About Us
WinterCampers.com is the Internet manifestation of a hardy group who practice and enjoy winter camping. WinterCampers.com claims it origin from a January 1995 overnight camping trip in New York State’s Adirondack Park Johns Pond taken by Founders Matthew Hay and Jim Muller.
Although these individuals had experienced summer time and some winter camping prior to this event - this event launched the practice of frequent and regular camping trips with the intent of broadening our winter camping experience and introducing new participants to the pleasures of winter camping. WinterCampers.com serves as a communication mechanism to plan and document trips as well as to provide information to further our winter camping charter.
We endorse and strive to achieve the following principles:
- It’s the journey, not the destination. We strive to enjoy our time in the woods. Some of our most memorable trips did not achieve the targeted destination.
- The Jamboree Spirit. We have mutated the boy scout theme to encompass the notion of teamwork and individual sacrifice for the good of the team experience.
- Leave No Trace ( http://www.lnt.org/ ). We endorse and strive to embody the principles of LNT.
- 6 P’s (Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance). Winter camping deserves to be taken seriously to avoid unpleasantries.
