Setting up Camp

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Setting up Camp

• Outline
• When
• Where
• What

Exum Guides camp, Lower Saddle, Grand Teton
2
When

• A good spot early is better than a bad spot late
• Remember it takes time to setup camp, eat dinner,
  clean up
  
• It gets dark pretty fast

3
Where (1)

• Flat spot in the woods, or sheltered area from
  wind.
  
• In The white Mtns
• below treeline in summer
• above treeline only if on top of 2ft of snow(?)
• within 200ft of trail
• within 1/4 mi of streams or AMC huts

4
Where (2)

• Make sure you divide the cooking, toilet, and
  sleeping
  
• Also specify area for snow collection
• Make sure the back of the tent faces windward

5
DO and DONTs

• DO NOT Clear vegetation
• DO NOT Make ditch around tent
• DO spread the snow or make sure people cant tell
  youre your tent was

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What (1)

• You can do many things at once
• First thing, is start melting snow (takes a lot
  of time 10 minutes)
  
• Also collect snow in a black trash bag for more
  water
  
• It takes a lot of snow in volume to produce a lot
  of water
  
• Setup tents, spread sleeping bags

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What (2)

• House Rules
• Do not walk on booties (you can sleep easily)
• Do not bring boots inside tent, easy to get snow
  inside tent
  
• Brush snow out of tent
• If snowing through the night, you might have to
  shake off accumulating snow off the tent

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Sunset on Camp Shurman, Mount Rainier (two of the
tents were blown down)