Steve Gorman’s book Winter Camping is a comprehensive guide to enjoying the great outdoors in cold and snow weather. A former Maine wilderness guide, Gorman shares his substantial expertise and personal tips on gear selection, travel ideas for skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing, winter safety, weather and health, injury prevention, hypothermia, winter rescue, making camp and much more.
Special sections include how to build a snow cave in an emergency, how construct a shelter out of blocks of snow, how start a fire or a stove in the snow, and how recognize and prevent hypothermia and how to treat it once it has set in. The Winter Camping guide is frequently used for wilderness classes and is published by the Appalachian Mountain Club. It retails for about $50 new.
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January 12th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I recently discovered your blog and wanted to bring your attention to a winter camping resource that you might find interesting - http://www.WinterCampers.com
There is a comprehensive collection of Winter Camping Articles from varied journals and newspapers.
The discussion of Winter Camping Skills includes an article on How to Get Started Winter Camping, there are special tips on Leave No Trace for Winter Campers, there are Trip Logs and Photos from past adventures, how to build snow shelters, advanced Winter Camping Tips, Winter Camping Recipes and a Winter Camping Video.
Winter Camping Gear includes several gear reviews, a Sample Gear List, a discussion of The Ten Essentials and examples of What’s In My Pack? by different winter campers.
The Lighter Side of Winter Camping includes: a collection of Winter and Wilderness Survival Quizzes, a tongue in cheek Winter Camping Application, Winter Camping Poems, Winter Camping Quotes and the Top Ten List Reasons to Go Winter Camping.
The BLOG has the latest winter camping news, pictures and chatter.
The website is not for profit and tries to help others celebrate the winter camping experience.
Please give it your consideration.