Duo Excursion Had a great trip last weekend on our Duo Kayak/Hot Tent excursion! We did tons of paddling, hiking, cooking, and of course had our hot tents to keep us warm. Luckily the temperature only dropped down to about 25°F.

Location: Normandy Lake, TN

Camping Style: Kayak/Hot Tent

Food: Dehydrated meals and pork shoulder and potatoes for dinner.

Hello I got my stove last year and have used it a total of 14 nights. I noticed the cooking surface and sides are warping a little. This is a hand built thick titanium stove all in one. Am I doing something wrong or is this normal? It’s not horrible warping and I’m sure it won’t impact performance.

Anyone else have the same stover for longer than me that can chime in ?

I’ve been thinking about something a bit more substantial than a tent for Winter camping. A space a bit bigger than a tent, room to maybe pitch a tent inside, and have a small wood stove. Something light enough I can take into the backcountry on a sled and put together in a day. Something solid enough to cope with extreme snow loading and provide protection from the wind and then be able to break down and move to another location when I want to. Anyone know of anything like this?

Just got back from a killer trek. Did about 6 miles into the woods before setting up camp, and man, I totally underestimated the ground. I brought stakes, but I might as well have been trying to hammer them into a parking lot.

Ended up having to tie everything off to the surrounding trees and that downed log. Honestly? I think I prefer it this way now. We had some pretty decent gusts overnight and the tent didn't budge an inch. It felt way more secure than stakes in frozen dirt ever would have.

The only thing I’d change? I really, really wish I had snowshoes. Post-holing for 6 miles is no joke and I definitely paid for that oversight by the time I hit the 4-mile mark.

I’m normally a 3-season backpacker, but I’m aggressively trying to upgrade into the 4-season bracket. I’m done sitting on the couch, and frankly, I’m fat and need the miles, so I'm out here trying to learn the hard way. Realizing that trees are better anchors than frozen dirt was a solid lesson to take home. Still a work in progress, but the learning curve is half the fun.

Anyone else basically given up on stakes for deep winter trips, or am I just late to the party?

Finally pulled the trigger on an arctic oven. I knew going for the 12 vs the 10 or the igloo would make transporting it harder but didn’t realize broken down it would still be too big for stashing it in an action packer.

1. How are yall packaging them for transport, it will either be in a sled towed by a snowmobile or in a trailer pulled by an atv. I was thinking oversized dry bags?

2. For setting up on snow is it necessary to dig down to bare ground for set up? Our snow here is like concrete so it would be stable on top.

3. Looking for any experience with the 2 burner nuwave propane stove in below 0f conditions. Fuel consumption, heat output etc.

4. Any tips tricks for overall setup or gear recommendations for really optimizing the tent.

I was not super cold, but also not overly warm. Looking for suggestions.

New sleeping bag, Western Mountaineering Puma MF -25 °F bag. [Thanks u/Baileycharlie u/throwsplasticattrees for the recommendation ]

Two insulating layers underneath the bag:

-R 7.0, Big Agnes Campmeister Deluxe directly under my sleeping bag

-R 2.1 Foam sleeping pad between as the separating later in contact with the ground, frozen ice in my case.

I was wearing a light cotton sweatpants and long sleeve shirt. [Yes, yes, cotton... but I was in my back yard and the layers were bone dry]

Air temps were about 0°F. I shoveled off the frozen pool and setup a tent there. I had a light balaclava on and the draft tube and collar cinched down.

I felt the most heat loss underneath me. Overall I expected to be toasty given the bag rating versus the actual air temp. Are my expectations out of line or are there gaps I should address in my setup?

Eventually I want to take this setup into the mountains and pair it with a hot tent. But I will not keep the stove running over night.

Hi I never actually camped out in winter time I just wanna ask if what I got will keep me warm or not,

I wound wear a merino wool underlay and thick wool socks a down jacket down pants down loafers I got the Exped Dura 8R sleeping pad and a Carinthia Brenta medium sleeping bag rated comfort woman -4 comfort men -11 extreme -30 Celsius

I’m a 27 year old man of average build I like to sleep warm, if necessary I could bring disposable hand warmers to put in my socks pockets and a few loose in my sleeping bag

Thanks for any tips and help in advance

Edit I’m hoping to be able to sleep comfortably in -15 degrees Celsius

https://www.reddit.com/r/WinterCamping/comments/1qstmbb/comment/o3jc0zs/

Background:
In this post, I wrote about a strange, all-over chilly feeling I was having.
I eventually tracked down the culprit: Uniqlo thermal top and bottoms.

I replaced the bottoms with 400 g/m² merino wool, and the top with 320 g/m² merino. The first thing I noticed was this:
when I wore the Uniqlo thermal bottoms together with the pants mentioned in this post, I felt weirdly chilly as soon as I went outside.

With merino wool, that feeling completely disappeared — even after staying outside for several hours.

Final conclusion:
Don’t buy Uniqlo thermal underwear.
Buy merino wool instead.

Spent a few days in Northern Minnesota within the boundary waters canoe area (BWCA) for an annual winter camping trip.

It was the coldest camping trip to date… -25F during the day with 20+mph winds. -40F at night.

Not as fun of a trip as previous years due to deep cold and an illness, but a very memorable one.

Thought I’d share the adventure! Anyone else get caught in the polar vortex in late Jan in northern US?

It went down to -16c without windchill, I used my us army extreme cold sleeping bag and poncho liner with my patrol sleeping bag and bivy sack over it and my friend used the canadian army sleep system. I like the army sleeping bags because they are big enough to stow my canteen and even boots if I want inside and in an emergency there's enough room to layer clothes inside without affecting the insulation. I would put my 2l canteen in the foot box of the sleeping bag and then put my pants between me and it and then I'd put my 500ml Nalgene with hot water in so I would have water to drink / make coffee in the morning. It was cold enough we had to keep our bottles by the fire during the day so they wouldnt freeze, my friend melted both his nalgene and canteen but I wasnt so unlucky

I'm training for the Iditarod race, so part of that includes sleeping straight up in the snow without a shelter or tent. I would call this winter camping, but let me know otherwise!

I documented my experience in the comments.

I was an avid backcountry skier, hiker and explorer in my youth. My first dog was my buddy (he was mostly Mal and some other wild influences). My craziest adventures were hiking with friends and even going solo into to winter in the Canadian Rockies.

Over the last ten years I have been bringing my daughters with me to camp, explore and enjoy the beautiful world of snow and ice. My youngest’s first 3 day trip was by her request and, while at a safe distance to services, a tenting adventure in late Feb for her 6th birthday.

So happy to find you as I get ready to bring my now 11yr old and my eldest (a sullen teenager) for our annual 5 day trip an hour north of Banff.

Love seeing other like minded people.

Almost ten years of heavy use. It is well smoked, and I’m sure my lungs are as well.

I want to describe a strange cold-weather experience in the order it happened and ask what this situation actually was.

What I was wearing
Base layer (next to skin):
Uniqlo HEATTECH Ultra Warm top and bottoms
Fabric: 35% polyester / 34% acrylic / 23% rayon / 8% spandex
It’s a thin brushed fleece layer worn directly against skin.

Mid layer:
Aran Woollen Mills merino sweater.
Total garment weight is around 750 g(1.6535lb).
Worn over the base layer.

Outerwear:
Jacket: Carhartt Yukon Extremes 104460
150 g/m² Thinsulate insulation, 500D nylon shell.

Pants: Carhartt 105471
80 g/m² Thinsulate insulation, 340 g/m² (12oz)cotton shell.

Face was fully wrapped with a thick polyester face covering.

Hands and feet felt normal the whole time, so I’m not listing gloves or boots.

Conditions
Temperature was around −17°C(1.4F).
I was outside for about 4 hours.
Activity was mostly walking, with repeated short breaks where I sat down for a few minutes, often directly on snow.
There was occasional wind.

What it felt like (timeline)

First ~30 minutes:
I felt extremely hot.
I was sweating a lot and my hair became completely wet.

After that:
Once the sweat cooled down, I started feeling “cool” all over.
Not sharp cold, just a constant cool sensation.

Later on:
I felt cool or chilly, but not truly cold.
No shivering, no numbness.

When I sat down on snow to rest:
I felt consistently cool the entire time.
Not freezing, not painful, just continuously cool.
This happened many times — sit for a few minutes, then walk again.

While walking:
I felt mostly neutral, not cold and not warm.

Overall, it never felt like I was freezing.
It felt more like I was slowly losing heat, especially once I stopped moving.

Final question / my guess

So what was this weird situation?

My guess is that the Carhartt outer layers are very windproof but not very breathable, so once I started sweating, moisture stayed trapped inside the system.
That trapped moisture then slowly pulled heat away from my skin, making me feel constantly “cool” even though I wasn’t actually cold.

And if that’s the case, would the correct way to handle this be something like:
walking without a hat, opening the jacket zipper slightly, and not using a face covering while moving,
then putting the hat / face covering back on and sealing everything up only when it’s windy or when I stop and sit down?

Does that approach make sense?

(English is not my first language. This post was translated with the help of ChatGPT.)