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Classy, quality, surplus winter parka? (Hat, gloves, mitts, boots...)
in: Winter Camping Clothing
by: JeffOYB
on: Feb 8, 5:04pm
DIY Mittens
in: Winter Camping Clothing
by: Soledad
on: Feb 8, 4:38pm
Sunday Exploring...
in: Trip Reports
by: Pawistik
on: Feb 8, 9:40am
Winter Rendezvous 2010
in: Trip Reports
by: Scott
on: Feb 8, 8:24am
Snowshoe recommendations for heavy person
in: Winter Camping Gear
by: HOOP
on: Feb 7, 9:42pm
Using ordinary cotton as an outer layer
in: Winter Camping Clothing
by: pablo
on: Feb 7, 9:20pm
Clear/white tarp source???????????
in: Winter Camping Gear
by: Blaf
on: Feb 7, 8:29pm
A Little Wandering....
in: Trip Reports
by: FlatbowMB
on: Feb 7, 9:45am
New "Ski Touring" technique theory!
in: Back Country Skiing Discussion
by: JeffOYB
on: Feb 7, 9:37am
What about a tipi?
in: Homemade Gear
by: pablo
on: Feb 6, 9:14pm
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Welcome
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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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