Steve - it was a Main Trail event, no pack animals. We stayed at the ranger camp above Big Horn Park - there was a full event-style tent there (w/ a wood floor, as I recall) and two big stoves. Everyone slept in their own tents - there was room in the big tent (for ~4-5 people) but no mosquito screens.
We hauled up a lot of stuff from the portal in 2 trips. The first night was at the portal and the first full day was hauling stuff to BHP. The second day we broke camp, hauled up the rest of the stuff and started the project at BHP. After that rangers and others were always going back and forth between there and the portal so it wasn't a big problem getting tools, gear and food up there. Great accommodations, overall. There was talk about moving to Trail Camp for additional work but we just did that as a day hike. That would have been a bit more rustic.
I think we can all agree, this isn't a car-camp deal.
On the last day all but a few decided on a summit. Everyone made it under some tricky snow / ice conditions.
I'm curious why the AHS trip is not filling up. As mentioned earlier, in the past it was booked in days. I've emailed some of the vets to see if they were disappointed in the food, or anything else. A lot of these people had 10+ of these trips in their portfolios...all over the continent. That feedback might be valuable. A case can be made that in general, charitable donation and / or work is stupid at worst or irrational at best. My guess is that's not the calculus of people like these. I'll let you know what they say.
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