Camping on a mountian???

someone posted a while back about how awful it was...illl look for it.

https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/527375/

so have fun with that..

Is it legal? might have to plan a few trips if it is. sounds super sick as long as your prepared.

if your prepared, it not awful.

i've camped atop 2 different mountains close to me and both times it was fun, we just smoked out a bunch and chilled out around the camp fire (yeah we built a fire on the snow. The pit was prolly ten foot deep when it finally died and went out in the morning.

the coolest thing tho is in the morning walking out of the woods at the top of the mountain and riding down, not even havin to take the lift.

some tips
-  arrange with the lifty to get the last lift up of the day and take your pack and tent and everything up on that last ride.
- bring a tarp so the bottom of your tent doesnt get soaked(if your dont have tarp material on the bottom of your tent already)
- bring a sleeping pad, its a good insulator so the coldness of the snow doesnt make the bottom side of your sleeping bag cold
- get a mummy bag style sleeping bag.
- bring mind altering substances
- dont pack to heavy. you can sleep in your baselayers and then throw your outerwear back on for the ride down. all your spare socks, cloths, ect.. can be left in the car at the bottom of the mountain.
- bring some form of music. ipod and speakers work great, also the skullcandy backpacks are great too, a guy in our camp group brought one and we rocked out all night.
- build a fire, even if they say you cant. cause being cold sucks. just make sure you light if after dark and that its out before sunrise(groomer dudes at night dont care if you roast a fire, even if the lifties or management tell you you cant. theyre always cool)
- see if the lifties will let you store your boots in the lift shack at the top of the mountain.most of the time theyre heated all the time. no one likes cold wet boots in the morning after sleeping in a warm sleeping bag all night.

I do lots of winter camping. I know you’re not doing a super long, burly trip but here is what I bring with me. It’s incredibly fun and well worth it!

Supplies:

Tent: I think a 1-pole fly works the best. Dig a floor pit in the shape of the footprint, set up the fly, and then pile snow on the outside edges to trap heat. Or you can learn to build quigloos and not have to worry about a tent.

1 insulite sleeping pad and 1 thermarest sleeping pad. More insulation = warmer person. I wouldn’t skimp on the pads. They’re light and easy to strap to your pack.

Super warm mummy bag: I sleep cold so I have a -20 and a 10 that I put inside of it, plus my parka over my hips. Most guys I go with get away with -10 or -20s without anything else.

A few Nalgene bottles. At night, fill them with boiling water and put them in key areas, like the veins between your thighs, your feet, and your belly. Make sure the lid is completely leak proof. This serves 3 purposes: 1. Warms you up. 2. Saves the water from freezing. 3. You can also re-heat the water and put the bottles in your boot liners to warm ‘em up.

Metal garbage pail lid: use as a fire bed. It makes eco-spraying your ashes so much easier, acts as a heat reflector so the snow doesn’t absorb all of it, and helps make sure your logs don’t end up sinking. Bonus: can be used as a sled.

Camp stove: borrow a Whisperlite and a Jetboil pot to melt snow in for hot water, to make oatmeal in, and to fry bacon in. As for food, bring pasta, a block of pepperjack cheese, a block of cheddar, and bacon/sausage/tater tots, oatmeal and fixings. Winter camping is THE BEST excuse to be gluttonous. Also, Tang. Hot Tang is the greatest invention in the world. Obviously, fuel, 2 or 3 lighters (for when you drop them in snow and ruin them), and windscreens are necessary.

Wood panel: this can be a pain in the ass to carry, but it’s worth it. It will act as a cooking surface so it doesn’t have to be that big. Bonus points if you nail a sheet of aluminum to it to act as a heat reflector for your stove.

CANDY BARS. If you wake up cold, eat a milky way. The extra calories equal heat and keep your body working throughout the night. Like I said, gluttony is key. (Don’t forget to sleep with your candy bar. Frozen delights are HARD.)

Warm layers. Hand sanitizer. Hand warmers for your toes (frostbite blows). Extra socks. Warm hat. Chapstick. Plumber’s candles. Headlamp. Shovel.

Tips:

Drape your sleeping bag on trees in the sun during the day. The condensation that collects as you sleep will evaporate.

Drink a TON of water, eat snacks constantly. Keeps you warm and not crabby.

Sleep with your boot liners in your sleeping bag. They can also be a nice pillow.

Sleep with anything that could freeze, like Nutella, peanut butter, hot sauce, sunscreen, and water.

Have a large disposable bottle with a lid to act as a pee bottle. Peeing in the night is important. If you have to pee but don’t, your body works to keep you from wetting the bed, not keeping you warm. If you have a pee bottle, you can pee in your sleeping bag, pour it out so it doesn’t freeze in the bottle, and sleep comfortably.

Keep your lighters tucked up in your hat or your pants. Do not drop them in the snow. Keep them warm and dry at all times.

Put on dry socks when you get to camp, before bed, when you wake up. Constantly change socks, as they get damp and cold. Sleep with your damp socks on your body. Shoulders work really well, aside from the smell. But whatever, it’s not like your meeting Marisa Miller out there.

Overnight, store your skis standing up and dig your poles into the snow handle first. If you put the basket first, they can freeze and break. Also, keeping them standing up makes certain you wont lose them in a storm.

Run around your camp a few times before you go to bed to get your body temp up. Going to bed cold will not warm you up. Pretty common sense, right? Go to bed warm, sleep warm.

And not to be a Debbie, but alcohol lowers the body temp. Do what you will with that comment.

Skin-to-skin contact is the best way to warm up. If your feet are freezing, have a buddy sit across from you and put your bare feet on their belly. It’s awkward, but you’ll bond and wont lose toes. If I had taken this more seriously I wouldn’t have frostbite in 8 toes. Don’t knock it.  If your fingers start freezing off, put your hands down your pants. Yeah, you look like a creepster, but your hands are warm, right?

PM me if you have any more questions. Sorry this is so long.

HAVE FUN. 

basically bring iodine, snow stakes (if you're in as tent) thick sleeping pad, shovel and an ice saw for sure. know exactly where you're going and tell someone...other than that its basic backpacking stuff.

FUCKING BEARS

build a snow cave.

Wow. Thank you!

I deleted half of your post in the quote so I wont take up space haha

my brother actually did this with some friends and it sounded like it worked out great.

haha. lucas, Justice was there. He was in the shitty snowcave though. The one I was in was sick.

I've gone camping on Fatty Lane at Mount Snow (if anyone's heard of it) and the lesson learned is this:

bring more than one sleeping pad and put your boot liners in your sleeping bag with you when your sleep....oh ya a bottle of Kentucky Straight Bourbon is required.

whiskey.

i figured that was your brother.  yes that cave was shitty.  i blame kyle, as always.

haven't camped on a mountain yet, but did went camping for 4 days in about 2ft of snow...

yep. done that before. best insulator and wind protector. gotta dig a pretty big hole preferably into the side of a slope. amateur instructions, but yeah, good fun.

also along with brining a few lighters, bring a pack of strike anywear matches, they are alot harder to ruin

Fun things to do whilst winter camping: Snow Quarry!

Mark out a block 6'*6' or 8'*8' or however big you want it. Stand with your skis and take teeny tiny steps side to side, so you move the length/width of the box. The goal here is to compact the snow in your quarry as much as possible.

Let it settle for an hour or more.

Bust out your snow saw and shovel and start cutting snow blocks. The blocks can be used to make igloos, emergency snow shelters, kitchens, a fridge, couches, and endless amounts of awesome structures.

p.s. To make a fridge, build up a mound of snow. Cut a hole in the front and hollow out a space big enough to put a pot with a tiny bit of room around it. Put a pot of warm water (with lid) on a wood board w/ a metal sheet on it and slide it in. Cover the door with a snow block and fill any holes. It wont freeze overnight and voila! Water in the morning.

yeah... snow camping = not fun

A lot of this depends on what time of year you plan on doing this. 

MissMontana had a lot of good points about winter camping.  Things are similar too, but different if you're doing this in May or June, in the real backcountry (not just hiking and camping out at your local ski hill).

I always love it though, the early wake up, sun rise approach and ski.  The serenity is awesome!

Just a couple of little  things I recommend NEVER forgetting.
-extra socks (more than you need, the worst thing ever is having to put on a soggy sock)
-thin slippers or flip flops (depending on if its spring or winter)
-extra lighters/matches

For the spring ones, just keep your load light.  If you have a 3+ mile approach on grass with your boots and skis on your pack, extra stuff is just not worth it. 

I've never met another girl who likes winter camping (aside from other NOLSies)! Keep killin' it!

https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/535886/

and tips:

when i camp i use cold blooded, ninja, and one man army.

dont pick an area with a slope either.. i knew some people who went mountain camping, and were just having fun outside in the snow when they started sliding down the hill.. one fell off a cliff to her death.