Ask Outdoors: What Are the Specific Considerations When Planning a Winter Camping Trip?
Planning for a winter camping trip requires thinking about how to stay warm as you cycle through your day. Here’s what you need to know.
Planning for a winter camping trip requires thinking about how to stay warm as you cycle through your day. Here’s what you need to know.
Camping in the cold makes for a very cozy campfire—but it’s not so nice once the fire is out and it’s time to go to sleep. Whether it’s full-blown winter or you’re camping in shoulder season at altitude, if you don’t set up your tent properly to keep your heat in and the cold out, [...]
Don’t stop camping when temperatures drop! Winter car camping is an amazing way to access untouched terrain as a backcountry skier or snowshoer, jump on the first ski chair (many ski resorts allow you to overnight camp in the parking lot!) or visit a favorite National Park without the crowds — a perspective few people [...]
So how do you keep warm when you’re camping on a cold, winter night? Here are a few tips for staying warm, dry, and comfortable: Clear the Ground First Before you even pitch your tent, the ground you choose will play an important role in determining your comfort level. When winter camping, the usual rules [...]
Hot tent winter camping is the best way to experience the brutality of winter with the comfort of warmth.
Why Use A Camping Mat? A camping mat is generally used to avoid pain and stiffness in the morning, by acting as a cushion between the ground and yourself. This helps take some of the strain off of your back and joints. Camping mats are also used as an incredibly effective insulative layer between the [...]
How to Insulate a Tent For Winter Camping So how do you keep warm when you’re camping on a cold, winter night? Here are a few tips for staying warm, dry, and comfortable. Clear the Ground First Before you even pitch your tent, the ground you choose will play an important role in determining your [...]
In north woods, we don’t let a little thing like winter get in the way of camping enjoyment. We just adapt, gear up … and conquer. Hammock camping is the rage right now … for a lot of good reasons. A quick search of “hammock” on the Bass Pro Shops or Cabela’s websites will amaze [...]
In north woods, we don’t let a little thing like winter get in the way of camping enjoyment. We just adapt, gear up … and conquer. Hammock camping is the rage right now … for a lot of good reasons. A quick search of “hammock” on the Bass Pro Shops or Cabela’s websites will amaze [...]
Keeping your entire body warm is the biggest challenge to sleeping in a hammock year around. To stay warm you need to trap air. It doesn’t matter if it’s a sleeping bag or a jacket. Trapping air is what keeps you warm. The problem with a hammock, is that when you crawl into a sleeping [...]