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The U.S. Army spend a lot of time thinking about worst case scenarios. WinterCampers.com found the U.S. Army Cold Weather Survival Manual and made it available here. The manual covers COLD REGIONS AND LOCATIONS including considerations for both wet and dry cold weather environments. WINDCHILL BASIC PRINCIPLES OF COLD WEATHER SURVIVAL: including the four basic [...] Freezer bag cooking is ideal for winter camping. It’s lightweight because you prepare all your dried ingredients at home and pre-package them in heavy duty Ziploc bags. You only need a single pot to boil water in, enough fuel to boil the water, and a fabric cozy for your bagged meal (a spare garment [...] The Search and rescue volunteer association of Canada has an excellent Trip plan form you can download and print that has all the info a search team really wants if they have to come looking for you. I encourage anyone doing any outdoor activity in the “back country” to check it out at SARVAC – [...] From Motivated Photos: Follow our occasional Tweets @WinterCampers
TEEPEE FIRE: This is probably the most basic of fire designs. It is often used as a starter upon which bigger, longer-lasting fires are founded. It’s also a great fire for a quick warm-up or water-boiling snack break. This fire uses mostly kindling, but larger teepees can be created by adding larger logs vertically to [...] Winter is associated with migration, hibernation, changes in animal behavior, plants becoming dormant, special health concerns ranging from hypothermia to seasonal depression. Winter even invokes its own special vocabularies to describe the conditions (e.g. black ice, whiteouts, and corn snow). How you define winter camping depends on your geographic location, your opportunities to go camping [...] Green Pepper has wide selection of construction patterns to assist you in making outdoor clothing and gear. Their web site currently features a selection of patterns including clothing patterns for adults and kids; hats, socks and gloves; backpacks and sleeping bags. Their mail-order warehouse stocks 75 Patterns for active sportswear and outdoor gear and all [...] Northern California’s Adventure Sports Journal published an excerpt from the book Winter Hiking and Camping: Managing Cold For Comfort and Safety by Michael Lanza published by The Mountaineers Books focused on campsite selection. Michael Lanza writes: The campsite is the focus of much of the joy of camping in the back country in winter. With [...] Esquire Magazine published a list of 50 essential skills that every Man should possess. They range from being able to tie a bow tie to jump starting a car to describing wine. #51 jumped out at me – starting a campfire! #51. Build a campfire. There are three components: The tinder — bone-dry, snappable twigs, [...] Boys Life has a short illustrated article entitled How to Build A Quinzee Snow Shelter How to Build Winter Shelters and Survive Pete Schmitt has a blog entry on his experience building and using a quinzee. He has statistics on the length of the process and how much the quinzee sagged overnight. JJ Murphy [...] |
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