Thread: winter touring
View Single Post
Old 10-12-10 | 11:11 PM
  #15  
Bekologist's Avatar
Bekologist
totally louche
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 18,023
Likes: 12
From: A land that time forgot

Bikes: the ever shifting stable loaded with comfortable road bikes and city and winter bikes

yes.



Tips and tricks from many years winter camping,

Puffy insulated clothes for off the bike, candlelantern for tent, stove board, mukluks for around camp, white gas stove to melt water, sit pad, two sleeping pads, full double wall (no mesh, or closeable mesh) tent. Leather gloves over thin liners, shell pants and jacket for riding, lots of wool layers, bandanas for face, windproof hats for under helmet. Keep shoes in sleeping bag, melt lots of water, always be drinking a hot beverage around camp, hot water bottle in sleeping bag at night, eat lots of fats for calorie needs.

there's a few major upsides to winter camping -no bugs, no crowds, no problems finding water, lots of tent time - bring a book!

Here's a video from a late spring trip bike riding to go ski camping at Chinook Pass in Mount Rainier National Park, it was cold and i camped on snow, but there was lots of daylight. Hung out for four days of skiing, a great trip, absolutely fantastic.


Last edited by Bekologist; 10-13-10 at 12:13 AM.
Bekologist is offline  
Reply