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 [...]
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There were a “few” snowflakes in the air as we made a cook fire against this huge boulder. The meal that night was Brats – easy to prepare and no clean-up. The Sawvivor saw can be seen hanging from the tree. Two thumbs up for the Sawvivor! Below Mark, Len, Jason, Rob and [...] I heard a brief line spoken by 4-time Iditarod winner Jeff King that seemed so relevant to winter camping. During one of the Iditarod races there was a lay-over / check points where a lot of the teams were stopping for a brief rest. Jeff King took a different approach. He re-supplied with food, loaded [...] From Adirondack Day Hikes: Pine Orchard by Barbara McMartin reprinted in Adirondack Sports and Fitness, June 2000. “Pine Orchard Trail begins on private land in James Flater’s front yard leads to a knoll with an unusual history. A very old road that traversed the knoll dates back to the early nineteenth century. Parts of [...] An important part of any WinterCampers.com outing is the group photograph. Previous posts documented the set up and showed an example of a successful group shot. There are a lot of considerations: finding a suitable background, getting a solid anchor point for the camera, ensuring there are no obstacles between the the camera and the [...] Harvey Road writes a blog focused on skiing in the Adirondacks and activities surrounding North River, NY. I just found a post at Harvey Roadthat was written from a past journal entry. It describes a 3 day- 2 night winter solo camping trip taken in the 13th Lake, Garnet Hill, Puffer Pond, Twin Ponds [...] The 11th Midwest Winter Camping Symposium will be held at Camp Iduhapi, in the Minneapolis, MN area October 23-25. The event will feature winter outdoor camping films, skills presentations,work shops, winter tent tour, cooking demonstrations, equipment discussion, and equipment swap. At last year’s event at Ely, MN there were 200+ attending with over 30 winter [...] Although there were a few holes in their game…..we had great fun with these guys on our WinterGreen Dogsledding trip. Jason checks out Mark’s tent during light snow flurries at Peaked Mountain. |
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