Winter backpacking

[Kyle]

Anyone hike/backpack/camp in the cold weather? If so where have you gone?

[Mark]

Can we show you how we "winter camp" in Montana?

After decades of shivering on ensolite ground pads waiting for
the dawn, we broke down and purchased a "toasty warm" wall tent.
It makes a great base camp for ski trips.
When you use a sled you don't care how much weight you drag in. :o)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X6rw5McXvQ

Mark & the "Crew" @
MontanaPictures.Net
"The website for people homesick for Montana."

[Ed Denbow]

Like you, I enjoy the warmth of a heated wall-tent after years of cold camping.

[Katana Guttman]

I love the picture! Is that a pet or working dog? I ask as it seems to be popular to do dog sledding tours in the winter.

[Ed Denbow]

His name is Sampson and he's the family pet. When he was younger I put packs on him and he'd at least carry his own dog food. Now he goes along and can't wait to curl up beside my sleeping bag close to the stove!

[Mark]

Ed, nice shot of your Snowtrekker Winter Tent.
We pour soy wax into last Summer's Gatorade containers
to make camping candles. You can see in this
shot of 2008 camp near Seeley Lake, Montana what a nice
addition the "orange" candle light makes to a ski camp.

[Coty]

My niece and I have took a new years trip to the Guadalupe Mountains for the past five years.......Sometimes the weather is pleasant, but we've also spent nights down to 16 degrees and days where it was a challenge to keep our water from freezing solid. One of my favorite things about going places in the winter time is the solitude.