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Hi gang, I'm cross posting this from the Hiking forum because this part is a bit more well-trod.
I'm trying hot tenting for the first time this weekend and I'm wondering if there's anything you wish someone had told you before your first time playing with a stove inside your tent?
Also, our plan is to snowshoe down the Minnesing trail, set up near any moving water we can find (always like a bubbling creek, plus it's easier to grab water than melting it), then probably hike back along our path Sunday. Is walking clockwise a faux pas on an ungroomed trail or should we struggle up hills with our polks?
Thanks,
Ian
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We've often done the hiking trails etc backwards. I don't personally think it's an issue but I might be wrong. I would always yield right of way to hikers coming the "correct" direction but that trail doesn't get a ton of skiers on it as compared to the other ski or hiking trails.
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As you may be aware you're not allowed to camp on a shoreline in Algonquin in the winter, presumably that includes creeks. Legally the minimum distance is 30 m, so I suppose you could camp just that far from a river to have access to water.
But melting snow means not having to treat it, and I doubt you'd want to use a pump filter in the winter, so there's that.
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