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It is useful to have a checklist available for review before venturing out on a winter camping trip or day hike. Hiking clubs such as The Appalachian Mountain Club, Backpackinglight.com, Backpacking.net, Missouri Hikers, and the Boy Scouts. Vendors such as REI Individuals such as Dave Morrison, Guiding services such 21st Century Adventures, Various outdoor skills [...] From Easternslopes This is for people who are buying their first snowshoes or looking to upgrade older models to a modern snowshoe with more performance and practicality. There are lots of modern snowshoes on the market these days and the variety can be confusing—especially since most look a lot alike. Different shoes with different features [...] I had a couple of pieces of 9′ Tyvek left over from the home remodeling that I wanted to experiment with for camping applications. I took a piece to use as a ground cloth in my megamid tipi when we winter camped on Peaked Mountain. The piece had been left over when the patio [...] Wool has long been the traditional favorite of outdoorsmen – it’s warm when wet and durable for its weight. Wool is a natural fiber composed primarily of keratin, a protein found also in hair, fingernails and animal hooves. Sheep serve as the primary source of wool for clothing. Wool has several qualities that distinguish it [...] What’s So Great About Snowshoeing? The sport is easy to learn, virtually inexpensive (compared to other winter sports), poses little risk of injury and is a great way to exert energy during the cold winter months. According to research provided by Snowsports Industries America, 40.8 percent of snowshoers are women (a number that is increasing [...] I recently began using a new pulk sled, the Pelican Snow Trek 60. The first task was to build some sort of pole system for pulling the pulk sled. This inexpensive system works very well. [...] As an avid snowshoer I know how important gaiters are to keeping snow from slipping in-between your pants and the top of your boots. Snow gaiters can keep both your pants and feet dry when you snowshoe in the deep stuff. Gaiters for snowshoeing are usually longer than hiking gaiters and typically extend up near [...] Our initial plan was to camp on the shores of Buckhorn Lake, also known as Fiddler’s Lake, which is located in the southern Adirondacks. It was a convenient meeting area for campers coming from Holland Patent, Barneveld, Sprakers, Carlisle and East Berne. Skip and I arrived 1st with the intent of scouting for a diner [...] Freezerbag cooking is ideal for winter camping. It’s lightweight because you prepare all your dried ingredients at home and prepackage them in 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 will work in [...] We often ‘hot tent’ using a Kifaru Tipi. The set up process involves clearing a large area of snow – or at least leveling the snow as much as possible. Then we stake out the tent. Insert the center pole and lift the Tipi. Setting up the wood stove and chimney. [...] |
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