All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. Shelter 2; Mountains DLC. A guide about the Mountains DLC. SC-192614 Offline Category: Achievements. Shelter 2: Mountains EP features two tracks composed by regular Might and Delight stalwarts – Retro Family and breathes new life to the highland area. New sounds to match the highs and lows of life in the wild. Track list Lowland Highland. Nestled at the crossroads of Rocky Branch and the Isolation Trails, Rocky Branch Shelter #2 sits along the Rocky Branch River and has a fire ring. Before you head out, check out trail conditions—Rocky Branch Trail can be closed. The Shelter 2 Mountains Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for Shelter 2 Mountains and features 2 total tracks that spun over a runtime of approximately five minutes. As with all Shelter products, the music is composed by Retro Family and is available as a downloadable 'DLC' on Steam. Owning the soundtrack on Steam will also unlock a unique Lynx call for use in the MMO, Meadow. Lundin and Canterbury are stuck in a 1,000-square-mile (2,600 km 2) maze of swamps and bogs in the Louisiana bayou, home to 1.5 million alligators and six species of venomous snakes, including the cottonmouth. 7 'Split Up' July 23, 2010 In this episode, Lundin and Canterbury are stranded and separated in Arizona's arid.
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The Mountainsmith Mountain Shelter LT is a two-person floorless tarp shelter that requires two trekking poles to set up. Weighing 29.5 ounces, it’s not the lightest weight two-person tarp you can get by a long shot, but it is inexpensive, spacious, and durable, making it ideal for trips where you want a lot of covered storage. For example, this is the kind of lightweight shelter you might bring if you were bunking with another dad or mom on a Scout 50-miler, backcountry fishing with a buddy, or out hunting for elk with your (big) dog.
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The Mountain Shelter LT is a large and spacious single wall tarp that's well made and durable, but easy on the wallet. Weighing 29.5 oz, it requires a fair amount of space to set up, but it's also quite spacious inside, providing substantially more interior space than most two-person double-wall tents that cost 4 times as much.
Specs at a Glance
- Weight: 29.5 oz, minus stakes
- Type: 2 Person, 3-season
- Minimum number of stakes to pitch: 6, and up to 13 for more interior volume and stability
- Doors: 1, front
- Seam-taped: Yes
- Materials: 40d Sil-Nylon Rip Stop PU 2000MM
- Dimensions:
- 142″ x 54″ x 84″ (360 x 137 x 213 cm)
- Area: 54 ft² / 5 m²
- Peak: 4′ 6″
The Mountain Shelter LT is a shaped tarp that can only be pitched one way. It has a diamond-shaped floor plan, with one front door that forms a huge front vestibule for gear storage. Each side of the door can be rolled back and secured independently, or both can be rolled back to create more of an A-frame front opening. There’s also another smaller storage area at the rear of the tarp, so you can really spread out.
Setup is relatively straightforward, but practice does help to get it down. There is a diagram lightly stenciled to the side of the tarp, which illustrates how long the front and rear poles should be to pitch the tarp, so you can never lose the directions. Just match up your trekking poles to the diagram, with 53″ for the front pole and 40″ for the rear. The diagram is very handy if your poles only have centimeter measurements and not ones in inches.
Next, stake out the three guyout points at the rear of the tarp (the back part of the diamond) loosely with a lot of slack and insert the rear pole. Re-adjust the stakes with the pole standing and repeat at the head end of the tarp.
This will create a pitch that is flush with the ground without a lot of ventilation underneath. Unfortunately, the ground level guy-outs on the tarp are short webbing loops, without much vertical length to enable better airflow. This becomes an issue if its raining and you can’t keep the front door open, because internal condensation will collect on the walls and potentially drip onto your gear. While there is a rear peak vent on the shelter, it’s small enough to be insignificant. Your best bet might be to retreat as far back into the 142″ long shelter as possible and leave the front vestibule completely or half-open. As long as the rain isn’t blowing into the front of the shelter, you should stay dry.
While it only requires 6 stakes to pitch the Mountain Shelter, I’d recommend using the 5 additional sidewall and peak guylines which help increase the interior volume and livability inside the shelter. While you can carry stakes to anchor these, the guylines are long enough to anchor to tree branches on the ground or rocks with a taut-line hitch if you want to shed some stake weight.
There are five additional guylines, in total, including
- 2 sidewall guyline halfway up the sides walls to increase interior volume
- 1 rear guyline to help pull the ridgeline taut
- 2 front peak guylines to help anchor the front trekking pole, necessary if you want roll back both sides of the front vestibule.
The Mountain Shelter LT requires a big level space to set up, but it also provides impressive livability for a single wall shelter. There’s plenty of space inside and you can easily sit up inside, nice if you bring a chair kit along to use with an inflatable sleeping pad. You can even enter or leave the Mountain Shelter in a crouch since the peak height of the front vestibule is 4′ 6″. In comparison, the peak height of most double wall backpacking tents is nearly half that.
The best way to sleep in the Mountain Shelter is with your head at the head end, making it easier to get in and out at night. The front door has a center zipper and each side of the door can be rolled pack and secured independently. Since the shelter is floorless, you’ll probably want to bring along a plastic sheet (I use super lightweight window wrap) to sleep on as a moisture barrier and to prevent any abrasion to your sleeping pad.
Comparable Shaped Tarp Shelters
| Make / Model | Weight (oz) | Doors | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond Beta Light | 19 | 1 | $220 |
| ENO House Fly Rain Tarp | 25 | 2 | $140 |
| Hyperlite Mountain Gear Echo II | 29 | 1 | $695 |
| MSR Twin Sisters | 32 | 2 | $400 |
| Mountainsmith Mountain Shelter LT | 30 | 1 | $130 |
| Rab Element 2 | 18 | 2 | $160 |
| Warbonnet Outdoors Superfly | 19 | 2 | $135 |
| Yama Mountain Gear Cirriform DW | 27 | 1 | $750 |
Recommendation
The Mountainsmith Mountain Shelter LT is a large two-person single-wall tarp shelter that’s well made and durable, but easy on the wallet. Weighing 29.5 oz, it requires a fair amount of space to set up, but it’s also quite spacious inside, providing substantially more interior space than most two-person double-wall tents that cost 4 times as much. While you will probably want to bring some sort of lightweight bug and moisture protection, the norm for tarp-style camping, the Mountain Shelter LT is still a great value for the money and is often available on sale.
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Editor's note: Help support this site by making your next gear purchase through one of the affiliate links above. Click a link, buy what you need, and the seller will contribute a portion of the purchase price to support SectionHiker's unsponsored and independent gear reviews, beginner FAQs, and free hiking guides.Let’s HikeVT! These easy, moderate, and difficult hikes are in the Appalachian Gap area in CentralVT. Two start at the App Gap parking lot, while one starts nearby in Huntington. Our accessible recommendation this week isin Raven Ridge Natural Area in Monkton, managed by our friends at The Nature Conservancy.
- Beane Trail to Birch Glen Shelter– EASY
- Molly Stark’s Balcony – MODERATE
- Theron Dean Shelter– DIFFICULT
- Raven Ridge Natural Area– EASY, ACCESSIBLE
From Beane Trail Parking Lot on Carse Road:
Birch Glen Shelter via Beane Trail– EASY
» 2.8mi round trip, approx.600ft elevation gain
The Beane Trail comes is a favorite of 5-year old Lincoln, who enjoys hiking it with his dad Jason (GMC’s Director of Finance). It’s also a great option for first time backpackers! From the parking area, walk past the iron gate and follow a farm road through open woodsuntil an intersection where the Beane Trail transitions to a more traditional hiking trail. From here, the Beane Trail ascends at a gentle, steady pitchto Birch Glen Shelter.
Driving Directions to Beane Trail parking lot:
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From Bristol: Head north on VT-116 N/VT-17 E. At split, turn right on VT-17 E. After 6.9 mi, turn right on Gore Rd.After 2.9 mi, turn right on Carse Rd. At Moody Rd, take a quick right then quick left to stay on Carse Rd. After passing a large farm on your right, park by an iron gate on your left (do not block gate).
From Waitsfield: Follow VT-17 W up and over Appalachian Gap. 2.7 mi after height of gap, turn right on Gore Rd. After 2.9 mi, turn right on Carse Rd. At Moody Rd, take a quick right then quick left to stay on Carse Rd. After passing a large farm on your right, park by an iron gate on your left (do not block gate).
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From Appalachian Gap parking lot:
Molly Stark’s Balcony via the LongTrail – MODERATE
» 2.6mi round trip, approx. 590ft elevation gain
While this trail’s stats may appear easier than the Beane Trail’s, the route to the Balcony is a rugged walkonrolling terrain. From the parking lot, head north on the Long Trail. Momo.exe download. You’ll crossBaby Stark Mountain and Molly Stark Mountain before a final short descent to the Balcony on the north slope of Molly Stark Mtn. The Balcony features a lovely northward view.
Fun fact: Molly Stark Mountain and Balcony are named after Elizabeth “Molly” Paige Stark. Molly Starkrecruited men to fight for the Americans in the Battle of Bennington in 1777, contributing to the Americans’ victory. She also treated soldiers with smallpox and opened her home as a hospital to treat bothAmerican and British soldiers who’d been wounded. General Stark Mountain on the south side of App Gap is named after her husband John Stark.
Theron Dean Shelter via the LongTrail– DIFFICULT
» 3.6 mi round trip, approx. 1,285ft elevation gain
This adventurous hikesteeply climbs from Appalachian Gap and brings you up ladders, through caves, and to beautiful northward and eastward views.The trailhead is directly across the street from the western edge of the parking lot and may be partially obscured by tall grass.
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The trail passes by the Sunnyside Trail and a chairlift that is part of Mad River Glen Ski area beforereaching the sign for Theron Dean Shelter. Just before the shelter sign, you will see a sign for Theron Dean Cave on your right. This rock scramble can bring you to the shelter via a very short alternateloop. Whichever way you choose for the final stretch, the small log shelter is the perfect spot to rest and eat lunch with a view before the steep descent back to the trailhead.
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Driving Directions to Long Trail/Appalachian Gap Parking Lot:
From Waitsfield:Follow VT-17 W from VT-100. Ascend steeply to the height of Appalachian Gap. Parking lot is on right side of road just over crest of gap.
From Bristol: Head north on VT-116 N/VT-17 E. At split, turn right on VT-17 E. Follow VT-17 E and ascend steeply to the height of Appalachian Gap. Parking lot is on left side of road just before crest of gap.
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In Raven Ridge Natural Area:
Raven Ridge Accessible Boardwalk and Trail– EASY, ACCESSIBLE
We’re happy to occasionally recommend trails managed by other conservation agencies, like this one at a Nature Conservancy property in Monkton, VT!
From the Nature Conservancy’s website: The Raven Ridge Natural Area features “a new universally accessible boardwalk. The boardwalk spans 935 feet over a sensitive wetland and leads to a 748-foot accessible trail, creating a third of a mile of access for visitors of all physical abilities.”
NOTE: For information, including maps and possible trail closures, please call802-229-4425 or visithttps://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/raven-ridge/.
Driving Directions to Raven Ridge Natural Area:
From Burlington:Head south on VT-7 S. Pass the turn for Mt. Philo and take a left on Old Hollow Rd. After 1.9 mi, take a slight left on Rotax Rd. After 2 mi, park in dirt lot on your right. Trail begins on left/north side of road.
From Waitsfield: Follow VT-17 W up and over Appalachian Gap.At intersection with VT-116, turn left on VT-116 S/VT-17W. In Bristol, turn right on North St. Continue north into Monkton Ridge, then turn left onto Baldwin Rd/Davis Rd. Take first left onto Rotax Rd. After 1.7 mi, park in dirt lot on your left. Trail begins on right/north side of road.
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Where to eat and drink nearby:
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Waitsfield:
- Hyde Away Inn for dinner, after-hike beers, and thru-hiker friendly lodging
- The Swanson Inn for their specialty homemade pies and quiches
- Mad River Barn for dinner and after-hike beers
- Lawson’s Finest Liquids Tap Room for light pub food and after-hike beers
- Canteen Creemee Company for creemees and snack bar food
West Side:
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- Jerusalem Corners Country Store in Jerusalem for to-go breakfast and lunch sandwiches
- The Bobcat Café in Bristol for dinner
- Hillsboro Sugarworks for syrup, gifts, and walking trails
Maps:
- Camel’s Hump Area map
- Day Hiker’s Guide
- Long Trail Guide