Camoing in the snow

[Ardi]

As per the topic...

Camping in the snow. Who has done it? What are your tips?

Keen to give it a go!

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[Rumpig]

Technically it's not the same as the topic heading...lol...sorry can't help though, it doesn't snow here

[03GV]

All white onesie? 

[plusnq]

http://prepare-and-protect.net/2015/11/snow-camouflage-patterns/

[glenm64]

Hardcore or crazy. Not sure which.

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[Bird]

the only way to do it
http://www.lcool.org/trips/SnowTrip05/snowtrip05.htm
http://www.lcool.org/trips/snowtrip07/snow.html

[Paddler Ed]

-Rug up.
-Persuade the other half it's a good idea - easier to grab some body warmth that way!
-Layers - lots of... I use a doona and a sheet when it's cold, and then put a fleece blanket in between the doona and the sheet when really cold. It captures the heat better than having it on the top of the doona.

With the vehicle:
-make sure the battery is in good condition,
-if it's really cold that it's running alpine diesel
-the correct mix of coolant (which also works as anti-freeze)
-diesels check the glow plugs are working properly (and remember to wait for the light to go out first... amazing how many don't, and it only needs to be down to about -8 for that to be a problem)
-check all the lights work
-fill washer bottle with screen wash (again, works as antifreeze and stops the water freezing when it hits the screen)

Based on growing up in the UK, and driving over there during winters and occasionally camping, it's not that hard if you prepare properly.

Make sure that the gas is a propane/butane mix - butane freezes at a warmer level than propane; we've had it freeze at about 2 degrees. There are times that I like using a Coleman liquid fuel stove (Shellite) as it pretty much won't freeze.

[Troopy_03]

I thought, from the topic, it was going to be about canoeing in the snow. But yes, sounds like something of a torture test to me too.

[Paddler Ed]

I thought, from the topic, it was going to be about canoeing in the snow. But yes, sounds like something of a torture test to me too.

That's easy... just the paddle and edges to control the boat... watching out for fences and moguls as they damage the boats...

But if on the water, then the problem is the ice on the surface and the icicles in the eddys... drysuits and not swimming solve that problem...

[austastar]

Hi,



It can be fun!


Cheers

[Pete79]

But high vis jackets are terrible for camoing in the snow.

This guy wins.....

[Traveller]

Not sure if you mean with a camper trailer or not.

If you are then we were in the high country on the first day of summer a couple of years ago and had about 2 inches of snow overnight. It was lovely and basically disappeared by lunch time the next day.

A couple of things I learnt from the experience are:
- Snow is very quiet and you don't know it's happening.
- Some pr*ck doesn't sneak in and steal your mat outside the camper during the night, it is actually under the snow. (Getting up for a pee in the wee hours without brain fully functioning.)
- Snow is heavy and you need to get it off the camper as it starts to stress the bows and guy ropes.
- Snow is not that easy to get off the trailer, particularly when it is still coming down, it's dark, and you only dashed out to pee and didn't rug up.
- Snow seems to keep the camper warm.
- We were lucky and there was no wind so wasn't that cold, but with some wind it would have been bitter.
- There is no way we would purposely camp, in a trailer, in the snow for more than a night.

This is the camper mid morning with still about an inch off snow on some of it.

[Troopy_03]

Hi,



It can be fun!


Cheers

you haven't convinced me yet... 

[burks]

There is no way we would purposely camp, in a trailer, in the snow for more than a night.

I used to ski tour a bit in my younger, sillier days. Hiking packs, cross-country skis, heading out from Hotham and exploring the country outside the resort up there. Never once really felt the cold, but we'd usually camp at a hut so there was somewhere to cook not in our snow tents. They were only about 800mm high or so to be as aerodynamic as possible, and you'd still wake up almost buried sometimes, but never cold. In those tents, there's not much air around you to heat up, so throw two (sometimes three) bodies in a 2-man tent, and you're golden!

I'm shivering even thinking of being in that cold in a camper!

[briann532]

I did try going "camo" in the snow, but had a issue with shrinkage...............

Seriously though, we love winter camping.
Just rug up and make sure you have good thermal gear and a good quality sleeping bag.

We also love our little "bum warmers" around the fire. A frypan or cast iron pot with a shovel of coals in it. Lasts ages and keeps you warm.
Some friends use heat beads, but I don't really like the smell.

Have a go, if you don't like it, don't do it again.

Best wishes,
Brian