Wood is an issue. But we have talked of a propane stove in the big Stone Glacier tents. We can get a propane bottle flown out. Wood is basically wet all the time and just won't happen unless you cut a year in advance and stash in a cabin. If we were in a cabin none of this would matter much lol
Innocent question... what about coal?
A little research is eye-opening...
coal is 10.5-14.7 k btus per pound. (I confused temp and mass when considering the viability)
Propane/Butane is 21.4 k btus per pound
Both require the bottle return, whereas coal just burns. The empty bottle is 13.5#. It is easy to argue the additional running around to buy propane and the temperature concerns making coal a better deal...
Flip side: Bigger bottles are more efficient... smaller, not so much. Also, coal must burn hotter. There are too many variables to begin to consider the differences.
