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Egyptian cotton
in: General Winter Camping Discussion
by: ianhj
on: Mar 9, 4:07pm
Apostle Islands Overnight
in: Trip Reports
by: crooked knife
on: Mar 9, 1:14pm
Stove burning while you sleep
in: General Winter Camping Discussion
by: HOOP
on: Mar 9, 12:37pm
Nistowiak Falls: 3 Days On The Trail in Northern Saskatchewan
in: Trip Reports
by: Clovishunter
on: Mar 9, 10:36am
Tent Repair
in: Winter Camping Gear
by: Oldand Fat
on: Mar 9, 7:18am
Down Camping Quilt
in: Homemade Gear
by: Bob
on: Mar 8, 12:00pm
WANTED: Adjustable aluminum pole for Bell military tent
in: Classifieds
by: woodstove
on: Mar 8, 11:28am
Winter camping with four-legged friends
in: General Winter Camping Discussion
by: wilderness gal
on: Mar 8, 6:25am
Upside-down fires
in: General Winter Camping Discussion
by: chimpac
on: Mar 7, 11:59pm
Overnight trip near home
in: Trip Reports
by: kinguq
on: Mar 7, 12:23pm
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Welcome to WinterTrekking.com
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Equipment Feature:
Sleds & Toboggans Traditional winter camping is not ultralight camping. Carrying everything on your back for a cold camping trip is next to impossible on a deep snow trip on snowshoes, since you will wallow, and sweat and get soaked. For a hot tent trip it is of course impossible to carry all gear on your bac...
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Snowshoeing Feature:
Traditional Snowshoe Designs Sometimes, the Ancients design the perfect piece of gear that cannot be improved upon. Traditional snowshoes are an exquisite functional thing of beauty, and they are NOT old fashioned. They are still by far the best choice for many snow conditions and trekking styles. They are light, provide ex...
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Safety Feature:
Cutting Tools In our Equipment section we described the use of axes, saws, ice chisels and augers, in a corresponding subsection.
Axes:
Safety using an axe requires proper training and practice. If you are now an adult and never had the good fortune to be trained with an axe as a child, like man...
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Clothing Feature:
Hand Wear There are many warm synthetic shelled gloves and mitts on the market, but none of these works around the fire when you have to reach in and pull a pot out, or lift the hot stove door to adjust the fire, or reach into the woodstove to adjust blocks and add new ones. Synthetics will melt. No sy...
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Backcountry Skiing Feature:
Boots & Bindings OK, no matter what you have read in ski magazines, or heard at the ski shop, the 3 pin 75mm Nordic Norm boot and binding system is not old fashioned or dead. In fact it's the leading back country touring ski boot-binding system. Mountain folks have always known this, but for most of the popula...
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