Which stove on the cdt

imported
#1

Hi Everyone,

Iam planning to do the CDT next year and was wondering which kind of stove would be more suitable all the way through this trail. Gaz stove like MSR pocket rocket, alcool stove, wood stove? Looking forward your advice and feedback from your experience.

Cedric

Cedric

#2

Wood fires of any kind are often banned in some CDT areas. If you hike in a bad fire season, you will appreciate why.

I think alcohol would be the easiest fuel to resupply without mail drops. You might have to put up with lower quality stuff sometimes.

My stove of choice on the CDT was to not carry one. I decided I didn’t want to fuss with fuel resupply and the cold diet worked better than I could have expected. I have not carried a stove since.

Garlic

#3

Alcohol is the way to go, although you can ship cannisters through the mail: ground only. Some folks have had to direct local post offices to the regulations that permit their shipment. No way would I consider a wood fire—too much danger of it getting out of control, plus too limiting. There were many times I camped and spent most of the day above tree line.

Handlebar

#4

Thanks for your advice, i will therefore opt for a lightweight titanium alcohol burner from evernew and will mixed this solution with the cold diet from Garlic.

CEDRIC

#5

Last year, I also went stoveless, and I loved it. For a while, I carried a titanium cup with a few Esbit tabs and a packet of oatmeal. After a month of not using it, I switched my cup to 1/2 of a plastic bottle. I would definitely still carry a couple of dependable firestarters and a small lighter.

Fandango

#6

Now that i have settled my cooking issue what is the situation for purchasing food? If following the CDT trail do you always go through some small town at least every 7 or 10 days where you can buy groceries? I have seen for example that on the NM section you go through 5 or 6 little town like silver city. In this kind of City do you usually always find at least a little gorcery shop? Or do you have to get to some bigger cities by road, which i would prefer not.

CEDRIC

#7

You had best buy a copy of Yogi’s CDT handbook which goes into some detail about where the towns are and what you’ll find there. With few exceptions, you will have to travel quite a distance to a town for resupply.

I’m in the planning stages of a CDT hike through Montana and into Wyoming, and resupply is going to be the biggest hassle. I’m used to the AT where you don’t even have to think about it.

slo-go’en

#8

Yeah Yogi’s seems very interesting to plan resupply, thanks for the suggestion. Slo-go’en, do you plan the Montana and Wyoming CDT for this year or next year?

cedric