So… Your plan is to bug out into the foothills or even the higher mountains. But it is winter; how are your preps? is your shelter or sleeping system up to it? Food adequate, or do you need more? How heavy is that pack? Even if you plan to leave by vehicle, eventually you may very well need to walk. Might want to try things out before you have to do it for real! OR – you camp and hike a lot in the winter but haven’t been caught out overnight, yet. You carry a day pack of incidentals, just in case. Have you actually used these items?
We will spend the night in the foothills at about 3000′. We will hike for one mile just to see how things work, how well they carry, make adjustments as necessary and generally test out what you planned to do. Using your shelter and sleeping system, food preps and fire building we will camp overnight – NO MATTER the weather!
Discussions and class will be ongoing throughout the day and evening as to what is working, what could be better, etc… We will also compare gear and try out various pieces of kit. Discussion will include, equipment, sleep systems, shelter options, navigation, fire building, cooking over an open fire in addition to carried cook systems. Stealth and camouflage along with signaling and visibility and other communications are items of interest in this situations as well.
Bring: Bug out bag, (sleep system, shelter, clothing, food, cooking, water purification, etc…) Knife, cordage, bushcrafting tools such as a saw, hatchet/axe, etc Call if you have questions. Some equipment will be available to loan and try out.