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Staying warm at night while you are winter camping is crucial to a successful trip. This discussion covers the components of a winter camping sleeping system, preparation steps before sleeping, using external heat sources, dressing for sleep, personal variations, adjustments during the night and the morning after. Components Of A Sleeping System 1. Sleeping pads [...] Joe Bastardi, Accuweather’s meteorologist, has issued a winter forecast predicting harsh cold and snow from the Northwest to the Great Lakes and New England, an early winter for the Northeast, a wintry mess for the mid-Atlantic and Midwest and abnormally warm, dry conditions from Southern California to the Carolinas. The main player governing the forecast [...] Mushing Mom has a blog posting of camping overnight in a quiznee with her son Dusty. They dog sled to their quiznee, prepare their meals and sleep overnight. Her experience jives with mine – the trip is a success, but constant vigil is needed because small things, like wet socks, can cause discomfort. [...] I think it was on one of our winter camping trips to Peaked Mountain that we adopted the phrase “It’s the journey, not the destination” to characterize our approach to winter camping. Peaked Mountain offers unparalleled views of the Adirondacks. We had made day trips up Peaked Mountain in the past. This time we [...] Tim Jones published a brief article in the Nashua Telegraph describing the trade-offs between wearing a backpack or pulling a pulk. “In theory, the pulk just sliding along behind you sounds wonderful. In practice, it works very well on smooth flats and slight downhills, especially if the load is light, not so well up or [...] Tom Murphy commented on our post about building a fire outdoors and provided some good advice he was given when he asked for fire building help: Dead wood burns easier than green wood. Gather a barrel of twigs, an armful of sticks, and a handful of branches and a couple of logs. Start small and [...] The Colorado Springs Gazette has a nice article by Dave Philipps on “Igloo Ed” Hueser the designer and owner of the Icebox igloo maker. Igloo Ed and his partner have sold about 8,000 of their devices with Austria being a huge customer. Dave’s article relays good information about igloos including that temperatures inside an [...] Adirondack Life has an article entitled “11 Winter Skills Every Adirondacker Needs to Know“. They include items like how to dislodge your tongue from frozen metal, How to come back from a not-so-graceful fall off your skis, how to beat the winter blues, how to mix a delicious winter beverage, how to handle power outages, [...] The Morrison County Record (MN) published an article by Terry Lehrke “Winter Camping? It’s not for everyone” about two local men who traditionally go winter camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in mid-January. They hike in 5-6 miles pulling a sled, build a quinzee and spend 2 nights in the quinzee. The article [...] It was 6 degrees and we got 4-6″ of snow overnight near Piseco Lake. The snowfall started after 8pm and kept up through the night. Below Matt’s Hilleberg Nallo tent sheds the snow during a midnight inspection. |
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