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Tent anchors in snow
If you’re setting up a tent in the snow, you need a good way to anchor it down. (There’s no such thing as a freestanding tent in a windy place.) Buried trekking poles, skis and rocks work well, as do some sort of a buried deadman. If you know you’ll camp on snow, leave the summer stakes at home and save weight.
To make lightweight dead men for tent snow anchors, use four 1 gallon zip lock bags. Reinforce each dimension on one side only with duct tape, then fill about 2/3 with snow and seal. Then tie the tent cord around the middle making it into an hourglass-like shape, then bury it. For knots, use a tautline hitch or a trucker’s hitch to fine tune the tension on the tent cord. (See another tip of the week for how to tie these very useful knots!)
Thanks to Mazama Steve Levine for sharing this tip
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