3 sided shelter ?

[fillthefreezer]

so you guys that are running shelters like super/mega tarp, LBO, etc how do you deal with the wind. specifically when its swirling or flip flopping all night?
i probably suck at choosing camps it seems i get battered from all angles at some times and without an enclosed shelter id have a parachute.
school me...

 

[Wrongside]

When using a open tarp shelter, site selection is crucial, IME. I always look for a low, but not too low , sheltered site and then pitch for the prevailing wind. One thing about the country I hunt, is it's usually at least breezy. Often extremely so. However, our strongest winds are almost always from the West, which helps for predictability, IMO.

Now add a vestibule to my LBO, stake and guy it well, and I don't really worry about it. Pitch it on a ridge and enjoy the views...

 

[Ironman]

Well, I always sit on the west side of a campfire. Facing East in the lower 48 will be good most all the time.

 

[slim9300]

I just camp in the timber and I never seem to have a problem with the wind. Sorry. I'm not much of a help.

Someday I'm going to have to camp above timberline and now I'm going to pick the 'wrong' direction because of my comments in this thread. Lol.

 

[slim9300]

Another option is just adding the annex? It's only 5.75 ounces.

 

[fillthefreezer]

if i camp in timber i have to hike in the dark to glass, alot of times i can glass from the tent but i take a little wind here and there

 

[larryschwartz]

ftf,

The basics of a good campsite haven't changed since I was a Boy Scout back in the last century...
~ a relatively flat and level location for comfortable sleeping,
~ the fewer rocks under your sleeping area the better,
~ an area with good drainage so that it doesn't get soggy if it rains; a lsight rise is a good place to get this feature,
~ some kind of natural wind break like a cliff or row of trees/treeline or hillside/ridge to keep the wind off of you,
~ an easterly facing site will give you the sunrise in the morning and help dry off your tent during the morning,
~ near a water source is always good; a spring, stream, lake, snowbank,
~ a soure of firewood if you are building a fire; use the rocks to make your fire ring and something to sit on.

Things to avoid include...
~ areas with lots of poison ivy and such,
~ low areas since rain will accumulate there and cold air settles there at night which makes for a cold nights sleep and dampness in the morning,
~ any place with widowmakers in the trees; these are broken branches which might fall on the tent during the night or on you as you walk around the campsite, I set up at dusk one evening and awake to find a six inch thick branch hanging over my tipi tent... I shifted position rather quickly.
~ anyplace near something tall on a ridge or in an open area if lightening is in the forecast.

Hope this helps.

Larry

 

[fillthefreezer]

anyone have any more input?

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

Another option is just adding the annex? It's only 5.75 ounces.

This is what I usually do.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

larry pretty much summed it all up. Find you a good campsite and everything else just kind of falls into place.

 

[Lawnboi]

Find a good campsite. And for the times you cant find one... well that's why I bring a bivy with my paratarp.