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Hey Buck! Love your work! Im planning a trip to walk the Iditarod trail solo from Seward to Nome in the winter. I was wondering if you have any experience on it in winter when its frozen and walkable. If you have any tips for planning resupply packages along the way and any top tips from a veteran.
Thanks
Dan
Thank you Dan!
I’m not sure how much experience you have with that type of thing but to be frank, because I have not traveled the length of the Iditarod winter or summer I hesitate to give any advice. I do know that without support and/or someone specifically breaking trail it would be an enormous and dangerous undertaking. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.
Regardless, good luck and enjoy your summer.
Buck
Hi Buck,
I’m leaving next week for my first trip to Alaska. I’m hoping to hike the Chilkoot Trail plus more hiking around Denali and who knows where else. I would love to have your opinion of using a ZPacks Hexamid up there. My other choice is a Tarptent Notch (double wall, about 2 X the weight).
I hiked with Wyoming on the CDT in 2012. We talked about you!
Nancy “Why Not?!”
Hi Why Not,
I think a Hexamid should work fine for someone sufficiently experienced with that type of shelter in potentially wet and windy conditions. You are also likely to experience plenty of mild and calm weather. For years, fighting fires in Alaska, we used nothing but a piece of plastic for a tarp and a bug net to sleep under!
That’s cool that you hiked with with Wyoming. The world of long distance hiking can be a small one!
Enjoy your Alaska adventure.
Buck
Thank you. I leave in 2 days and am sooooo very excited.