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What are your favorite seasons and places? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by magichourcamp@lemmy.ca to c/camping@sh.itjust.works

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What is your favorite season for camping?

What is your favorite place for camping? (Sea, mountains, riverside, lake)

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[–] cetan@piefed.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Autumn is by far my favorite time to camp. Summers are ok if you have lots of trees for shade. Camping in a pine forest is amazing because a layer of pine straw adds so much cushion to the ground (but not great for the rain fly as sap drips on it).

I've never done a true winter camp, the coldest I've camped in is -5 C / 23 F and that was just the low temp overnight.

Late spring would be my second choice for camping after the ground has defrosted and it's not so muddy.

[–] magichourcamp@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the great insight! I actually haven't experienced that "pine straw cushion" myself yet, but now I'm very curious to try it.

It sounds much more comfortable than sleeping on a regular mat!

-5°C is still quite a challenge, so I think you're braver than you realize!

Hope your next autumn trip is amazing.