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in: General Winter Camping Discussion
by: cousin Pete
on: Jul 22, 7:21pm
Tipi Tent
in: Winter Camping Gear
by: canoecountry
on: Jul 22, 12:57pm
Ruffing It
in: Winter Camping Clothing
by: wooley
on: Jul 19, 7:37pm
Dan Koster Bushcraft Knife For Sale or Trade
in: Classifieds
by: canoecountry
on: Jul 19, 3:35pm
8x10 canvas wall tent with stove and frame
in: Classifieds
by: Robin
on: Jul 19, 10:20am
Montana/Wyoming winter trip?
in: General Winter Camping Discussion
by: Happy Camper
on: Jul 18, 4:14pm
Falling through the ice: MUST light a fire!
in: Winter Camping Safety
by: HOOP
on: Jul 17, 7:46pm
Mitten suggestions
in: Winter Camping Clothing
by: Moondog55
on: Jul 12, 11:15pm
Les Stroud (Survivorman) Video – "Stranded In Winter"
in: Books, DVD's & Magazines
by: lonelake
on: Jul 10, 8:53am
Reflector Ovens For Sale or Trade
in: Classifieds
by: canoecountry
on: Jul 9, 8:34am
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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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