That's an awesome trip and trip report!  Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us!

What a great trip report!  Thank you for sharing!  Are there spots along Basin Depot Rd to park a truck if one wanted to do some winter camping?  I've not been up to that area in the winter so I'm curious to see the condition of the road (looks like it's passable at least!).

Thanks!

I'm interested in this as well.  I too like a simple option (on, off, red, etc.).  I have a Petzl that automatically dims when you look at someone and stuff but in all honesty I find them too much.  I like a nice single large button that I don't have to press 10 times to cycle through various settings (and that's big enough to use with a glove)

I've emailed the AFA a few times with questions like this about logging in an area that I was planning on visiting.  Each time I received a very detailed a prompt response and they were very happy to share info with me.  Might be worth shooting them a quick email to see if they can offer any insight?

Ya honestly it was one of the best purchases I've made.  The thing is an absolute beast at cutting.  I went back and forth between gas and battery and decided that gas was better for my use.  The batteries nowadays are intelligent and if you do a deep dive on reviews there are all sorts of issues with them, and the cost to replace is insane (almost the cost of a whole new saw).  Then there's the worry about running out of charge and not having the ability to recharge remotely.  So for those reasons I went gas (as long as I have enough gas and bar oil I can cut for days)...

jeffreym wrote:

It's captured by planes rather than satellites. That also means there are never any cloud cover problems like you'll often see with satellite imagery.

That would explain it!  Thanks for the info...love this!
 

Anyone use any form of night vision while on their trips in the park?  Several years ago I borrowed a FLIR from work while on a winter camping trip and it was pretty cool (I could see birds in the trees but didn't see any other animals).  Just wondering since technology has come a long way, if anyone uses anything like this?

andrewr0520 wrote:

Y'know, I never really considered the backcountry options around Mew. I had some new gear that I wanted to test out, so figured front country would be ideal for that, but it is considerably more expensive. I could just take two trips from the car to the back country though....and my understanding of Algonquin backcountry in winter is 30 metres from a lake/trail/portage? Thanks for something to think about! 

There are some great "back country" spots in the airfield that are about a 3 minute hike in from the parking lot.  Like you say it's way cheaper and kind of the best of both worlds!
 

There are some decent sites back in the dog/radio free area that would be suitable for a hammock.  I prefer the ones along the back (to the left as you pull into the area) as they are well sheltered from the wind off the lake, and have some decent trees behind you.  Have you winter camped with your hammock before?