bivy sack ok at camp muir?

[Blakej]

I was thinking of treking to camp muir and just watching to commotion the next day and get a feel for the mountain. Would a bivy sack be sufficient if the weather looked good or would this be a stupid rookie move?

[Bill_Simpkins]

If you can stay in the hut, all you need is a sleeping bag.

I would stay outside in a bivy sack at Muir with nice weather and a warm bag. Probably a 10 degree bag or less.

But, if you're just going to Muir, why not bring a tent? It's really not that far. Light pack or heavy pack, it takes 2-4 hours.

However, the true trick is to go with someone and make them carry the tent. hehehehe

Honestly, I can't remember the last time I carried a tent on a climb.

[olyclimber]

Last time I was up there, there were two guys sleeping outside in bivy sacks....and plenty of room in the hut.

[Bandit]

Light or heavy pack? 2-4 hours to Muir? Ya, If you're Ed Viesturs.

[dlofgren]

Summertime at Muir; 20 degree bag in a bivy sack is just fine; much preferred to sooty water dripping off the ceiling in the hut.

I'm thinking that Mike needs to get his ranger-boys & girls in there to scrub all that stuff off the ceiling. After all, that's what we pay them for, right? Service. With a smile.

But Bill's right, if you're not going to climb, take a tent and luxuriate.

[corvallisclimb]

However, the true trick is to go with someone and make them carry the tent. hehehehe

Honestly, I can't remember the last time I carried a tent on a climb.

 

mmm yes, just say you dont plan on taking a tent and depending on the partner they will be forced by there weakness into carrying the tent.

[Alex]

the hut sux. go with the bivy sac, wander a short way away from the crowds, have a nicer experience.

[assmonkey]

Nah, a stupid rookie move would be to leave your bag at home and just rely on your sleeping pad and puffy coat for bivy gear, leave from Paradise at 8:30p Friday night to meet your friends who went up the day before, realize at 2:30am that you are freezing your everlovin' butt off while "bivy'd" on the Muir snowfield and hike back down to the car.

 

I'm not admitting I did this, but let's just say that the weather looked great last Friday, and it seemed like a good idea to travel fast and light sans bag when a certain posterier primate left home.

 

- d u m b a s s m n k e y

[Scourge]

Light or heavy pack? 2-4 hours to Muir? Ya, If you're Ed Viesturs.

Same thing my geriatric brain was thinking. Believe it or not I still have the mind of a 24 year old.

[Buckaroo]

I don't even use tents anymore except maybe at camp 4 to store gear. Bivy sacks are way lighter, quicker to set up and take up less space.

 

You can climb 5.9 with a 12 oz. bivy sack but not with a 5 lbs. tent.

 

If a blizzard comes in then dig a snow hole. Your not going to sleep in a blizzard even in a tent, but a snow hole is quiet.

 

The only thing you have to get used to is the pikas and mountain rats running over your legs on summit bivies.

[Bill_Simpkins]

I'm not kidding about the time.

Last time I went, it took me about 2-2.5 hours with a light pack and my partners 3-3.5 hours with heavier packs.

We were not busting our balls either.

[DPS]

Light or heavy pack? 2-4 hours to Muir? Ya, If you're Ed Viesturs.

 

That seems like a very reasonable time, I have done in 1.5 hours with a light pack and I am no Ed Viestures.

[snoboy]

Hell, if Danny boy can get to the top in 2-1/2, then you sorry sacks of s%^& should be able to get to Muir in less than 4.

 

I'm thinking that Mike needs to get his ranger-boys & girls in there to scrub all that stuff off the ceiling. After all, that's what we pay them for, right? Service. With a smile.

 

I heard they are doing a major refit of the Muir Hut this summer.

[JoshK]

My favorite sleep on rainer was at camp hazard on a warm, fairly windless night. 20 degree bag, no bivy or nothing...just under teh stars...and plenty warm.