- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2015-2023 walked all or part of CF 11 times
It is not our first winter camino so we know what to expect weatherwise.
We are leaving Leon around 27th of November to make our way to SdC. Our original camino, this Fall, which we planned for Sept./Oct in Italy had to be cancelled due to injuries. So we are walking at a later but colder/ time. My total carry weight will be 3.175 kgs.
Fortunately, I have been able to reserve places to stay all the way to SdC via booking.com, including staying at Hotel Cebreiro! Some of my favorite albergue will be closed, but the stillness and bareness of the colder months has a beauty of its own.
Because it is off season, we will carry what we can…mostly underwear, socks, an extra LS shirt, and an extra base layer of ultra light padagonia pants, rain gear, a silk sheet and cocoon blanket, first aid stuff, a cup, immersion heater, metal cup, a few tea bags, meds +wrist blood pressure machine, an IPhone with charger, passports, CCs, some cash. In toto it is circa 7 lbs. or 3. 175 kgs not including what we will wear each day. I have distributed the weight into a golite backpack which then ways 4 4lbs. 1.5lbs are in the fanny back which will hold valuables and a phone, and 1.5 lbs are in an Osprey front cross body day pack which will hold meds,immersion heater & cup, BP machine. I will use the Frogg Toggs jacket in its case and the use the cover to attach it to my hip belt using a lite weight Carabiner.
Normally, I will wear, 3 Patagonia very light long sleeve capaline shirts. One long sleeve medium shirt, a very lightweight weight LL Bean jacket, and a Spyder long sleeve full zipper hoodie (polyester).
I hope to distribute the weight evenly and have my pockets empty for water and snacks.
The Question I have is related to going up to OCebreiro. I expect that the trail itself will have too much snow by then. Can anyone tell us who has walked up in winter what the road is like going up to Pedrafita…there we will taxi or bus to OCebreiro? Thanks.
We are leaving Leon around 27th of November to make our way to SdC. Our original camino, this Fall, which we planned for Sept./Oct in Italy had to be cancelled due to injuries. So we are walking at a later but colder/ time. My total carry weight will be 3.175 kgs.
Fortunately, I have been able to reserve places to stay all the way to SdC via booking.com, including staying at Hotel Cebreiro! Some of my favorite albergue will be closed, but the stillness and bareness of the colder months has a beauty of its own.
Because it is off season, we will carry what we can…mostly underwear, socks, an extra LS shirt, and an extra base layer of ultra light padagonia pants, rain gear, a silk sheet and cocoon blanket, first aid stuff, a cup, immersion heater, metal cup, a few tea bags, meds +wrist blood pressure machine, an IPhone with charger, passports, CCs, some cash. In toto it is circa 7 lbs. or 3. 175 kgs not including what we will wear each day. I have distributed the weight into a golite backpack which then ways 4 4lbs. 1.5lbs are in the fanny back which will hold valuables and a phone, and 1.5 lbs are in an Osprey front cross body day pack which will hold meds,immersion heater & cup, BP machine. I will use the Frogg Toggs jacket in its case and the use the cover to attach it to my hip belt using a lite weight Carabiner.
Normally, I will wear, 3 Patagonia very light long sleeve capaline shirts. One long sleeve medium shirt, a very lightweight weight LL Bean jacket, and a Spyder long sleeve full zipper hoodie (polyester).
I hope to distribute the weight evenly and have my pockets empty for water and snacks.
The Question I have is related to going up to OCebreiro. I expect that the trail itself will have too much snow by then. Can anyone tell us who has walked up in winter what the road is like going up to Pedrafita…there we will taxi or bus to OCebreiro? Thanks.
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