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A number of my friends take their kids to the desert in December to go dirt biking and they complain with regards to the cold camping. Well, here are a number of tips that I’ve applied when cold weather camping that will make your campout more enjoyable. The evident firstborn tip is to fetch warm clothes. So why am I mentioning this? So, you’ll fetch the right clothes! Bring gloves, ski jackets, wool hats, wool socks, long underwear, turtleneck shirts, sweat pants, sweaters and a large total of extra clothes that you may layer. Unlike summer camping where you may get away with a couple of t-shirts and a pair of shorts. Plan to over pack for the duration of cold weather. As the old adage goes, “It’s posing no difficulty to put on clothes you have than clothes you don’t have!” Shelter – Find a place to shelter your tent from winds. I know it may be hard to do this in a desert, but try to make camp on the edge of a arid lakebed, not in the middle. If the wind seems to be coming from a queer direction, park your vehicle to block the wind. During the day you keep warm by being active – hiking, dirt biking, etc. At night when it gets colder and sleep beacons you is when you need to be prepared. Bedding – Make sure you fetch a large total of warm bedding. I normally take a 0° F rated sleeping bag, a sleeping pad, an extra blanket and a summer ranked sleeping bag. Make sure you have lots of padding amid your sleeping bag and the ground of your tent. If you don’t, the cold ground will suck all the heat out of your body while you sleep! Burrrrr! Sleeping – Before you go to bed, put on your long underwear, wool socks and a wool hat. Your body loses a large total of heat through an exposed head. If you wake up cold, put the extra blanket or summer sleeping bag on top of you or another layer of clothes such as: sweat pants and a sweat shirt. If you get too warm, vent your sleeping bag by opening the zipper, or vent yourself by taking off your wool hat or a layer of clothing. The key is to keep warm, but not to sweat. Perspiration will make you wet and cold. If this happens, peel off your wet clothes and put numerous arid clothes on and get started again. Now aren’t you glad you brought lots of clothes! Warmth – A couple of tricks I use are to build a fire at night so everyone may sit around, chat and get toasty before going to bed. But, also while the fire is burning, put a pot of water on the fire, fetch it not rather to a boil, pour it into a canteen or heavy-duty water bottle and take it to bed with you to warm the sleeping bag! Additionally, it’s always good to have some hot beverage – cocoa or tea prior to bed to put something warm in your body. But, you better rid yourself of the fluids before you go to bed. Nothing is worse than waking up in the middle of a cold night to the “call of nature.” Hopefully you will find these tips utile and feel comfortable sufficient to camp when the weather is cold. Try it! It’s rather a sense of accomplishment. |
