Pitchwood, fatwood, lighterknot

All different names for the same type of fire starting tinder. Essentially this is wood from a pine tree stump that has either been cut down or died naturally. The wood is super impregnated with pitch and is extremely useful as tinder for fire starting. I am going up towards Deckers, CO today to see if I can harvest any before the winter wilderness trip to Bemrose Ski Circus this weekend. If I am able to find any I will post a video of how easy it is to use and just how valuable this stuff can be.

Update: I found some yesterday but have yet to try it out. I do not think it is quite as "pitchy" as I would like but I will let you know when I try it.

Update to the Update: here is the pitchwood demo.

Update to the Update to the Update: I just burned a piece a little larger than a quarter and it burned well for 3minutes 46 seconds. Pretty amazing stuff.

Steve Hitchcock Yeti

Yeti is an all around outdoor adventurer, enjoying everything from mountain and road biking, climbing and bouldering, orienteering, skiing, surfing, backpacking, trail running and exploring. Yeti is proud to make his home in the Colorado Mountains with his wife and son.

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