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Hello! I'm starting the Camino Frances this week from Burgos. Do I need a sleeping bag?
I did the Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port to Burgos 6 years ago, but I cannot remember if I took a sleeping bag with me. I am taking a silk liner, but wasn't planning on taking sleeping bag - do the hostels provide blankets/bedding?
Thank you
Daphne
I would say yes to sleeping bag or here's a thought (my friend did this) buy a blanket/pashmina (near the tills) from Zara in Burgos for €10 warm lightweight and useful for a wrap in the evenings....Hello! I'm starting the Camino Frances this week from Burgos. Do I need a sleeping bag?
I did the Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port to Burgos 6 years ago, but I cannot remember if I took a sleeping bag with me. I am taking a silk liner, but wasn't planning on taking sleeping bag - do the hostels provide blankets/bedding?
Thank you
Daphne
Hello! I'm starting the Camino Frances this week from Burgos. Do I need a sleeping bag?
I did the Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port to Burgos 6 years ago, but I cannot remember if I took a sleeping bag with me. I am taking a silk liner, but wasn't planning on taking sleeping bag - do the hostels provide blankets/bedding?
Thank you
Daphne
I think there are better options than a sleeping bag.
When I was assembling my ultralightweight Mountaineering gear for glacier mountain climbing around 2010, I spent some time with a local climbing legend. He told me it had been about 5 years since he last took his winter weight down UL sleeping bag with him up a mountain. He convinced me to go with a variation on what we use to do 40 years ago, when I climbed Mt Rainier. He suggested a bivy bag and ultralightweight belay pants weigh a lot less and are warm enough. Your silk liner and belay pants would be more than adequate for indoor camping and can also warm you during the day as extra pants. I took a pair of Montbell belay pants and a Nike thermal fleece long sleeve shirt and was never worried about being too cold this May. Belay pants take up a lot less pack room.
Since you are a woman I will provide a link to women's ultra light belay pants. There are some even lighter if you are wiling to pay more. http://www.backcountrygear.com/montbell-u-l-down-pants-women-s.html
I think there are better options than a sleeping bag.
When I was assembling my ultralightweight Mountaineering gear for glacier mountain climbing around 2010, I spent some time with a local climbing legend. He told me it had been about 5 years since he last took his winter weight down UL sleeping bag with him up a mountain. He convinced me to go with a variation on what we use to do 40 years ago, when I climbed Mt Rainier. He suggested a bivy bag and ultralightweight belay pants weigh a lot less and are warm enough. Your silk liner and belay pants would be more than adequate for indoor camping and can also warm you during the day as extra pants. I took a pair of Montbell belay pants and a Nike thermal fleece long sleeve shirt and was never worried about being too cold this May. Belay pants take up a lot less pack room.
Since you are a woman I will provide a link to women's ultra light belay pants. There are some even lighter if you are wiling to pay more. http://www.backcountrygear.com/montbell-u-l-down-pants-women-s.html
Yes, absolutely if you don't stay exclusively in hotels and pensions! Not all albergues have blankets and not all blankets have been washed recently. Both the meseta and the mountains of Leon and Galicia can/will be cold at night and heating is a bit of a hit and miss in many albergues. Buen Camino, SY
I brought a 0 degree(Celsius) bag with me. And I can say it has been a lifesaver literally. When I arrived in Najerra late one night and could not find an open albergue..... No problem set my sleeping bag under a tree right past town on a Stoney hill and slept under the stars. Also a few times when the snoring in albergue was too much for me I just took my bag into courtyard and slept there. I am currently in Burgos on my last rest day and before I leave town I plan to buy a sleeping pad so it will be more comfortable on those nights since cement or bricks are tough on the hips.
Thank you! I have been trying to figure out what I need to carry, and this sounds perfect (and not the investment of a sleeping bag!).You'll be sleeping on fairly thick mattresses so you don't need any insulation underneath you. A blanket will do, but you don't want to rely on the ratty cloths provided at the alberques. I use a Therma Rest Tech blanket.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWQLTCK/?tag=casaivar02-20
HI Daphne. I just arrived in santiago. Some places do provide blankets others didnt but I started early Sept so things may change as weather gets colder. I wouldn't bank on it. I slept in my clothes many nights until I borrowed a blanket. Also heat still not on in some albergues. Buen Camino. BerniceHello! I'm starting the Camino Frances this week from Burgos. Do I need a sleeping bag?
I did the Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port to Burgos 6 years ago, but I cannot remember if I took a sleeping bag with me. I am taking a silk liner, but wasn't planning on taking sleeping bag - do the hostels provide blankets/bedding?
Thank you
Daphne
For what it's worth , I liked having a layer of something between me and mattresses of uncertain age. Also note this blanket is for warm camping weather or tossing over your shoulders around a campfire (per seller) so be sure that matches the weather you expect. Whatever you choose, use it for at least a week with your thermostat set to the coldest expected temperatures for your trip and wear what you expect to wear to bed. Try to do this at least month or two prior to your trip so you can get something different if needed and try againYou'll be sleeping on fairly thick mattresses so you don't need any insulation underneath you. A blanket will do, but you don't want to rely on the ratty cloths provided at the alberques. I use a Therma Rest Tech blanket.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWQLTCK/?tag=casaivar02-20
Hello! I'm starting the Camino Frances this week from Burgos. Do I need a sleeping bag?
I did the Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port to Burgos 6 years ago, but I cannot remember if I took a sleeping bag with me. I am taking a silk liner, but wasn't planning on taking sleeping bag - do the hostels provide blankets/bedding?
Thank you
Daphne
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