Stay Comfortable in Any Weather: Cold

To keep your energy bars from freezing. You can put them in the pockets closest to your center body mass because that area produces the most heat. And if one does end up frozen, just stick it in your shirt against your skin. Or in the waistband of your pants to thaw it out.

Use a lightweight fleece bag to boost your sleeping bag about 10• also put a bed of pine needles under your tent as a insulator.

To warm up energy bars, you can simply put them in your pocket or if you have one, the cargo pocket of your pants.

Instead of using chemical warmers to thaw out boots, simply put the boots in a garbage bag (you should have several...they're very handy!) and put them in your sleeping bag while you're sleeping. The same concept is good for stove fuel and water bladders as well. It's also a good idea for drying out used socks.

I just like to snuggle up to my man Marko

Butt sex with your "partner" helps also.

Put a chemical hand warmer in your camera case when it gets cold. Keeps your batteries working and much better than stowing the camera close to the body and having it condensate.

Put a chemical hand warmer in your camera case when it gets cold. Keeps your batteries working and much better than stowing the camera close to the body and having it condensate.

Put your boots in a stuff sack in the bottom of your sleeping bag. They will be toasty when wake up.

Carb up and stay warm all night..Before bed have some fatty food--mine is pepperonie and cheese on a Triscuit--just don't tell your heart doc about it.

For siting tents: in rain I avoid sleeping under trees as the drips can get very big and wet you if you get up during the night.

In snow: pitching your tent lee to a cornice but still close is a good idea as the cornice indicates an area of still air. This only works as long as the cornice formed in the same air direction as is currently or forecast to blow in.

We camped at a site like this on a long ridgeline and found the next day it was the most sheltered site on the whole ridgeline.

Bears should not be a problem in winter since they hibernate.

Bears are usually hibernating in the winter and dont usually venture into cold alpine altitudes. stick the candy in your bag, youll be safe and warm

Please be careful when you advise people to take candy bars into their tents to snack on during the night. In bear country you must hang all food items. The same advice goes for cooking and eating inside your tent. Bears have an amazing sense of smell.

Wear vapor barrier clothing to bed or use a vapor barrier sleeping bag liner.