Today’s winter camping article is entitled “Tips for Winter Campers” By Peter Antos-Ketcham of the Green Mountain Club. The article appeared in the Rutland Herald (www.rutlandherald.com) on February 10, 2008. The four page article is organized along topics such as:
- Dress like an onion
- Stay comfortably cool
- Fuel your body
- Know where you are going
- Keep an eye on the sky
- Hypothermia-know the signs
- Frostbite-know how to prevent it
- Walk lightly
- Leave no waste
- Preventing cabin fever
- Tips for enjoying the Green Mtns in the winter
Pete Antos-Ketcham is GMC’s Education Coordinator and expert spokesperson on winter camping. The entire article can be read here.
Tags: 2 Comments
2 responses so far ↓
Going camping for 3 days this weekend (2.29-3.3/20008.
camping 3 nights starting 3.3. Hope the trail we are breaking isn’t too bad. Will be backcountry skiing and skinning the mountains surounding corporation peak and in through Farr peak. Staying within Chitenden brook area. Thanx for the tips….Mike and Tom