MYOG Bothy

It’s hard to find the right material, but a little clear window makes any bothy so much nicer. You are in there because the weather is crap. It’s fun to look out at said crap while you are warm and protected.

I’m surprised the bothy is not more popular. Some of us carry them here for backcountry skiing. I have a 2-person, but others carry 4- or even 6-person. It’s great digging a foot well in the snow so you can sit normally. Most people sit on their packs, but a butt flap is nice so you can access your pack.

Looking forward to the pics Elliot!

Just checked, commercial 2-P silnylon bothy with about the same dimensions costs $80-$100. The  silnylon cost me about $4-$5 per yard at OWF, so it cost $15-$20 to make.  You save even more on a 4-P silnylon version…it’s only takes a yard or two more but the commercial price takes a big jump to around $130.

Is there any weight or bulk savings over the commercial version?

I think mine and the commercial (Terra Nova Superlite) bothy have the same dimensions to within inches, and they claim to use Silnylon (I’ve only heard of 1.3 oz).  Mine is fairly plain, maybe they added some fancy features.  The difference for the 2-P is 0.2 oz (5.7 gm), might be they included a plastic drawstring toggle and I didn’t.  Or maybe they just rounded up to whole ounces for their advertisements and theirs is also around 7.8 oz.