Our take: A great comprehensive overview and getting started guide for winter camping enthusiasts of all experience levels. This book goes beyond our beloved hot tent camping, and travel by traditional snowshoe and toboggan, and covers many useful topics associated with the various approaches to camping and backcountry travel in the northern winter season. A longtime friend of LOTN, Kevin Callan has written numerous wonderful canoe paddle and backcountry camping adventures guidebooks, and has created another gem here.
Publishers Description: Complete Guide to Winter Camping offers advice on selecting a four-season tent and constructing other types of shelter, maintaining personal hygiene, cooking in the cold, choosing a sleep system and getting the right amount of warmth to properly enjoy winter. Chapters on how to read animal tracks, travel safely on ice and identify trees and firewood make this unique book a must-read for anyone tired of spending half their year cooped up indoors!
This updated and revised edition also includes chapters on:
Weather forecasting
Ice fishing
Map and compass navigation
How to read nature to navigate
Dutch ovens and baking in the bush
Clothing, boots and snowshow selection.
Complete with color photos and expert advice from seasoned winter campers and travelers, this book will appeal to both car-camping families and adventurous individuals looking to extend their outdoor activities into another season.
