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Snowshoe Magazine’s Snowshoeing 101

Snowshoe Magazine is located in Denver, Colorado and promotes the growth of the sport of snowshoeing by bringing snowshoeing to a mainstream audience, plucking people from their couches and placing them in snowshoes, and providing a reliable resource.  They provide PDFs of how-to articles and trail reviews.  A useful article to check out is Snowshoeing [...]

“Dirty Version” Oatmeal Pancakes for Winter Campiong

The Dirty Gourmet tries to inspire gourmet outdoor cooking by providing easy camping recipes and ideas.  Their “dirty version” of a recipe is the pared down version that is more suitable for trips where refrigeration or weight is an issue, such as backpacking.  They recently went winter camping in Yosemite Valley and made oatmeal pancakes [...]

NE Snow Conditions

Current snowfall depth in NE are shown below

More snow is expected this week.  The storm will first pile several inches of snow along a swath from the central and southern Rockies to Kansas and Missouri, and spark powerful thunderstorms in the lower Mississippi Valley today and on Sunday.  Early next week, the snow [...]

Winter campers feel warmed by the experience

From Winter campers feel warmed by the experience

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Winter campers sit around the campfire. (WALKER KORBY)

By Carla Charter CORRESPONDENT

 

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ROYALSTON —  Campers arrived at Tully Lake the last weekend in January with a bit of uncertainty about trying their hand at a [...]

Camping in the cold

From “Camping in the cold – Overnighting can be comfortable when campers learn to compensate for winter conditions” Sunday, February 14, 2010 By Cicely Gilbert, Special for the Post-Gazette

“An ideal day would be about 20 degrees during the day and in the single digits at night,” suggests Don Erdeljac.

He’s not talking about cross-country [...]

Cheeseburger in a Can

It’s hard to believe no one has come up with this before.   Just heat the can in a water bath, open the lid, and enjoy your delicious cheeseburger! Never before has it been easier to prepare a burger in the wilderness within such a short time. The cheeseburger, which is marketed under the Trek‘n Eat [...]

Layering Decisions

When taking off for a hike during the winter one always has decisions to make.  Do I start off wearing extra clothes knowing that in 10 minutes I will have to stop and shed layers?  Or do I start off with fewer clothes knowing that, once hiking, I will warm up comfortably.  In either case [...]

Welcome to my Quinzee

Jason welcomes you to his quinzee.  Read all about quinzees here.

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Ready for Spring?

In case there is a sudden thaw Mark, Chris, Sparky and Matt are ready.

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Why Go Winter Camping?

Compared to three-season experiences there are valid reasons why people may not want to go winter camping:

Conditions may not be favorable to consistent comfort Snow may slow your travel and can make route-finding difficult Nights can seem long There is more preparation necessary More gear may be necessary and the margin of [...]