The Golden Rules of Winter Backpacking
The Golden Rules of Winter Backpacking
Winter Backpacking can be one of the greatest outdoor experiences you’ll ever have. But if you’re not prepared, it can be memorable for the wrong reasons! In this episode, we look at the Golden Rules of Winter Backpacking, which will help you stay warm, comfortable, happy and healthy during your winter backpacking experience.
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I like to do sit-ups in my sleeping bag right before bed to create and trap heat.
Not the best advice: but if you have a 30° bag but not the money for a dedicated winter bag, then you can buy a inexpensive 55° and use it as a liner in your 30°. I’ve used that system and stay warm even when it has been 10° out.
Modern backpackers may try to cook outside in cold wind or risk their lives cooking inside without a chimney using their so called 4 season equipment. Usually they are at home waiting for good weather.
All over the world there are people who follow their animals living in portable shelters, not one of them cooks outside in the wind.
It is impossible for anyone to survive a winter cooking every day out side with so called 4 season equipment.
Using a chimney makes camping in any weather a comfortable pleasure.
A tarp pitch can be the best 4 season shelter.
It has to go tight to the ground on all sides and have a wood stove inside if it is going to be any good in a winter blizzard. Stove and chimney 24 ounces, shelter near 2.5 lbs. The whole outfit cannot weigh more than 5 lbs. if backpackers are going to use it.
A 10’x10’ tarp only needs to be pegged on the 4 corners with as many pegs as it takes to be secure in any wind. No grommets are needed. It has cramped space for 3 cooking, lots of space 4 sleeping.
The chimney can serve as one of the 40” long corner poles. Sticks that have a small nail driven in both ends (head pinched off). One end stays put on the ground, the other end through a reinforced point exactly in the corner 40” from the edges of the tarp.
All sides can be raised forming an umbrella to cool off because of heat from the tiny cookstove or summer sun. This is what 4 season equipment is all about.
What tent is that?
Wide ski’s. Perfect. Down can be risky however. Great vid!
Number graphics and/or time stamps please
Boil water before you go to bed put it in your Nalgene put it in the sleeping bag with you. It will keep you warm through the night and you will wake up in the morning with not frozen water.
Burying nalgene bottle in snow to keep from freezing is counter intuitive. Are you sure the "trapped air" in snow is sufficient to keep the bottle from freezing?
Gee, I thought he’d tell us something useful like check the weather report often. Burying your water bottle? Staying dry in winter is not such a difficult goal. I guess he wasn’t left with much to say after the lawyers examined the script.
You should look into netting base layer. Nothing beats its combination of warmth, quickness to dry and breathability.
Im wondering how you filter the water in winter… After boiling the snow, you will probably have a bunch of crap in there. So, how do you filter all the larger and smaller particles out?
I spent 2 winters in the French Alps, I learned to put my gloves inside my jacket because in just minutes they froze up, not nice.
Especially when on a chair lift, don’t drop them 😂
Never camped in the snow but have camped in very cold temps and have trouble with condensation collecting in my tent sometimes even with the vents open any tips anybody?
What brands are your touring skis and winter shovel?
I thought I was drunk. I couldn’t keep watching.
Condensation in the tent in winter…😢
Thankyou
Tip#0 Know where campsite is located
RULE #1 TELL SOMEONE WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND WHEN YOU WILL BE BACK.
Why do so many channels and articles miss this important rule?
Great vid though.
Hang on lemme go grab my platinum card for my million dollar savings…
First Rule Don’t do it
I try not to wear my down jacket when I’m hiking or cross-country skiing because I will get too hot and sweat. I save it for when I stop and I have it in my pack where I can get it quickly to put on and stay warm when I stop moving.
What size Cotopaxi Fuego? Whats your size? Im 6’3 180 and was wondering what size to order.
I thought you were going to talk about ‘winter tent’
I alwys bring a bit less food and I bring a bit extra ammo . Mostly use nature to feed myself when I’m out overnight hiking
I never cease to be amazed by how many people use the Klymit Insulated sleeping pad. It has almost NO R-value. I mean, maybe 0.75, but even a foam mat has an R-value around 2. The Klymit is cheap, but for the R-value it provides, you’d be better off with a foam mat – it’s cheaper and provides you with more insulation from the ground. There are a LOT of better pads than that. You seem like you’re really experienced, so it leaves me in a WTH state of mind! lol
I stopped the video for this comment. Having not seen the content why would one want to subscribe in the first 20 seconds of the channel presentation? That message should come at the end. An avalanche of channels do the same. I saw “show me first”. Then I will decide yea or nay to subscribe or like. Ok, continue watching now.
I understand the importance of staying dry, however, what to do when your excessively sweating while mountaineering and are wearing minimal layer. That’s always my problem I get too hot with a running jacket over my base layer going up a mt.
Hi. What is the puffer jacket you’re wearing in this video please..I like it
Thanks
Rule number 1: you have to jump in the lake
Great video! Some additional tips: do not breath inside your sleeping bag, you can add about 10 °C to your sleeping bag by using a fleece liner inside and wear loose fitting shoes and clothes so air can be trapped between the layers.
Tis was very helpful, thanks
Staying warm, yes, food is important, so is keeping your bladder drained. Get rid of the liter of fluid and it’s that much less your body has to keep from freezing. Learned that from days spent in cold environs watching wildlife. Starting to feel chilled? Pee and eat almost always fixes it.
The reverse tube blow is a great tip ! Even the insulated tube’s freeze up
tip #1
Don’t put your mic in your 1st layer
Really great video! You covered a lot of very good tips for winter hiking! Well that said I can’t help myself to add a few things.. you might have said some of them, and if thats so I apologise .. and they apply both for the camping part and transport.
First I thought about is checking the weather and not only in the air but also on the ground.. snow condition and weather changes can be a big issue, if you feel insecure.. make sure you already scouted other possibilities like some nearby cabin or so. Second is that if you plan to hike in the winter the estimated time to get between different camp-sites can vary a lot depending on the weather. Don’t be tempted trying to travel longer distances just because you are on skies and faster. Third is check your equipment before you leave, and train to use it at home first so you are able to put it up in darkness or in heavy snowstorms.. if you can’t do it in good conditions or if you find something is broken.. thats a terrible situation in the winter. Last thing.. easy one but most people do that misstake.. never ever leave anything on anytime on the ground. In the snow it is so easy that its lost and if the weather changes.. well you get it.. always but everything on you or in your bag.. like when you put up your tent.. no poles sticks bags or anything on the ground. 💪🏻
What jacket is that? Love it
hi eric what do you think of the klymet sleeping pads got one in the spring but have not used it yet because i had back surgery but wanted to no how they are
The first golden rule is to have a minimum of $10,000 to spend on your stuff.
You shouldn’t drink cold water if you have an alternative. That can give you stomach problems like diarréa. So when you drink, fill up your moth with water and let it stay in your moth for about 30 sekunds until you feel that the water tempersture are the same as your body. Then swallow
another good tip for keeping your water from freezing is turning the bottle upside down. Water will usually freeze where it is exposed to air first.
This advice cannot be overstated. Fuel your body. Don’t allow yourself to get too wet, cold, hungry, or worst of all, hypothermic. In just a few minutes, you can go from being mildly uncomfortable to being completely disorientated, weak, and suddenly fatigued. It is crucial to stay ahead of the game and take care of yourself like he says.
What kind of tent is that? I have a REI Geo Mountain 3 from about 2003 that looks a lot like that
Remember to burn tp. 🙂
Nice video! I hydrate with a big mouth drink , mostly vitamin water on the way in .I use then save the bottle for in my tent, for pee in if I need to. Again nice work! Probably only works with men though:)
Those Klymit pads you show suck for insulation, and openly lied about their r-value for years. I would avoid them and find something with a certified r-value above 3.
Hi guys, can anyone tell me what brand and model this tent is?
Most down coats aren’t very breathable. Are they still a good idea while actively hiking/backpacking? Or, should my outer layer (while hiking) be a synthetic/fleece, then take out the down later? Also, am I stuffing a shell in my bag for final camp destination or does the down jacket serve that purpose. I have a $400 budget for 1-2 coats. Help! Thanks!
Winter tents are totally unnecessary for most people.
Imagine winter camping in a tent!
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I like to drink hot water or tea while in my sleeping bag just before going to sleep. Yes it will make you have to pee in the middle of the night, but if you’re like me, you’ll have to get up anyway.