele and alpine at the same...
  19. Jackson

    Yellowstone's Gallatin River -- September 7-9th 2023

    Very awesome! I've xc skied up that trail before but turned around after a few miles. Cool to see farther up, and I'll have to give that a go sometime! Refrigerated Cold Smokes at camp is luxury living! Also cool to see you went to Quake Lake. One of my favorite roadside spots. If you ever go...
  20. Jackson

    Album Snow and Winter Shots

    Love seeing those backcountry tele turns! I just started tele skiing last season. Just wish we could get snow like that here this season. Next storm should help, but we won't get multiple feet like you guys.
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