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   CedarTea (cedartea@mstdn.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2024 06:49:30 JST CedarTea

   • Håkan Geijer

   @hakan_geijer I have the same problems trying to plan my backcountry trips here in Canada. Everything is geared toward groomed trails in California so they stress weight as the only meaningful performance value. Where I go, weight certainly does matter but reliability, field maintainability, and fitness for environmental conditions are all much more important.

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     CedarTea (cedartea@mstdn.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2024 07:13:53 JST CedarTea

     • Håkan Geijer

     @hakan_geijer There are a few places in the northern states in the Rockies that have glaciers but it's a pretty small subset. More in Canada but even still, glaciers are pretty regional. Otherwise yeah, ice and snow are seasonal issues pretty much everywhere in Canada and for some parts of the US. The ultralight crowd are mostly all in town during winter though.

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     CedarTea (cedartea@mstdn.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2024 14:19:56 JST CedarTea

     • Håkan Geijer

     @hakan_geijer Yeah that really only exists in a few places in the lower 48 and I don't think they're common enough destinations to really drive the gear market or the discussions. There's a lot fewer people going into the backcountry of Montana than Yosemite or whatever.