Ten Winter Camping Tips

[wayno]

http://www.thegearcaster.com/the_gearca ... -tips.html

A couple of weeks ago, I was winter camping up in the Ghost River Wilderness Area during an ice climbing trip to Alberta, Canada. With temps dropping down to -20°C or lower each night, I was quickly reminded of all those little winter camping tips collected over numerous high altitude mountaineering expeditions in the past. Looking after yourself in the cold can really make or break your trip.

[Taurë-rana]

Winter camping tip number 1: Don't It's cold enough at home in Tassie without going looking for more of it!

[north-north-west]

Don't be silly. Snowcamping in the Australian Alps is nearly almost as good as bushwalking in Tassie.

[wayno]

winters the best time to get moving to warm up...

[gbedford]

Quite good tips Wayno however the taking wet clothes to bed is a sure way to ice up your sleeping bag. No wonder that bloke had a wet sleeping bag. I drink early but not late or I am certain to be up.

[wayno]

i dont think theres any suggestions you wear wet clothes to bed, you take a sleeping bag that is warm enough to sleep in without clothes.

[gbedford]

Sorry Wayno but this what is written.
Stuff all your clothes for the next day and your boot liners in your sleeping bag. "Take any wet gloves" and shove them down your shirt when you sleep."Gear is more likely to dry when in the warmth of your sleeping bag" and surrounding yourself with clothes will keep you warmer, with less empty space to keep heated.

Now I have spent weeks sleeping in snow caves and tents in the Canadian winter and Alaska. I did take my boot liners, gloves and other damp clothes to bed but I soon learnt to put them inside plastic bags. Keeping them inside a plastic bag inside your sleeping bag might not have dried them very well, but it kept them warm and did not ice up your sleeping bag. Of course using a vapour barrier liner was the best way. Surrounding yourself with dry clothes is a good idea.

[wayno]

i dont take anything on the internet as the gospel... it's someone elses opinion... some of it may be useful some of it may not be...
depends on air humidity. in low air humidity you can loose a fair bit of moisture out of your sleeping bag... in higher humidity you can't.... it may work for this chap where he camps . it may well be low humidity. assuming dew point isnt inside your sleeping bag....
i've slept in damp clothes and had them dry overnight in a sleeping bag and didnt notice any loss of loft in the sleeping bag... but its not something i'd advocate doing as routine... i did it in a dry area in dry weather.