The easiest way I have found to stay warm is to take my wife, who’s going through menopause, camping with me. She heats up the whole truck….of course this only works when it’s cold.
Moving from inactive to active is something that is challenging when winter camping and takes some experience to master. My general rule of thumb is, "If you're at a comfortable temperature sitting in a chair, then remove one layer BEFORE you start any activity." It could be a recreational activity like snowshoeing or skiing, or it could be work around the campsite like splitting wood. Either way take off a layer first!
Awesome video! Remember, Propex propane heater is much more reliable, produces less condensation, lacks nasty diesel fumes, and doesn’t require carrying extra messy fuel. Love my Propex 2800. Highly recommended!!
For cold weather sleeping, I find a couple heavy weight wool blankets layered in an S fold provide good insulation with minimal loss of bottom insulation due to compression. for added warmth and comfort, I have sleeping bag liners allowing me to layer according to my thermal needs. The inner most layer is a summit coolmax bag liner with bug shield (permetherin), followed by a pair of fleece layers (one gives about a +12deg F bonus while the other is closer to 20deg) outside of that is a space blanket (by then I do not really get into cold enough temperatures to not wake up sweating and divesting myself of a layer or two before I crawl back in bed after taking a leak. The same concept can be done with a mummy bag is you really want to get into sub zero camping, but I consider a mummy bag to be primarily for zero deg F and down. for that purpose I would replace my owl mummy bag with a proper zero degree mummy bag, and get a similar collection of bag liners that my bed roll uses. I just do not see enough sub zero temps to justify it at this time. I estimate my sleep system paired with a zero degree mummy bag would keep me comfortable down to -20 to -30 without rapping the mummy bag in my blankets. As a note about the boots and gators. There is a reason they used to use fur trim at the throat of the boot. It catches the majority of the snow and keeps it out. I had a set of such boots as a kid playing a LOT in midwest lake effect snow with up to 2 feet of snow up my legs and never had a problem with wet feet. But after getting teased about girls boots one time too many, the next year when I needed new boots, I got some with a removable felt lining and always soaked the liners. Had to pull them out to dry at school and again overnight every day. Those fur cuffs worked. These days I use neoprene oversocks for wet weather, or the rare snowfall in my area. Though my snake boots offer 16" of water proof boot, so it is rare that my feet get wet anymore. I just wish I had gotten a pair that was biog enough to fit double layers of wool socks.
An alternative to the glove heater trick I recommend are heated socks You can get ones that run on usb or have a dedicated battery pack that runs all night. Can be had under $50 and double as great snowboard/ski socks
Agree with you about the heated blanket, however since they do eat up the power I transitioned to a XL heating pad, use hardly no power and keeps everything toasty. Although that 12V blanket may have to be considered. Keep On Truckin!
I cannot recommend Wiggys clothing and sleeping bags highly enough. The insulation isn’t affected by moisture. So it’s really good for car camping as all the moisture from your breath won’t compromise the bag. I’m cheap, I don’t want to use electricity or fuel while I’m sleeping. So the car is cold, I bundle up and cover my face with a Wiggys blanket. Just to keep the cold air from directly hitting my face and shoulders. Leave the blanket loose for air flow, don’t need to be suffocating lol.
I picked up a diesel heater for my hunting blind. I've always used Buddy Heaters in the past, but carbon monoxide poisoning has always been a concern. The diesel heater has been a much better option.
Hey Mike thanks for the share of info. Would love to see a hot tent would love to see a FSR HUB6XL with a stove since ground camping is all I can do kinda hard to do the RTT thing in a wheelchair . I basically just sleep in whatever vehicle I’m adventuring in but have been wanting to change it up and any videos with advice from you would be great looking for real solutions not unused setups just for the gram lol. Hope you consider this stay well and hope your new years kicks off right.
On a video titled "cold weather camping advice" - you're asking about the mission? I guess I don't follow the question... are you asking what the mission of camping is?
The easiest way I have found to stay warm is to take my wife, who’s going through menopause, camping with me. She heats up the whole truck….of course this only works when it’s cold.
Makes sense, and then the only fuel source you need is food.
Great point!
@@LastLineOfDefenseif things get really bad, Donner Party the wife? 😅😅😅😅 I joke.
or just take a lion. Same thing and a little more reasonable.
@@Onnitfan1😂😂
Moving from inactive to active is something that is challenging when winter camping and takes some experience to master. My general rule of thumb is, "If you're at a comfortable temperature sitting in a chair, then remove one layer BEFORE you start any activity." It could be a recreational activity like snowshoeing or skiing, or it could be work around the campsite like splitting wood. Either way take off a layer first!
Im from the flathead valley you're pretty accurate. I always tell people 4 to 6 ways to start a fire, a good knife, saw you'll be ok. Good chann
Multi day subzero hammock camping is the way to go!
The comfort range of my hammock set up is -15 degrees to 90 degrees. I can make it feel like the inside of my house throughout that range.
Awesome video! Remember, Propex propane heater is much more reliable, produces less condensation, lacks nasty diesel fumes, and doesn’t require carrying extra messy fuel. Love my Propex 2800. Highly recommended!!
That's an entirely different class of heater
For cold weather sleeping, I find a couple heavy weight wool blankets layered in an S fold provide good insulation with minimal loss of bottom insulation due to compression. for added warmth and comfort, I have sleeping bag liners allowing me to layer according to my thermal needs. The inner most layer is a summit coolmax bag liner with bug shield (permetherin), followed by a pair of fleece layers (one gives about a +12deg F bonus while the other is closer to 20deg) outside of that is a space blanket (by then I do not really get into cold enough temperatures to not wake up sweating and divesting myself of a layer or two before I crawl back in bed after taking a leak.
The same concept can be done with a mummy bag is you really want to get into sub zero camping, but I consider a mummy bag to be primarily for zero deg F and down. for that purpose I would replace my owl mummy bag with a proper zero degree mummy bag, and get a similar collection of bag liners that my bed roll uses. I just do not see enough sub zero temps to justify it at this time. I estimate my sleep system paired with a zero degree mummy bag would keep me comfortable down to -20 to -30 without rapping the mummy bag in my blankets.
As a note about the boots and gators. There is a reason they used to use fur trim at the throat of the boot. It catches the majority of the snow and keeps it out. I had a set of such boots as a kid playing a LOT in midwest lake effect snow with up to 2 feet of snow up my legs and never had a problem with wet feet. But after getting teased about girls boots one time too many, the next year when I needed new boots, I got some with a removable felt lining and always soaked the liners. Had to pull them out to dry at school and again overnight every day. Those fur cuffs worked. These days I use neoprene oversocks for wet weather, or the rare snowfall in my area. Though my snake boots offer 16" of water proof boot, so it is rare that my feet get wet anymore. I just wish I had gotten a pair that was biog enough to fit double layers of wool socks.
An alternative to the glove heater trick I recommend are heated socks
You can get ones that run on usb or have a dedicated battery pack that runs all night.
Can be had under $50 and double as great snowboard/ski socks
Agree with you about the heated blanket, however since they do eat up the power I transitioned to a XL heating pad, use hardly no power and keeps everything toasty. Although that 12V blanket may have to be considered. Keep On Truckin!
Good stuff man. Thanks for the tips. I have those Baffin boots too they are nice. I definitely want to do more winter camping as well
Thank you, it helped.
Thank you for all the great suggestions!
Gotta get on that darn tough train for wool socks!
I just did last week and is a pretty significant difference
I cannot recommend Wiggys clothing and sleeping bags highly enough. The insulation isn’t affected by moisture. So it’s really good for car camping as all the moisture from your breath won’t compromise the bag.
I’m cheap, I don’t want to use electricity or fuel while I’m sleeping. So the car is cold, I bundle up and cover my face with a Wiggys blanket. Just to keep the cold air from directly hitting my face and shoulders. Leave the blanket loose for air flow, don’t need to be suffocating lol.
Thanks for the videos Mike!!!!
I picked up a diesel heater for my hunting blind. I've always used Buddy Heaters in the past, but carbon monoxide poisoning has always been a concern. The diesel heater has been a much better option.
Hey Mike thanks for the share of info. Would love to see a hot tent would love to see a FSR HUB6XL with a stove since ground camping is all I can do kinda hard to do the RTT thing in a wheelchair . I basically just sleep in whatever vehicle I’m adventuring in but have been wanting to change it up and any videos with advice from you would be great looking for real solutions not unused setups just for the gram lol. Hope you consider this stay well and hope your new years kicks off right.
Come to Utah and we can do a dope hot tent back country snow shoe party
Nice GTR 😀
I’d say do the roughing it on your own once and then decide if you want to make a video out of the next trip
May be off topic but what boots are you wearing in the video?
Getting my gear list re-dialed in
A continual process for sure
What kind of tents were those guys using?
Damn should of did that video camping with your 4th gen😢
Mike what kind of vertx bag is that again and how many liters is it
Nice GTR bro 😂
I 🥶 I 🥶 I🥶 need a mission 🥶, to try and 🥶 stay warm in the 🥶 co co 🥶 kold 🥶
Are you wearing Lems???
Do you still make holsters?
Yup, www.llod.us/holsters
26:03 poo poo and doo doo….I got a kick out of it!
Wear can I get the flannel you are wearing?
It's the "Last Line Flannel" that I designed - vertx.com/last-line (you can use code "LASTLINE" to save 15% off.
That thumbnail would been nice If we joined for the ride.
Where does Mike live???
Kansas
Florida
California
Dude you live in snowy Colorado and you don’t have a favorite sock???. Darn tough socks are the only answer to socks (summer or winter) !
And the mission was......?
To stand around the vehicles and ....... get cold?
welcome to the world of overlanding content
On a video titled "cold weather camping advice" - you're asking about the mission? I guess I don't follow the question... are you asking what the mission of camping is?
Check out Luke from the Outdoor Boys UA-cam channel content for more of a minimal winter camping style.
Yeah, don’t do it. It’s no fun.