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Love winter and snow camping as long as I can stay warm
Snow camping
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I try to camp close to a large hill or rocks to help with wind. I have done it both ways though. Most important thing is warm clothes and bedding and you will be fine.
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Thanks. it will be an adventure for sure. Snow, chance of rain, 3 boys, and a Mr. Buddy Heater.
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Well, our trip was amazing. We experienced everything, snow, sleet, rain, and temps down to 27°. The key to a fun trip in the snow, is a good fire, lots of good food, and of course our new friend Mr. Heater Buddy. We slept really well. The boys had a great
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trip.
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Oh that is great to here. Many more adventures to come it sounds like!
I went out a couple hours north a couple weeks ago ,there was so much snow it was hard to find a spot off the road. Good fun.
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Nice set up you have there. I'm over the snow here in Utah. Hell I was over it before it started.
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This is the question. Small tent camping makes it a challenge. Larger tents are much easier to use, due to standing room, and shoes having a place to park out of the snow. A trailer makes life easy, but limits access to areas off the beaten track.
Also as you get older it gets harder n harder to unzip the sleeping bag on a cold morning, not to mention getting your 1/2 frozen boots on. On mornings like that, COFFEE....HOT, is the first and only goal[emoji2]
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Deep snow we use a Kifaru sawtooth and seek outside stove. I will sleep in the RTT with the Espar d2 pumping heat if it’s close by though. Depends on the situation.
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The only time I've camped in the snow was in the military. Never again. I absolutely hate the winter
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I love to camp in the snow and overlanding in winter.
Yes, it is challenging and needs more planning and good preparation. But the winter landscape is beautiful and it is a lot of fun!
Yes, it is challenging and needs more planning and good preparation. But the winter landscape is beautiful and it is a lot of fun!
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You haven’t lived tell you dig a snow cave and sleep in it! Really can be quiet and comfortable with the right gear! Years ago while climbing Mt. Rainier, in Washington State, The Paradise hut was really crowded with climbers, and someone was snoring really loudly.I had heard that there was a snow cave already dug, So in the dark with my headlamp and a flashlight, I started looking around out side the hut and found entrance to the cave. Crawled in settled in for the night and went to sleep. The next morning woke up and started checking out the cave. There were like 14 different rooms in the cave, and I had it all to myself! Made it to the top of Mt. Rainier, but that is another story for a different time! Vance.
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The beauty of winter camping in snow is no fire restrictions, just dig a pit in the snow.
Winter camping is my favorite. I have been doing it since my backpacking days, and I still enjoy it now as an overlander. These pics it was 17 degrees that night.
I really love the quiet of a snowy night.
I really love the quiet of a snowy night.
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I would love to go snow camping more often. I just need a better tent or I can just sleep in my 4Runner.
1” of snow at Alabama Hills Dec 2019.
1” of snow at Alabama Hills Dec 2019.
