Showerthought: carrying my water filter in a ziplock instead of the stuff sack saved me on the Rae Lakes loop

Pat Taylor · 2026-09-17T01:15:03.433991+00:00

My filter froze solid on night 2 near Charlotte Lake last October because it was wet in the mesh bag, so now the ziplock trick keeps it dry and it still pulls fine 5 trips later, anyone else have a weird small tweak that fixed a bigger problem on a specific route?

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