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I have been tracking the voting status in the “Return to the Outdoors” contest since being notified of our selection this past weekend. My request to have the entry formatted was accomplished so the poem is recognizable and reads more like a poem.
As of noon Tuesday 15 April the distribution of votes [...]

Two weeks ago I became aware of a national contest sponsored by Timex called “Return to the Outdoors“. The contest was looking for video clips or stories that tell about an experience that inspired your love of the outdoors, or keeps you returning to it.
I entered our WinterCampers.com poem “I Am Not Going To Lie [...]

WinterCampers.com has been an advocate of Leave No Trace (LNT) since learning of the program in the late 1990s. We have individuals who attended LNT Trainer and Master Educator training and look to apply that training to our winter camping experiences.
There are two upcoming opportunities for LNT Trainer training: one in May as [...]

May 3-4, 2008 ADK is teaching a course called “Map & Compass Bushwhack”. Their description reads: “This course is a great refresher or a good place to learn the basics of map and compass skills. The first day will be an introduction to the fundamentals of map reading, compass use, triangulation, and identification of terrain [...]

The waterfalls at Tenant Creek were impressive this past weekend. When we last visited in November of 2005 Mark took a group shot with everyone standing on a ledge at the lower right. As you can see in the video below that ledge had a sheet of ice and was being doused by [...]

This past weekend we hiked into Tenant Creek waterfalls for an overnight camping trip.  On our hike in we passed a deer carcass that appeared to be a recent coyote kill.  In my experience coyotes eat and clean up almost the entire carcass.  The picture below shows the widely scattered deer hair, a few bones [...]

This past weekend we went camping at Tenant Creek Waterfalls and decided to use our magnesium fire starter to “initiate” the fire. Both Matt and I have carried these fire starters on many camping trips and decided that a little practice would be in good order.
If you are not familiar with the device it is [...]

The next best thing to winter camping is planning your next trip. While this can be done in the trail head parking lot, it is a lot more fun planning in the off season. Like planning canoe trips during the winter, one can discuss winter camping trips during spring and summer.
This weekend as [...]

Last night I was searching through our old photographs - hoping to find some pictures of a friend who is retiring when lo and behold!! I found 14 pictures taken from a memorable WinterCampers.com trip to the Adirondack High Peaks. It was Len’s 1st trip joining Matt, Mark and Jim on an December assault of [...]