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(About Our Winter Camping Trip 27 December) I am not going to lie to you, said Matt with a smile. It’s a pretty long hike, a little over 4 mile. To get to the lean-to at the clearing named Scott’s It will be a hard haul and take what you got. The temperature may chill [...] Clara Chandler went on a guided winter camping trip with her significant other. They dig a snow cave and experience intimate moments sharing during their night together. Clara’s article, “Some moments define a couple, we found ours while snow camping“, appeared in the Squamish, B.C. Globe and Mail. Bartley Kives wrote of snowshoeing, winter biking [...] To get a sense of what winter camping was like in the early 1900′s read Winter Camping By Warwick Stevens Carpenter. This 164 page book on the sport of winter camping and its equipment and perils was was published in 1920. The book survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to [...] Winter camping requires greater attention to detail than camping during other seasons. Forgetting an item of clothing, a headlamp or sleeping pad may be unnoticed during the summer, but lead to extreme discomfort during the winter. Lastly, you don’t want to be the one who pledged to bring dinner and left it in the refrigerator [...] Using a tool found at www.Wordle.net yields this profile of the WinterCampers.com Guide to Winter Camping. Follow our occasional Tweets @WinterCampers and visit us on Facebook. Kristin Hostetter from BackPacker magazine addressed the question “Should I choose a sleeping bag with or without a waterproof laminate? Can you explain the difference?” The most apparent difference will be the price. The additional cost of a waterproof shell is around 100 bucks. You have to decide if your style of camping really merits [...] Everything you need to know about the winter solstice this 21 December 2011 The Cold Patrol- the world’s only military dogsled team. How To: Pitch a Tent on Snow. A backpacker video. Skiing Yellowstone With Igloo Ed. A ski tour through extraordinary scenery. Adirondack Avalanches. Two thirds of the avalanches in the Adirondacks were human-triggered [...] The main functions of using a compass are: to tell which direction you are traveling – your heading to tell which direction an object is from you – its bearing to keep you following a straight line of travel to help orient a map and align it with the actual land to perform triangulation and [...] REI has 3 minute video posted on Backpacker TV describing the parts and types of snowshoes. How to find the right snowshoe Follow our occasional Tweets @WinterCampers and visit us on Facebook. Surface Durability – The concept of durability is an important one for back country travelers to understand. Natural surfaces respond differently to backcountry travel. Durability refers to the ability of surfaces to withstand wear or remain in a stable condition. The effect of travel across ice and snow is temporary, making snow and ice a [...] |
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