Flying with a backpack?

[lihpster]

Thanks a lot Lilhipster! I tried several park phone numbers that either ended in recordings or told me to leave a message and nobody would call back, but the the one you gave me got and friendly and helpful person who found my confirmation number and gave me good directions to my spot. I would have wasted a BUNCH of time without him!

Glad I could be of help!

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

On Wednesday me and my girlfriend are flying to Denver and we will be camping out of our backpacks for the first time and we will be staying at about 10,500 feet in the Rocky Mountain National Forest. I bought a big duffel bag for my backpack so the airport luggage handlers don't rip the straps off of it and I took the fuel out of my stove and will buy some there. I have a Kershaw OSO Sweet knife in the checked bag so I guess that's OK, and my girlfriend wanted me to take a gun since we're in bear country but I've heard it's a big hassle at the Denver Airport and you need figure an extra hour or two to be taken with an armed guard to a special Xray machine, so no gun on this trip. I am required to have a commercial hard sided Bear-proof food container which I bought for $75 bucks. The weather forecast calls for a chance of rain and the high will be 65 and low will be 47 degrees and I think we're prepare for everything I just haven't flown with a backpack before, anyone have any experience flying with a camping backpack?

Why don't y'all just drive......the thought of clearing an airport carrying all the stuff you need to go camping......NOPE!!

 

[Sistema1927]

Ol Caje nailed it. From OK to CO, and camping, I am going to be driving. It would be different if you were coming from the other side of the Mississippi, but you are close enough to make flying unattractive.

 

[Farmer17]

It’s a quick one and a half hour flight that gives us more time to rent an ATV to ride the trails and then later go on a train ride through the mountains. Then I get to nap on the plane coming home Sunday night. Gas for my truck would be almost as much as a plane ticket.

 

[Bill Raby]

I'd rather fly with a parachute.

I used to do a lot of skydiving. Skydiving gear is expensive so I always took it as carry on baggage. I would get on commercial flights wearing a parachute. Never had any trouble with it, but it did make a lot of other passengers nervous.