WinterCampers.com

Matt has been messing around with PhotoStory and made this movie of WinterCampers.com winter camping trip to Goodluck Cliffs. Not bad for his 1st product!

A couple of years ago Mohawk Valley Living Adirondack Journal interviewed WinterCampers.com member Jim Muller for some words on winter camping. This video is was shown on WKTV Channel 2 on their Mohawk Valley Living series. Recently Mohawk Valley Living has segmented their shows and posted them on YouTube. We posted that video as part [...]

We are planning our last “winter camping” trip of the season. Mark, Matt and I are planning to revisit the Tenant Creek waterfalls. We have been losing snow rapidly, but some snow remains in the woods at higher elevations. Mark has a new solo tent that he wants to exercise.

Mark has been [...]

The WinterCampers.com credo was really founded and formally expressed during a trip to Peaked Mountain. We first visited Peaked Mountain during an intensely cold day in January as a day hike.
The Peaked Mountain trail to the pond is an easy 2.5 miles and leads through a pretty mixed hardware and coniferous forest. The summit [...]

WinterCampers.com has it’s own list of the 10 Essentials to be included in your backpack or daypack.  Recently Wired magazine published their list of 10 Essential Outdoor Survival Items.  The table below depicts the difference between Wired’s list and WinterCampers.com.  Clearly, Wired does not place a premium on navigation as they do not include a [...]

“Cold Mountain: Adirondack Adventure” describes writer Phyl Newbeck’s first winter camping experience with her boyfriend Bryan and friends at the Marcy Dam campsite.  It was published March 21 in the Burlington Free Press.

Gosh these guys sure have fun winter camping.  We took a day hike to Kane Mountain to climb the fire tower and enjoy the view.  Upon reaching the fire tower we discover that at least two of the participants are a little shaky in high places.  The wind was blowing and the tower was shaking [...]

I posted a page under the gear section called “What’s in my pack“.  Hopefully, others will make similar postings so we can get a sense of the unique gear in each pack.
Some of the contents of my pack include:
Sleeping bag - Depending upon conditions I use one of two sleeping bags. For temperatures down to [...]

This article,”It’s not just cool, it’s COLD!” describes some of the components of a winter training class including the need for careful planning, managing moisture, food, being versed on hypothermia and keeping a positive attitude to enjoy the challenge.  The article by Joanne E. McFadden appeared Sunday, January 13, 2008 Dailygazette.com Schenectady, NY.

Neil, the administrator at ADK forums posted this entry on why he goes winter camping. He offers a pretty good overview re-posted with permission below.
“On Winter Camping
Whenever I tell someone I’m going winter camping they usually tell me I’m crazy. Ether that, or they ask me just what can be fun about [...]