[pct-l] Jetboil and Snow

[Dale Combs]

My experience with propane stoves below 32 degress has not been good.
I use white gas stoves for snow trips. For decades MSR was the favored brand.
Now there's a new white gas stove by Soto named Muka that is supposed to be
the easiest to light, snow melter/water boiler.
 
If you do use propane on a snow trip, to make it work, keep your gas canisters warm
in your coat pocket and sleeping bag at night. You can also keep your gas canister in a warm water bath. Keep the canister warm and the stove works fine. Boyles Law.
 
Having a good stove to melt snow on a snow trip can be very important. Otherwise it can be 11 am before you're ready to leave camp with full water bottles on a day when
by 4 pm you might want to start digging in for the night.
 
Dale