How to Stay Warm: Winter Camping Tips & Tricks

By A Mystery Man Writer

Cold-weather camping opens up whole new wonderful worlds for outdoors enthusiasts. In winter, recreation areas swarmed in warmer months can be blissfully quiet. Reduced road and trail access in the off-season can make even small wildlands feel expansive. Then there’s the splendid seasonal beauty: the snow-cloaked landscape, the pristine night skies, all the critters suited up in thick winter coats, breathing out photogenic plumes of vapor, and leaving their elegant trackways through drifted woods and across frozen lakes. But tapping into the splendor and solitude of the wintry backcountry comes with real challenges. Mother Nature this time of year isn’t quite so forgiving as she is in the balmy summer or early autumn. The stakes when camping in cold weather go up considerably. Hypothermia and frostbite are major concerns and can set in surprisingly quickly—sometimes with irreversible consequences. People suffering