This video is almost 2 years old now! YES I know I dragged on for several minutes in the beginning.. Trust me I've learned since then.. so here's where the tips begin 👉 3:12
Great tips Dan. I love winter camping! One thing I do is bring hand warmers and I put them between two pairs of socks while I sleep. I also drink a lot of water. Fun collab!
Lovely video content! Forgive me for butting in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you tried - Panilliaan Immaterial Prevalence (should be on google have a look)? It is a good one off product for protecting your family from danger minus the hard work. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my work colleague after many years got excellent results with it.
Hey Dan, I love winter camping. I was wondering that first shot. Is that Shelter number 2 in eagle wisconsin. by the southern kettle morraine headquarters? Love that site
Really great video, I learned not to drink after a certain time. I wear normal socks during the day and when ready to go to bed I change socks, they are call thermal heat" I think"(wool, and inside they are furry.lol) at Marks warehouse, 9$ a pair but seriously best buy, they should make suits out of that stuff, he'd be magical🤩.....-45 here in Edmonton last week at night, never my feet were cold.
1. Proper sleeping pad. Higher the R-Value = warmer. 2. Eat a meal to keep core warm 3. Pee before sleep 4. Warm up your body through activity but don't push so hard that you sweat 5. Bring hand warmers to put inside your sleeping bag 6. Bring comfort gear that you enjoy. If that's 2 pillows, then bring 2 pillows.
1. Clean merino wool socks 2. Athletic leggins/tights 3. Merino wool top and bottom 4. Hand warmers in sleeping bag 5. Add foam sleeping pad under inflated pad 6. Merino wool beanie I slept in 20 degree weather in a 20 degree bag and stayed toasty warm.
Good tips in vid and comments. For those people who are not sure about camping in extreme temps pick a frigid day or night and try the gear out in the back yard at home. If you find out your gear is inadequate no need to run into a dangerous situation of hypothermia or extreme discomfort. Just walk into the house and try something different the next day. Do your experimenting at home not in the wilderness. The wilderness is unforgiving.
That handwarmer one hits home, I was in Germany in the field and I brought my summer sleep system instead of my winter. My grandma thankfully sent me a bunch of those hand warmers in a care package and it honestly made sleeping at night bareable. I covered myself in those thing
I just came back from my first winter overnight in more years than I care to admit, Lol. I used to be an avid hiker & backpacker when I was in my twenties but I let life get in the way. At 60, I recently experienced some life defining events that got me thinking & reassessing, what's it all really about. Thanks to youtubers like yourself and some of the others and my Big Agnes 15° bag I decided it was time to get back out there. So glad I did and I am looking forward to it again. Thank you for lighting the spark! Good luck and God bless.
It helps before you bed down to drink a cup of a warm tea ( provided you have the means to warm it up) with a a couple of spoonfuls of butter in it. Your body's process of burning the fat will produce extra heat in you. Something I learned in the Boy Scouts many, many years ago. It works.
The Best items are, tight knitted wool socks, shirts, pants etc. ABSOLUTELY the BEST clothing to have. Wool insulates even when wet... I am a combat veteran U.S. Marine. Wool has saved me many times...👍🏼
@US ARMY VET 11B 96-14 I'm ex navy and the winter uniforms were wool blend in the 80's but anyone can buy their own socks and under garments to wear over dungarees or whatever uniform their branch of service requires. No more dungarees in the navy now though.
@@toddwillard8927 Wool is by far the best because it retains its insulating and warming capabilities while wet. When very wet, wool still retains 90% of its warmth...No other material comes close.
Great content Dan! Hope to meet you in person sometime. Guys, always remember that trapped air = warmth; but just not TOO much air. 1- Fill voids in your bag/quilt with clothing etc, I put my day clothes in the bottom of my bag (unless they’re soaked) to decrease the amount of air I have to warm up, most of the time by the morning they are dry. 2- NEVER compress your bag/quilt “loft”, if you need to add to your bag put it on the INSIDE not outside. 3- Try adding a Z-style folding pad UNDER the air mattress, makes a huge difference and if you lose air from the pad overnight it will protect you. 3- The meal you eat before bed should be high carbs (pasta, etc) to fuel the furnace. HAPPY WINTER CAMPING!
Missed a couple tips, Dan. 1 - change your socks before bed. Pack yourself a nice warm/clean/dry pair for the night. 2 - if you can, wash your sleeping bag before the trip so that is oil free and has the best loft. 3 - extra mits/gloves. 4 - jumping jacks at 4am, so you don’t die.
Well the Chief was CLEARLY never in a tornado---that is BAD, DEADLY weather you want to stay away from (much personal experience in that one, unfortunately)....As for cold, hot, rainy, snowy, etc, the Chief is right. How you prepare and your understanding/knowledge can make or break your experience.
Nice video Dan, couple more... - reflectix under the sleeping pad, in your boots etc - hot water in a Nalgene bottle on your feet in the bag - stuff clothes in the bottom of your bag if it’s a little long, less heating of dead air - dry socks on when sleeping - Puffer jacket zipped around the bottom of your sleeping bag - sheet of Tyvek over the top of the inner tent to trap more heat, turns a 3 season tent into a 3.5 season kinda thing - stand water bottles upside down if you can. If they freeze, they freeze from the top - I.e the bottom if they upside down, so unfrozen water will be accessible still - extra tyvek/silver emergency blanket thing under the tent if you have it - wear a hat or balaclava - keep you mouth an nose out of the bag, you breath out 1ltr of water through the night, don’t want that in your sleeping bag
Yet another great video Dan, thanks for the tips! I like to use the reflective windshield cover from my car as a barrier under my sleeping pad when the ground is dirty or inside my sleeping bag on normal days. It's very light, cheap and very effective. Bonus is the added padding.
i was thinking of doing this very thing after seeing another video on using this cover and cutting put insoles for your boots to kee your feet warmer out in the cold because the reflective material reflects your body heat back to youl I also have an old sleeping back that's too small for me and the outer lining is shredded from years of use. Planning to try that as another layer on my next trip!
The warmest I’ve ever slept in cold weather was on a mountain top in a hammock. The wind was blowing 20 to 30 and there was snow on the ground and snow in the air. On top of my down sleeping bag I used a light weight reflective survival blanket. I was toasty warm all night long.
Just did my first winter camping for 9 days at Ottawa Freedom Convoy. Made every mistake I could think of. Damn cold. I now consider myself a professional of what NOT to do.
Boil a quart of water, and fill in a non leaking triton/nalgene bottle. It will still be warm by morning and is nice when first warming up your bag (lots of thermal energy). Went camping with Scouts a two weeks ago in South Korea (before COVID-19 Pandemic struck Korea hard). 20 F with 10 mph winds did this for everybody prior to going to bed. All your other tips are great advice. Get high R value sleeping pad, at least 4+ if not 5+. Kids were warm when they woke up in the morning (ice all over the tents).
I *hate* getting out of bed and getting out of my tent in the middle of the night, especially in the rain, snow, or cold, and having to deal with proper backcountry sanitation procedures in the dark. So, I bring a special color (green, HDPE) 1L Nalgene bottle and a GoGirl. 1L is usually more than enough for a night, and then I can deal with disposal in the morning. When I'm car (pickup bed with a cap, for me) camping, I bring a whole 5gal bucket toilet with a Luggable Loo seat and a second 5gal bucket full of sawdust. There just enough room under the cap to sit on it and go more or less comfortably, and with the sawdust, it doesn't stink.
"Go Pee!"..... the bane of my existence. No matter what I do, I always seem to have to go sometime in the early morning. Then I uncomfortably squirm around in my sleeping bag trying to fall back asleep for that extra hour or two, because I don't want to get out of the bag lol.
On the floor on my tent I use reflective. I also heat water and put it in heavy plastic water bottle that does not leak. I also use an insulated xped sleep Matt. By morning my water bottle is still pretty warm. To keep boots warm put them in a plastic bag that does not leak. Place the bad down at the end of your sleep quilt or bag by your feet. Its great not to put my feet in not cold boots in the morning. Hope those tips help.
If you have a blow up sleeping mat, blow it up just before laying down. Your breath is warm and the heat will be retained. Discovered this when I accidentally open the plug on my mat cause I was cold and moving around. Slept warm the rest of the night after re-inflating my mat.
Hey Dan, this is Tainoxtreme. Very good video and subject. Very good tips. This is how I do it: REI arete ASL to, This tent is a fortress for hard winds and heavy snow. It will not develop much condensation if you use it right by opening the vents on the roof and at the door window. 3 inches thick Cushing, there is nothing more comfortable with a graded R-value that I have tested so far as my floor layer to sleep on. I also put a thin foam layer with reflective on top of it. I covered the entire floor of the tent with the same thin foam layer with reflective that is sold at the dollar store for windshield sun reflection purpose. These are very lightweight. I carry like maybe five of theirs and the total weight is 6 ounces. This makes a huge deal of a difference when it comes to sitting on the floor to change your clothes or do any other tasks. Specially when you have to touch the floor with your bare hands. In the past, I used a down sleeping bag rated for probably 5°F but I just purchased my UGGQ 10° down quilt that I’m gonna start using from now on, hopefully it will be good for me. I am very cold in nature. I always go to sleep wearing my fleece on the garment and my insulated snow pants and sometimes even my down jacket with a fleece balaclava, For the most part. In the past, I put my sleeping bag inside of a SOL escape baby but now I will bring it just in case. It works marvelously. If you notice I had reflective‘s all over my winter gear. The floor, on top of the mat and around my sleeping bag. The rest of my gear is like you described in this video including the calories intake, the water intake and urinating. I have one more tip that I’m pretty sure you’re not going to like like most people don’t but it works and it would be very useful for emergency cases that will be life-threatening. You can drink your own urine because the urine will balance your body temperature as well as your cholesterol, blood sugar, pH and everything else. You don’t have to take it from me but if you research this in TH-cam you will find a whole a lot of people are getting 30 season health conditions cured or improved so much that their lives are changed for the better. I’m talking about arthritis, diabetes, heart conditions, cancer, leprosy, HIV, malaria and everything else. When I mentioned the SOL escape, I meant to say BIVY not baby. I am not trying to make text corrections because I am alone by myself in the house and my wife is the one who helps me do this. It is easier to just insert this explanation.Helps me do this. It is easier to just insert this explanation. I also meant to say heart condition . I’m explaining about the text correction because I am legally blind and this is one of my limitations. Of coarse, all of this year is set up for the weekend adventure and not for the true hiker. I am not a true hiker. I wonder if you would except the challenge of taking me as a legally blind person in one of your backpacking trips here in North Carolina, of course. It’ll be cheaper for me if you come this way. Thank you so much for sharing this video. God bless you.
Great video! Keep them coming! You've mentioned it before, but those of us that can't get out camping ourselves love living vicariously through this stuff!... Also pretty satisfying: buying the PERFECT gear setup for when the opportunity does finally present itself. Awesome channel!
One point about importance of type of ground insulation pad. I love the big thick air only mattresses for summer camping, but you will freeze regardless of your bag’s rating if you use one in winter. Use a closed cell pad or an inflatable pad with foam core to retain maximum warmth and you may even survive if the temperatures drop below the bags rating!
My last winter camp I put one of those packable down blankets from Costco around me inside my sleeping bag. That increased the warmth and insulating properties of my sleeping bag significantly. I was surprised how well it worked. Toasty warm all night.
2 additions: double bubble foil installation used in commercial air systems. 48 inches by 10 foot is about 21 bucks. Super ground insulation and weighs very little. You can actually feel your body heat radiation. Second: silk long John's
I also use those super warmers they beat the heck out of regular hand ones, one in my sleeping bag is often enough to keep me toasty here in Arizona. I like to bring sleeping bag liners(+14°& +25°) to help with temperature fluctuations they make great light covers for the day too. Thx Dan, be well. Edit: look for mega warmers they are bigger versions of the super hand ones I toss one in my bag b4 bed so I have a toasty warm place to crawl into at night.
Might be a good idea to use a reflective space blanket. The kind that is very thin so it is foldable to a small size. I think it's also called a emergency blanket or sheet. Open it and use it instead your sleeping bag.
On a cold clear calm night do not camp in a low spot between high spots/hills/mountains. The heat radiates away higher uphill and the cold air slides downhill like molasses and pools in the low area. The temperature in the low area can be 30-40 degrees cooler than higher uphill.
Gettin out to pee is the worst.... I been campin since I was young, and getting out of tent every night just as long. Finally started using a gatorade/wide mouth sealable bottle. Have to pee? Turn on light, grab bottle from outside and your good to go. Put back outside when done. Dump and rinse in am. It works and you stay in your tent Just dont f it up😄😉
Hey DB One of my biggest issues winter camping is having to pee a few times a night..ALWAYS on my top 5 is a pee bottle. A different color than ALL the others of course!. That way you NEVER have to leave the comfort of your cozy cottage.
I use a hot water bottle. So nice by the small of you back. Fill a Nalgene bottle to put at your feet. Reusable and friendly on the environment! Won’t leave home without it. I have also preheated my tent with some burning embers in a frying pan place on a flat rock before getting in my tent. Be sure they aren’t giving off smoke or touch the tent. It helps take the chill and dampness out to start out cozy. Wear a hat and socks, layers if necessary.
Your are right about the ground padding to sleep on Only way to be comfortable is Naked! why i recommend the robe ~ This throw i wouldn't be afraid of going out in sub zero weather with it ! ~ Can use it as a robe, blanket, or to set in
Good point about sleeping bag ratings. Never setup your tent on snow. I carry a 9" x 9" cake pan to remove snow and for other uses. Old Boy Scout tricks: take heat from your fire into your tent. A Nalgene bottle of hot water, wrapped in a towel, will help warm your sleeping bag. Rocks can be used too. Set the cake pan upside down in the vestibule area and place a large hot rock on it to warm your tent for awhile. Socks and shoes near the rock will dry faster. Happy Thanksgiving. Good Luck, Rick
Great job and awesome thinking to link everyone's thoughts on this - that's gonna come in handy for newcomers such as myself and make life a lot easier!! Appreciate the help! 👍🏼
I personally use a hot water bottle in the bottom of my sleeping bag, I also use a hammock I think it's warmer. Especially when you get a underquilt, sleeping bag, quilt, blanket and coat
grab a hot (not hot enough to melt towel) rock from the fire and wrap in an old towel to place in your bag. rocks stay warm a long time...The bigger the rock the longer the warmth.
You can fill a wide mouth Nalgene with just boiled water, wrap it in your camp towel or extra shirt/sock and put it in the bottom of your sleeping bag 30 min before bed; and you'll have water for the next morning. I also sleep with a Snickers by my head so if i wake up less than warm, eat the bar and it will fuel your body the rest of the night. Ideally, the bag makes the difference. I have an expedition bag and have slept dozens of nights in single digits and woken up HOT. It's a $500 Zero degree down bag with waterproof SL exterior. I understand a lot of people can not afford such a bag but if you plan on doing a lot of Winter Backpacking it makes life easier and you will not have to carry hand warmers and the like, but it was part of my guiding job so that is that. Good stuff Dan.
There is a reason C that you forgot to mention ... there are maybe some people out there who love your channel, your videos, your work for the community and ... your humour ;-)
The pee before bed tip is pretty good all year long. I hate getting up to pee about 3 seasons of the year - but yeah, it's a killer in the winter - your entire shelter and sleep system and your body lose all the heat.
Something no-one has mentioned and is very important. Make sure you don't sleep and breath inside your sleeping bag. The condensation in your breathe will be inside your sleeping bag and will freeze overnight. Freezing = death.
It's not lightweight but I use a MMS sleep system. The 3 piece military system with poly or merino base layers, wool socks, a wool cap, a cozy wool sweater, wool blanket with the woobie poncho liner and I guarantee you I can survive in Siberia with that.
Bring a.2l msr baldder as a hot water bottle. Melt snow with your jetboil or msr windburner ( best burner ive used) . And almost boil it, pour it in. Wear as many dry layers as u can if its very cold. Use 2 foam mats, or as i do , 1 z rest and 1 insulated inflatable mat. You loose a lot of heat thru the ground.
Part of the reason to pee before getting in your sleeping bag is your body has to heat that fluid to body temperature throughout the night. Less fluid, less heat expended.
Double up your sleeping pads, add a closed cell foam pad under your inflatable. Use a bivy sack, put the inflatable pad in the bivy with you, this helps trap your body heat. Put hot water in a nalgene and put it in the bag with you, you can also insulate it with clothing like a sock or t-shirt. Sleep socks, have dedicated warm sock for sleeping. Pee Bottle, have a pee bottle or a mountain house bag handy so you don't have to leave your tent. Use your clothes as part of your sleep system, sleeping warmer naked is a myth. Put a mylar blanket between you and your sleeping pad.
Hand warmers saved my butt in the Rockies last year! My sleeping pad failed because it had a small hole in it. Yes the ground will suck the heat out of you!!!!
Hey Dan, one concern from a nurse perspective, it's not recommended to eat a full meal within 2-3 hours before laying down. This can cause damaging acid-reflux even in healthy people. However, a small non-acidic snack would be acceptable. Otherwise, I'm really digging your recommendations. What I enjoy is using some sort of booties to sleep in! I personally use thicker wool socks and layer the booties over them. This always keeps me toasty warm!
Great video Dan, I think the best advice you had was to bring a warmer sleeping bag than you think you need, or a liner. In colder temperatures I take a 0 ‘ bag which is 6’6” . I am 5’11” so I can get down in it plus it even has room for stuff at the bottom like my water filter. I do not worry about condensation inside my bag because I have patented the “ Sleep Snorkle” . The Sleep Snorkle solves the condensation problem and allows one to harness the full potential of your sleeping bag. And you don’t have a cold head or a freezing nose. Happy Thanksgiving! Best!
Thanks a ton! The worst is when you have a sleeping bag that isn’t warm enough! I like the idea of having one a bit larger as well! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
I like to put a Nalgene full of boiling water in my sleeping bag. I'll usually wrap it up in a jacket first to keep it from overheating me. Then if the temperature drops enough in the night, I'll unwrap it and put on the jacket. The water will still have some relative warmth in the morning, so heating water for breakfast will be faster, too.
I like to add a a layer of potholder material (insul-bright) inside my sleeping bag. It will reflect your heat back but it is also breathable. One problem I always have while sleeping is my top layer moves and my back gets cold. I am thinking of buying a cheap painters overall suite and wearing it when I sleep over my base layer. They are breathable and should hold in the heat. What I would really like is a onesies for adults but also not make from cotton.
Put moving blankets on top of the tent before you put the rain cover over the tent it insulates the tent. Then you can use a small propane heater then bam free weekend get away from the kids or the inlaws. Or you can get a small generator and power a heater with it.
Love you Dan but damn there's so much filler. 3:46 and I feel like i just watched so many ads from you. Love your content! But c'mon brother. We support you but we came here for a good talk! Not a couple minutes of ads. Hope you understand
@@MisfitsFiendClub138 I was surprised at how much I had to skip through. Plus I wouldn’t recommend anything he’s prescribed here except for having some hand warmers on hand for emergencies. However just put one on your gut and your core will do the rest. Worst case scenario pull a plastic trash bag over your sleeping bag at your feet.
I really understand that you have gained so many followers. Really good video, it felt like being there. I myself am Swedish and love hard winter trips. on my latest I was trapped in an extreme storm for nine days. Really thank you for sharing 🙂👍
Want to sleep warm all night...? Wear wool socks,wool gloves,wool beanie hat...also wrap yourself in a us army wool blanket. Ive done this at 0 degrees at slept like a baby.
I've been in my car for a month now, thought about buying a tent, but a woman outside alone scares me🥴...im 5"8 in a Ford focus, sleeping sitting for one night ok, a month I think I aged 20 yrs this last month. Great vid🙌
If you don't have the money to buy a real winter sleeping bag that is rated somewhere between -5 and -20. Use two summer sleeping bags. As long as they are not Walmart special summer sleeping bags. Two 15 or 20 degree sleeping bags work great. Don't be afraid to dress in lots of layers. When I am working around the camp at night or the morning. I have four layers on my bottom half and six layers on my top half. Eat a snack with high fat content and bring a snack in the tent for later. And make sure what ever food you bring in with you won't freeze and turn into a brick. I like to bring in the tent, peanut-butter balls. Peanut-butter can't freeze. Eat for 2. Winter camping burns a lot of calories. Make sure you have a way to insulate you water form the cold so it doesn't freeze solid over night Don't over layer in your sleeping bag. If you put on too many layers, your body will not heat up the sleeping bag. two or three layer are ok.
I have an old sleeping bag, the zipper screwed up so I removed it. I use it as insulation between me and the ground. Then I use an old wool military blanket to throw over the top of my sleeping bag. I sleep in my underwear with my pants inside my bag to keep them warm. To regulate heat I simply open and close my bag so I’m not too hot or to cold. Works for me.
Back in the eighties, I stayed in a camping trailer in a friend's backyard with no heat or electric in Southwest Michigan. I rode a bike a lot, so my blood was moving around pretty good. I had a thin sleeping bag with a quilt my girlfriend had let me use on top of the sleeping bag. In the freezing cold I would strip down to nothing jump in the sleeping bag rub my feet together a little bit to friction heat the other end of the sleeping bag and I would stay toasty all night long, while in the morning my boots were frozen to the floor.
I know its an old video but I have a space blanket. Not the thin mylar one. Its about thickness of a tarp. And big enough to cover the floor of the tent. Cannot say it makes it a ton warmer but nice layer between floor and ground. And if I get really cold I can grab it and make myself into a burrito
Hello Dan, thank you for sharing another informative video. This info is really good for the winter time enthusiasts. All the best to you and your family. 🤗
Thanks, Dan Becker! We're camping right before Christmas and yes I'm freaking out. Got the hand warmers, sleeping bag liners, and (since we're car camping) super old school Coleman inflatable pads.
You got this! It’s really not as bad as you think. The coldest part is typically the standing around at camp. Just don’t work up a sweat before bed! Been there, done that, it’s the worst!! 🤣
In the spring and fall, the mountains of CO will get into the single digits, i have a bag rated at -18, I use Army blankets, use one under the bag and another to cover me if really cold. Also keep you clothes inside the bag and use your jackets over the bag, but inside the army blanket. If you are wearing a sweat shirt, put you feet inside the sweat shirt, helps keep heat in. Been doing this now for about 10 years and I stay warm
I take a 3 season tent, emergency blanket (that doesn't make a lot of noise) under my Xtherm Max with a -15F quilt. I use hot pockets put one in my sleep system before bed, then 2 in-between 2 pairs of socks in down booties, 1 at the low back, 1 at stomach and hold one in my hands....Halifax, Canada EH!!!! We go to the West Coast in the Nova Scotia Valley for New Years...super cold lots of snow and gusting wind...drink hot chocolate with butter, walk just before bed...bathroom then straight to bed....super cozy
The fire joke reminds me of be old adage "light a fire for man, and he'll be warm for the night. Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life"
I saw on Kyle’s channel he likes to use his camp chair down by his feet like a cage, keeping the tent from touching his bag. Big chair guy, that Kyle.🕺🥳
i winter camp i w atch most of these. videos to see who else knows how to keep warm in winter with out heaters. i buuld a stone fire place out side my tent and make sure it dont over heat the stones by packing sand around the back sides and top place a heavy quilt over my tent that covers it fully andplace a tarp over it then a tarp around the fire place and tent with a flap cut to open as a door iv had my tent at 85°f when it was -10f out side the tent.
This video is almost 2 years old now! YES I know I dragged on for several minutes in the beginning.. Trust me I've learned since then.. so here's where the tips begin 👉 3:12
I actually started fantasising about hot water bottles while watching this. But my tricks were just going to be longjohns and layered warm socks!
Great tips Dan. I love winter camping! One thing I do is bring hand warmers and I put them between two pairs of socks while I sleep. I also drink a lot of water. Fun collab!
Lovely video content! Forgive me for butting in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you tried - Panilliaan Immaterial Prevalence (should be on google have a look)? It is a good one off product for protecting your family from danger minus the hard work. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my work colleague after many years got excellent results with it.
Hey Dan, I love winter camping. I was wondering that first shot. Is that Shelter number 2 in eagle wisconsin. by the southern kettle morraine headquarters? Love that site
Really great video, I learned not to drink after a certain time. I wear normal socks during the day and when ready to go to bed I change socks, they are call thermal heat" I think"(wool, and inside they are furry.lol) at Marks warehouse, 9$ a pair but seriously best buy, they should make suits out of that stuff, he'd be magical🤩.....-45 here in Edmonton last week at night, never my feet were cold.
1. Proper sleeping pad. Higher the R-Value = warmer.
2. Eat a meal to keep core warm
3. Pee before sleep
4. Warm up your body through activity but don't push so hard that you sweat
5. Bring hand warmers to put inside your sleeping bag
6. Bring comfort gear that you enjoy. If that's 2 pillows, then bring 2 pillows.
2:11 Actually starts.
Camping at a Hilton hotel and watching camping videos will keep you warm🤣
1. Clean merino wool socks
2. Athletic leggins/tights
3. Merino wool top and bottom
4. Hand warmers in sleeping bag
5. Add foam sleeping pad under inflated pad
6. Merino wool beanie
I slept in 20 degree weather in a 20 degree bag and stayed toasty warm.
Good tips in vid and comments. For those people who are not sure about camping in extreme temps pick a frigid day or night and try the gear out in the back yard at home. If you find out your gear is inadequate no need to run into a dangerous situation of hypothermia or extreme discomfort. Just walk into the house and try something different the next day. Do your experimenting at home not in the wilderness. The wilderness is unforgiving.
That handwarmer one hits home, I was in Germany in the field and I brought my summer sleep system instead of my winter. My grandma thankfully sent me a bunch of those hand warmers in a care package and it honestly made sleeping at night bareable. I covered myself in those thing
I just came back from my first winter overnight in more years than I care to admit, Lol. I used to be an avid hiker & backpacker when I was in my twenties but I let life get in the way. At 60, I recently experienced some life defining events that got me thinking & reassessing, what's it all really about. Thanks to youtubers like yourself and some of the others and my Big Agnes 15° bag I decided it was time to get back out there. So glad I did and I am looking forward to it again. Thank you for lighting the spark! Good luck and God bless.
Awesome! Such a cool story. Inspiring as well!! Glad you’re back at it
Congrats 👍🏼
It helps before you bed down to drink a cup of a warm tea ( provided you have the means to warm it up) with a a couple of spoonfuls of butter in it. Your body's process of burning the fat will produce extra heat in you. Something I learned in the Boy Scouts many, many years ago. It works.
The Best items are, tight knitted wool socks, shirts, pants etc. ABSOLUTELY the BEST clothing to have. Wool insulates even when wet...
I am a combat veteran U.S. Marine. Wool has saved me many times...👍🏼
Thank you.
@US ARMY VET 11B 96-14 I'm ex navy and the winter uniforms were wool blend in the 80's but anyone can buy their own socks and under garments to wear over dungarees or whatever uniform their branch of service requires. No more dungarees in the navy now though.
@US ARMY VET 11B 96-14 So if not wool, what do you use that works better?
@@toddwillard8927 Wool is by far the best because it retains its insulating and warming capabilities while wet. When very wet, wool still retains 90% of its warmth...No other material comes close.
@@paulhomsy2751 Agreed
Great content Dan! Hope to meet you in person sometime. Guys, always remember that trapped air = warmth; but just not TOO much air. 1- Fill voids in your bag/quilt with clothing etc, I put my day clothes in the bottom of my bag (unless they’re soaked) to decrease the amount of air I have to warm up, most of the time by the morning they are dry. 2- NEVER compress your bag/quilt “loft”, if you need to add to your bag put it on the INSIDE not outside. 3- Try adding a Z-style folding pad UNDER the air mattress, makes a huge difference and if you lose air from the pad overnight it will protect you. 3- The meal you eat before bed should be high carbs (pasta, etc) to fuel the furnace. HAPPY WINTER CAMPING!
Screenshot that for reference, thanks so so much
Missed a couple tips, Dan.
1 - change your socks before bed. Pack yourself a nice warm/clean/dry pair for the night.
2 - if you can, wash your sleeping bag before the trip so that is oil free and has the best loft.
3 - extra mits/gloves.
4 - jumping jacks at 4am, so you don’t die.
So true!
I was going to say socks also. They are the most forgotten item. Always pack an extra pair or two. You can also use them as mittens if needed.
"There is no bad weather, just bad equipment. " -Chief Gerald Blanchard
Well the Chief was CLEARLY never in a tornado---that is BAD, DEADLY weather you want to stay away from (much personal experience in that one, unfortunately)....As for cold, hot, rainy, snowy, etc, the Chief is right. How you prepare and your understanding/knowledge can make or break your experience.
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Well most of the world doesn’t have tornados 🌪. So yeah like your saying the chief is right.
And inexperienced campers...like me. Still learning.
I say the same thing 😁👍
Hand warmers are wicked! I legit carried some for the first time on a trip a few weeks ago, made a huge difference in my sleeping bag!
Nice video Dan, couple more...
- reflectix under the sleeping pad, in your boots etc
- hot water in a Nalgene bottle on your feet in the bag
- stuff clothes in the bottom of your bag if it’s a little long, less heating of dead air
- dry socks on when sleeping
- Puffer jacket zipped around the bottom of your sleeping bag
- sheet of Tyvek over the top of the inner tent to trap more heat, turns a 3 season tent into a 3.5 season kinda thing
- stand water bottles upside down if you can. If they freeze, they freeze from the top - I.e the bottom if they upside down, so unfrozen water will be accessible still
- extra tyvek/silver emergency blanket thing under the tent if you have it
- wear a hat or balaclava
- keep you mouth an nose out of the bag, you breath out 1ltr of water through the night, don’t want that in your sleeping bag
Those are some of the best tips yet! I never knew that about the water bottle!! Thanks!!
Dan Becker I take no credit... Boy Scouts of America, they know things about ⛺️ ! 😀
For the last point, keeping mouth and nose out of sleeping bag, nose gets cold if I do that, it becomes like ice cube. Any tips for covering nose?
Get a full-face ski mask which just has the mesh at the mouth area.
Solved it for me. 👍
@@mysterylovescompany2657 thanks
Yet another great video Dan, thanks for the tips!
I like to use the reflective windshield cover from my car as a barrier under my sleeping pad when the ground is dirty or inside my sleeping bag on normal days.
It's very light, cheap and very effective. Bonus is the added padding.
i was thinking of doing this very thing after seeing another video on using this cover and cutting put insoles for your boots to kee your feet warmer out in the cold because the reflective material reflects your body heat back to youl
I also have an old sleeping back that's too small for me and the outer lining is shredded from years of use. Planning to try that as another layer on my next trip!
#1 winter camping tip from Game of Thrones: You can keep yourself toasty warm every night with thoughts of revenge.
Fact or cap
Isn't revenge best served cold
Ha!!
I'll be using this method this Christmas 🎄
@@deleted.23 We're all capable of turning into Sandors if we aren't careful.
The warmest I’ve ever slept in cold weather was on a mountain top in a hammock. The wind was blowing 20 to 30 and there was snow on the ground and snow in the air. On top of my down sleeping bag I used a light weight reflective survival blanket. I was toasty warm all night long.
If you're hiking in the snow, use a pulk sled to haul your gear. That way you can take a lot more than you can carry in your pack.
Erich Diehl, I made one. Works great too!
So true! Pulks are a game changer.
I hadn't even considered that before now, I'm hiking the ct in the coming winter and I might try it out
Just did my first winter camping for 9 days at Ottawa Freedom Convoy. Made every mistake I could think of. Damn cold. I now consider myself a professional of what NOT to do.
Boil a quart of water, and fill in a non leaking triton/nalgene bottle. It will still be warm by morning and is nice when first warming up your bag (lots of thermal energy). Went camping with Scouts a two weeks ago in South Korea (before COVID-19 Pandemic struck Korea hard). 20 F with 10 mph winds did this for everybody prior to going to bed. All your other tips are great advice. Get high R value sleeping pad, at least 4+ if not 5+. Kids were warm when they woke up in the morning (ice all over the tents).
I *hate* getting out of bed and getting out of my tent in the middle of the night, especially in the rain, snow, or cold, and having to deal with proper backcountry sanitation procedures in the dark. So, I bring a special color (green, HDPE) 1L Nalgene bottle and a GoGirl. 1L is usually more than enough for a night, and then I can deal with disposal in the morning. When I'm car (pickup bed with a cap, for me) camping, I bring a whole 5gal bucket toilet with a Luggable Loo seat and a second 5gal bucket full of sawdust. There just enough room under the cap to sit on it and go more or less comfortably, and with the sawdust, it doesn't stink.
"Go Pee!"..... the bane of my existence.
No matter what I do, I always seem to have to go sometime in the early morning. Then I uncomfortably squirm around in my sleeping bag trying to fall back asleep for that extra hour or two, because I don't want to get out of the bag lol.
It’s the WORST!! 🤣
Use a pee bottle. The bottle is then warm.
Yep, I feel your pain!
Yes to the pee bottle - saved my hide a few times! I use a plastic cup and transfer cuz I'm female.
@@whiteflower5603 Great idea!
On the floor on my tent I use reflective. I also heat water and put it in heavy plastic water bottle that does not leak. I also use an insulated xped sleep Matt. By morning my water bottle is still pretty warm. To keep boots warm put them in a plastic bag that does not leak. Place the bad down at the end of your sleep quilt or bag by your feet. Its great not to put my feet in not cold boots in the morning. Hope those tips help.
If you have a blow up sleeping mat, blow it up just before laying down. Your breath is warm and the heat will be retained. Discovered this when I accidentally open the plug on my mat cause I was cold and moving around. Slept warm the rest of the night after re-inflating my mat.
Hey Dan, this is Tainoxtreme. Very good video and subject. Very good tips. This is how I do it: REI arete ASL to, This tent is a fortress for hard winds and heavy snow. It will not develop much condensation if you use it right by opening the vents on the roof and at the door window. 3 inches thick Cushing, there is nothing more comfortable with a graded R-value that I have tested so far as my floor layer to sleep on. I also put a thin foam layer with reflective on top of it. I covered the entire floor of the tent with the same thin foam layer with reflective that is sold at the dollar store for windshield sun reflection purpose. These are very lightweight. I carry like maybe five of theirs and the total weight is 6 ounces. This makes a huge deal of a difference when it comes to sitting on the floor to change your clothes or do any other tasks. Specially when you have to touch the floor with your bare hands. In the past, I used a down sleeping bag rated for probably 5°F but I just purchased my UGGQ 10° down quilt that I’m gonna start using from now on, hopefully it will be good for me. I am very cold in nature. I always go to sleep wearing my fleece on the garment and my insulated snow pants and sometimes even my down jacket with a fleece balaclava, For the most part. In the past, I put my sleeping bag inside of a SOL escape baby but now I will bring it just in case. It works marvelously. If you notice I had reflective‘s all over my winter gear. The floor, on top of the mat and around my sleeping bag. The rest of my gear is like you described in this video including the calories intake, the water intake and urinating. I have one more tip that I’m pretty sure you’re not going to like like most people don’t but it works and it would be very useful for emergency cases that will be life-threatening. You can drink your own urine because the urine will balance your body temperature as well as your cholesterol, blood sugar, pH and everything else. You don’t have to take it from me but if you research this in TH-cam you will find a whole a lot of people are getting 30 season health conditions cured or improved so much that their lives are changed for the better. I’m talking about arthritis, diabetes, heart conditions, cancer, leprosy, HIV, malaria and everything else. When I mentioned the SOL escape, I meant to say BIVY not baby. I am not trying to make text corrections because I am alone by myself in the house and my wife is the one who helps me do this. It is easier to just insert this explanation.Helps me do this. It is easier to just insert this explanation. I also meant to say heart condition . I’m explaining about the text correction because I am legally blind and this is one of my limitations. Of coarse, all of this year is set up for the weekend adventure and not for the true hiker. I am not a true hiker. I wonder if you would except the challenge of taking me as a legally blind person in one of your backpacking trips here in North Carolina, of course. It’ll be cheaper for me if you come this way. Thank you so much for sharing this video. God bless you.
Great video! Keep them coming! You've mentioned it before, but those of us that can't get out camping ourselves love living vicariously through this stuff!... Also pretty satisfying: buying the PERFECT gear setup for when the opportunity does finally present itself. Awesome channel!
Thanks Alex!!! And thanks again for your support!!!!!!! I live vicariously thru so many channels as well.
One point about importance of type of ground insulation pad. I love the big thick air only mattresses for summer camping, but you will freeze regardless of your bag’s rating if you use one in winter. Use a closed cell pad or
an inflatable pad with foam core to retain maximum warmth and you may even survive if the temperatures drop below the bags rating!
Can I use aluminum foil plus picnic rug under air mattress?
My last winter camp I put one of those packable down blankets from Costco around me inside my sleeping bag. That increased the warmth and insulating properties of my sleeping bag significantly. I was surprised how well it worked. Toasty warm all night.
2 additions: double bubble foil installation used in commercial air systems. 48 inches by 10 foot is about 21 bucks. Super ground insulation and weighs very little. You can actually feel your body heat radiation.
Second: silk long John's
Great tips!
Love this, I did this last yr on top of my summer pad, in -5 deg nights, slept toasty warm.
Is that like reflectix?
I also use those super warmers they beat the heck out of regular hand ones, one in my sleeping bag is often enough to keep me toasty here in Arizona. I like to bring sleeping bag liners(+14°& +25°) to help with temperature fluctuations they make great light covers for the day too. Thx Dan, be well.
Edit: look for mega warmers they are bigger versions of the super hand ones I toss one in my bag b4 bed so I have a toasty warm place to crawl into at night.
Heat bottle water next to camp fire,put in your sleeping bag when your ready for bed I normally put 4 two next to my feet and two near my stomach
Might be a good idea to use a reflective space blanket. The kind that is very thin so it is foldable to a small size. I think it's also called a emergency blanket or sheet. Open it and use it instead your sleeping bag.
Misery or not, overcoming the elements is fun and satisfying.
On a cold clear calm night do not camp in a low spot between high spots/hills/mountains. The heat radiates away higher uphill and the cold air slides downhill like molasses and pools in the low area. The temperature in the low area can be 30-40 degrees cooler than higher uphill.
Thanks that's going to be very helpful to know.
Gettin out to pee is the worst....
I been campin since I was young, and getting out of tent every night just as long.
Finally started using a gatorade/wide mouth sealable bottle.
Have to pee? Turn on light, grab bottle from outside and your good to go. Put back outside when done.
Dump and rinse in am.
It works and you stay in your tent Just dont f it up😄😉
Oly Sasquatch wide mouth is key so the peen fits in and spray doesn’t occur
I use the hand warmers too, the only thing I would add is using the stick on body warmers, put one on each kidney it really warms you up.
I do winter camping in the summer time.
The hand warmers made all the difference for my wife and I! Excellent tip that I don't hear from really anyone else.
Hey DB One of my biggest issues winter camping is having to pee a few times a night..ALWAYS on my top 5 is a pee bottle. A different color than ALL the others of course!. That way you NEVER have to leave the comfort of your cozy cottage.
I was lucky enough to find a yellow Nalgene bottle for my pee bottle. Can't believe that anybody would not have a pee bottle.
ALWAYS put on dry socks right before you get in the sleeping bag.
I use a hot water bottle. So nice by the small of you back. Fill a Nalgene bottle to put at your feet. Reusable and friendly on the environment! Won’t leave home without it. I have also preheated my tent with some burning embers in a frying pan place on a flat rock before getting in my tent. Be sure they aren’t giving off smoke or touch the tent. It helps take the chill and dampness out to start out cozy. Wear a hat and socks, layers if necessary.
Your are right about the ground padding to sleep on Only way to be comfortable is Naked! why i recommend the robe ~ This throw i wouldn't be afraid of going out in sub zero weather with it ! ~ Can use it as a robe, blanket, or to set in
Good point about sleeping bag ratings. Never setup your tent on snow. I carry a 9" x 9" cake pan to remove snow and for other uses. Old Boy Scout tricks: take heat from your fire into your tent. A Nalgene bottle of hot water, wrapped in a towel, will help warm your sleeping bag. Rocks can be used too. Set the cake pan upside down in the vestibule area and place a large hot rock on it to warm your tent for awhile. Socks and shoes near the rock will dry faster. Happy Thanksgiving. Good Luck, Rick
Great tips! Happy thanksgiving as well!
Great job and awesome thinking to link everyone's thoughts on this - that's gonna come in handy for newcomers such as myself and make life a lot easier!! Appreciate the help! 👍🏼
I personally use a hot water bottle in the bottom of my sleeping bag, I also use a hammock I think it's warmer. Especially when you get a underquilt, sleeping bag, quilt, blanket and coat
Number 1 reason for camping in the winter NO BUGS !!!!!!! Lol
I started winter camping at Valley Forge! Seriously, back in '66 with the Boy Scouts, back when Boy Scouts were still real scouts!
Great tips for staying warm. Perfect topic since winter is just around the corner.
grab a hot (not hot enough to melt towel) rock from the fire and wrap in an old towel to place in your bag. rocks stay warm a long time...The bigger the rock the longer the warmth.
You can fill a wide mouth Nalgene with just boiled water, wrap it in your camp towel or extra shirt/sock and put it in the bottom of your sleeping bag 30 min before bed; and you'll have water for the next morning. I also sleep with a Snickers by my head so if i wake up less than warm, eat the bar and it will fuel your body the rest of the night.
Ideally, the bag makes the difference. I have an expedition bag and have slept dozens of nights in single digits and woken up HOT. It's a $500 Zero degree down bag with waterproof SL exterior. I understand a lot of people can not afford such a bag but if you plan on doing a lot of Winter Backpacking it makes life easier and you will not have to carry hand warmers and the like, but it was part of my guiding job so that is that. Good stuff Dan.
There is a reason C that you forgot to mention ... there are maybe some people out there who love your channel, your videos, your work for the community and ... your humour ;-)
Thanks so much Harry!!! That was a great comment to get. Seriously!!!!
SOOOOOOO IMPORTANT!!!!! PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE!!!!!!!!!!!!
It would be cool if you could get to the content more quickly. It’s good stuff. 👍
The pee before bed tip is pretty good all year long. I hate getting up to pee about 3 seasons of the year - but yeah, it's a killer in the winter - your entire shelter and sleep system and your body lose all the heat.
Use a pee bottle in the middle of the night
thanks for sharing the info about the temperature guidelines, i definitely snorted when you said we just wouldn't freeze LOL
Something no-one has mentioned and is very important. Make sure you don't sleep and breath inside your sleeping bag. The condensation in your breathe will be inside your sleeping bag and will freeze overnight. Freezing = death.
That was always my secret trick. Have my nose poking outside the bag. And exhale using my mouth inside the bag... Hrmm
It's not lightweight but I use a MMS sleep system. The 3 piece military system with poly or merino base layers, wool socks, a wool cap, a cozy wool sweater, wool blanket with the woobie poncho liner and I guarantee you I can survive in Siberia with that.
Definitely go to the bathroom before bed. I added a sock to go with my 0 rated quilts for my hammock so far works nicely.
Option C : we're also into hiking, backpacking and gear! Like your video's man! Keep 'em coming ✌️
Zippo makes a rechargeable hand warmer that can be charged by your mini solar panel.
Bring a.2l msr baldder as a hot water bottle. Melt snow with your jetboil or msr windburner ( best burner ive used) . And almost boil it, pour it in.
Wear as many dry layers as u can if its very cold.
Use 2 foam mats, or as i do , 1 z rest and 1 insulated inflatable mat. You loose a lot of heat thru the ground.
Part of the reason to pee before getting in your sleeping bag is your body has to heat that fluid to body temperature throughout the night. Less fluid, less heat expended.
Double up your sleeping pads, add a closed cell foam pad under your inflatable. Use a bivy sack, put the inflatable pad in the bivy with you, this helps trap your body heat. Put hot water in a nalgene and put it in the bag with you, you can also insulate it with clothing like a sock or t-shirt. Sleep socks, have dedicated warm sock for sleeping. Pee Bottle, have a pee bottle or a mountain house bag handy so you don't have to leave your tent. Use your clothes as part of your sleep system, sleeping warmer naked is a myth. Put a mylar blanket between you and your sleeping pad.
Hand warmers saved my butt in the Rockies last year! My sleeping pad failed because it had a small hole in it. Yes the ground will suck the heat out of you!!!!
Hey Dan, one concern from a nurse perspective, it's not recommended to eat a full meal within 2-3 hours before laying down. This can cause damaging acid-reflux even in healthy people. However, a small non-acidic snack would be acceptable. Otherwise, I'm really digging your recommendations. What I enjoy is using some sort of booties to sleep in! I personally use thicker wool socks and layer the booties over them. This always keeps me toasty warm!
Great video Dan, I think the best advice you had was to bring a warmer sleeping bag than you think you need, or a liner. In colder temperatures I take a 0 ‘ bag which is 6’6” . I am 5’11” so I can get down in it plus it even has room for stuff at the bottom like my water filter. I do not worry about condensation inside my bag because I have patented the “ Sleep Snorkle” . The Sleep Snorkle solves the condensation problem and allows one to harness the full potential of your sleeping bag. And you don’t have a cold head or a freezing nose. Happy Thanksgiving! Best!
Thanks a ton! The worst is when you have a sleeping bag that isn’t warm enough! I like the idea of having one a bit larger as well! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
I like to put a Nalgene full of boiling water in my sleeping bag. I'll usually wrap it up in a jacket first to keep it from overheating me. Then if the temperature drops enough in the night, I'll unwrap it and put on the jacket. The water will still have some relative warmth in the morning, so heating water for breakfast will be faster, too.
I like to add a a layer of potholder material (insul-bright) inside my sleeping bag.
It will reflect your heat back but it is also breathable.
One problem I always have while sleeping is my top layer moves and my back gets cold.
I am thinking of buying a cheap painters overall suite and wearing it when I sleep over my base layer.
They are breathable and should hold in the heat.
What I would really like is a onesies for adults but also not make from cotton.
Put moving blankets on top of the tent before you put the rain cover over the tent it insulates the tent. Then you can use a small propane heater then bam free weekend get away from the kids or the inlaws. Or you can get a small generator and power a heater with it.
Boil water and fill a Nalgene. Adds a ton of warmth in the sleeping bag.
Love you Dan but damn there's so much filler. 3:46 and I feel like i just watched so many ads from you. Love your content! But c'mon brother. We support you but we came here for a good talk! Not a couple minutes of ads. Hope you understand
Thanks for the critique! I always appreciate it :-)
I was feeling the same, but disnt want to hurt your feelings because you try so hard. Thank you for the helpful content 😀
U read my mind! Felt like he was going to start pitching a timeshare any second :(
@@MisfitsFiendClub138 I was surprised at how much I had to skip through. Plus I wouldn’t recommend anything he’s prescribed here except for having some hand warmers on hand for emergencies. However just put one on your gut and your core will do the rest. Worst case scenario pull a plastic trash bag over your sleeping bag at your feet.
Put your pad in your bag and bring a sheet. Reflectix makes a great light n cheap extra layer
Awesome, thanks Dan, I'm gonna try for the first time!!
I really understand that you have gained so many followers. Really good video, it felt like being there. I myself am Swedish and love hard winter trips. on my latest I was trapped in an extreme storm for nine days. Really thank you for sharing 🙂👍
Want to sleep warm all night...? Wear wool socks,wool gloves,wool beanie hat...also wrap yourself in a us army wool blanket. Ive done this at 0 degrees at slept like a baby.
I've been in my car for a month now, thought about buying a tent, but a woman outside alone scares me🥴...im 5"8 in a Ford focus, sleeping sitting for one night ok, a month I think I aged 20 yrs this last month.
Great vid🙌
Great tips Dan! Guess i'm lucky to live with the mild winters of Southern California.
Number one camping tip for winter.
Don't camp in sub zero winter temps.
If you don't have the money to buy a real winter sleeping bag that is rated somewhere between -5 and -20. Use two summer sleeping bags. As long as they are not Walmart special summer sleeping bags. Two 15 or 20 degree sleeping bags work great.
Don't be afraid to dress in lots of layers. When I am working around the camp at night or the morning. I have four layers on my bottom half and six layers on my top half.
Eat a snack with high fat content and bring a snack in the tent for later. And make sure what ever food you bring in with you won't freeze and turn into a brick. I like to bring in the tent, peanut-butter balls. Peanut-butter can't freeze.
Eat for 2. Winter camping burns a lot of calories.
Make sure you have a way to insulate you water form the cold so it doesn't freeze solid over night
Don't over layer in your sleeping bag. If you put on too many layers, your body will not heat up the sleeping bag. two or three layer are ok.
I have an old sleeping bag, the zipper screwed up so I removed it. I use it as insulation between me and the ground. Then I use an old wool military blanket to throw over the top of my sleeping bag. I sleep in my underwear with my pants inside my bag to keep them warm. To regulate heat I simply open and close my bag so I’m not too hot or to cold. Works for me.
Spent the first two minutes yakking away before we started to get anywhere the listed topic. Tighten it up bro! I bailed out at around 2:30.
Back in the eighties, I stayed in a camping trailer in a friend's backyard with no heat or electric in Southwest Michigan. I rode a bike a lot, so my blood was moving around pretty good. I had a thin sleeping bag with a quilt my girlfriend had let me use on top of the sleeping bag. In the freezing cold I would strip down to nothing jump in the sleeping bag rub my feet together a little bit to friction heat the other end of the sleeping bag and I would stay toasty all night long, while in the morning my boots were frozen to the floor.
that why I love my ajungilak tyin winter after 10 years it still holds up to - 20°C
sadly the ajungilakis no longer produced
Going to winter camp with over 1000 scouts in January we always stress the importance of a good bag and matt . It was -7oC last year
I know its an old video but I have a space blanket. Not the thin mylar one. Its about thickness of a tarp. And big enough to cover the floor of the tent. Cannot say it makes it a ton warmer but nice layer between floor and ground. And if I get really cold I can grab it and make myself into a burrito
Timely video! I am backpacking in Mount Rainier National Park the first weekend of December, my first winter trip.
Hello Dan, thank you for sharing another informative video. This info is really good for the winter time enthusiasts. All the best to you and your family. 🤗
Thanks again Ronald! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Looooong beginning
Use a plastic tarp as your top layer Large Blanket
Will hold body heat in
Than You! Great! Enjoy winter, its great! =Cosmo
Thanks, Dan Becker! We're camping right before Christmas and yes I'm freaking out. Got the hand warmers, sleeping bag liners, and (since we're car camping) super old school Coleman inflatable pads.
You got this! It’s really not as bad as you think. The coldest part is typically the standing around at camp. Just don’t work up a sweat before bed! Been there, done that, it’s the worst!! 🤣
I line my tent floor with harbor freight moving blankets they cheap and insulate great
In the spring and fall, the mountains of CO will get into the single digits, i have a bag rated at -18, I use Army blankets, use one under the bag and another to cover me if really cold. Also keep you clothes inside the bag and use your jackets over the bag, but inside the army blanket. If you are wearing a sweat shirt, put you feet inside the sweat shirt, helps keep heat in. Been doing this now for about 10 years and I stay warm
I take a 3 season tent, emergency blanket (that doesn't make a lot of noise) under my Xtherm Max with a -15F quilt. I use hot pockets put one in my sleep system before bed, then 2 in-between 2 pairs of socks in down booties, 1 at the low back, 1 at stomach and hold one in my hands....Halifax, Canada EH!!!! We go to the West Coast in the Nova Scotia Valley for New Years...super cold lots of snow and gusting wind...drink hot chocolate with butter, walk just before bed...bathroom then straight to bed....super cozy
The fire joke reminds me of be old adage "light a fire for man, and he'll be warm for the night. Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life"
I saw on Kyle’s channel he likes to use his camp chair down by his feet like a cage, keeping the tent from touching his bag. Big chair guy, that Kyle.🕺🥳
I normally winter camp in shelters as the snow won’t come in em but it’s just a little more challenging and I love it it’s just so cooold
Amen 🙏 weather changes unexpectedly all the time. Agreed bring a sleeping system 20 degrees warmer than the expected temperature.
Heated plastic bottles filled with water with sock on them . Can help inside sleeping bag, if you don't have anything.
i winter camp i w atch most of these. videos to see who else knows how to keep warm in winter with out heaters. i buuld a stone fire place out side my tent and make sure it dont over heat the stones by packing sand around the back sides and top place a heavy quilt over my tent that covers it fully andplace a tarp over it then a tarp around the fire place and tent with a flap cut to open as a door iv had my tent at 85°f when it was -10f out side the tent.
Bold of you to assume that I as a 50 year old won't need to pee at 4am even if I did pee right before sleeping. =D