<p>Good post and link momoftwins.</p>
<p>Although not sponsored by West Point, our plebe son had a great time winter backpack camping in Estes Park over spring leave. He said the days were great but the nights at 10,000 feet were really cold - below zero. He was shocked to find that as his breath vapor collected and froze on the roof of his tent it began to snow inside his tent and get everything wet. Anything not in his sleeping bag at night froze. One night he left out his contact lens case only to find it frozen solid the next morning.</p>
<p>He said the scenery was awesome and the silence incredible as the knee-deep snow dampened most of the sounds.</p>
<p>He laughed when he said he looked forward to going back to West Point to warm up. Although he had a lot of fun, I think he will head South rather than West next spring leave.</p>