Re: [Philmont]: Trek 21 Diary

The thing to remember is that it will normally be colder at 14,000 feet
than at 8,000. For airplanes, the rule of thumb is about 3.5 degrees
per thousand feet. On land, it will be lower than that because of earth
heating effects but still colder.

Having said that, a well used 20 degree bag was good enough for me in
2001 on Baldy. I tend to need a warmer bag in cold weather.

Steve

Gary Boyd wrote:

> The Weather Channel (www.weather.com) has a link for Cimarron Canyon
> State Park (type in "Cimarron NM" in the search bar and look for
> Cimarron Canyon SP in the recreation areas). This park is about 15
> miles west of Cimarron (a couple of miles east of Eagle Nest) and is
> at 8,000 feet. You can get a 10-day forecast from the park page. For
> July 21 through July 30 the nightime lows are forecast for right at 40
> degrees.
>
> Part of the answer to your question is to ask "How warm do you
> sleep?" With an outside temp of 40F it's likely to be 5 to 10 degrees
> warmer inside the tent. Since I sleep warm anyway my 25-degree bag
> was never used as more than a comforter for our trek in late June.
>
> Gary Boyd
> Crew 151 CC
> Georgetown, Texas
> 622-N-01
>
>

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Received on Fri Jul 22 08:35:53 2005