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    We really need a trip report section......
    So, I took the scouts this weekend on a snow campout. We parked at the gate at the bottom of the canyon and pulled sleds up to a campground. Looking out my window today, it looks like we hit the weather perfectly. If we would have gone a week earlier, we wouldn't have had snow, and it looks as though most of the snow is melted now as well. But, we had just enough for an overnight. The canyon we go to is about a mile from my house. It is heavily used in the summer time, and then they close the front gate to cars in the winter. Only snowmachines and walkers can get back there. Because of the heavy use, there isn't much wood, so we bring our own. We didn't do too much as far as planned activities. I helped a few boys with what they had left to advance in rank, but other than that, they all just played around. Of course, that mostly translated into throwing snow balls at each other. Here is a video I made of the outing.

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    Cool......I remember the hobo hamburgers.... on the hobo can stove at a Frozen Butte camp out as a scout.
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    Looks like a great outing.
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    Thank you for doing that. I am sure it is something the kids will remember for a long time.
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    You do a great job with the kids. Thanks for posting.
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    Looks like someone has an ecws bag. Those bags rock. We just did snow but not enough for sledding. Used a couple of snow discs to sled jimmys pack n gear. Worked ok. I want more snow!!

    You should get a catoma tent to go with the ecws bag. Theyre built to go together

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    The sleeping bag is not an ECWS bag, although the gortex bivy is. It is just a sleeping bag I picked up locally. It is rated for -25F and is HUGE. It barely fits inside the bivy...so much so, I am thinking of getting another bivy. I am also looking at buying a Wiggys -20F bag. I did buy my son a complete ECWS three bag system, and that is what he used.
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    Great video of great fun.
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    We just got back from Northwoods MI winter camping, actually had cabins rented. Two boy scouts got their polar bear badges. Other group built a quanzi on the lake to sleep in. Eight boys started to sleep out and four came in by 3:30 am, four made it over nite. Found out my son slept out under the stars, was -13 in the morning. He slept in a army extreme down bag and gortex bivy liner, warm as toast! It was something he wanted to do on his bucket list.

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