I am not usually a big fan of cold weather, but your pictures are making me want to plan a weekend camping this weekend.
Wow McGyver, I've done some snow and winter camping in my day as an Eagle Scout but I never had anything close to that sweet set up of yours!
...I recently discovered the Northface Inferno 800 Pro sleeping bag...
Thanks, guys...
I came up with a list of reasons why Winter camping is better than pretty much any other time of the year:
• No bugs
• USUALLY no critters
• No crowded campgrounds
• You don't sweat and stink
• Your friends don't sweat and stink
• Huge fires!
• No ice runs every day
• Beer never gets warm
• With snow on the ground and a full moon, or close to it, night hikes are great
• With nothing else around, listening to snow falling through the branches of the trees is awesome!
• Did I mention huge fires?
As far as keeping warm goes, it's all in knowing what layers your body needs to stay warm when you're out and about. But, for sleeping, I'm done with letting a sleeping bag do the work. I never did like trying to keep my face warm in sub-zero weather and those nature calls in the middle of the night are brutal when you have to jump out as fast as you can. I do bring backups - a sleeping bag and quilts, but I'm all about the Big Buddy heater. Even in -30° weather, when propane heaters are supposed to stop working right, I've figured a way to keep the propane flowing and have the tent at 70° or so.
