2022 WINTER CAMPING GEAR LIST // And Have Fun Doing It!

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[JustinOutdoors]

Here are videos with the winter hiking and camp clothing that I use!

[baijokull]

I was out camping this weekend and woke up to a condensation nightmare. I had set up for a two night stay and the temps were at around -6C (20f) for most of yesterday and when I went to sleep last night. My breath and the condensation from the air had been freezing on the inside of my tent for the two nights so there was almost a layer of ice over the entire inner surface of the tent. Then at around 5am a new weather system moved in with temperatures well above freezing and pouring rain. This melted all the pretty frost on my tent and turned it into more rain so now I had raining inside and outside my tent even if I didn't have any leaking so I got to wake up to cold rain on my face :D Ended up packing early and hiking off to my car. Never trust the weatherman!

[ottawavalleybushcraft]

You briefly spoke about a first kit and then went into talking about blades. Thus is a good opportunity to mention the importance of having at least one tourniquet on you for backcountry trips. I can't stress enough the value of a fast way to self rescue a bleed or save your friends.

[adrielmolk]

Thanks so much for making this brilliant video! I love using sleeping bag liners. Happy adventures!

[chriseidam]

I love your videos Justin.

I bought a Zpacks Arc Haul in 2019 and it is nice, but just too small for winter hiking or for comfort hiking (chair, etc.). So after much research I bought the Seek Outside Divide 79L this spring. It is fantastic and extremely versatile.

Depending on how I set up the Divide, it could be a half-pound heavier than the Arc Haul, but it is a true 79L, it has massive side pockets (chair, tent, bottles), and it actually "carries" lighter than the Arc Haul, designed to carry up to a whopping 200 lbs.!. It also can fit a Bear Vault horizontally.

My one beef with this pack is that the velcro frame adjuster straps can rub their sharp, slightly-curled, squared edges into my back. Seek Outside should round the edges so no sharp corners exist. I will be throwing duct tape over those corners for my next trip.

For my new 4p mid tent I chose the Locus Gear DCF Khafra with a 4/5ths net inner that I will not bring on winter trips, just using a sheet of Tyvec as a ground cloth and laying a wide piece of Reflectix upon which to lay my Big Agnes 4.7 R or 4.3 R 25" x 76" air pads. Again, I just got this tent in 2021. The mid outer tent alone weighs about one pound.

I also bought the Locus Gear carbon fiber tent pole for car camping, and I also have HMG rubber pole straps to join my trekking poles together to make a one, long tent pole.

The tent inner floor is silnylon, not DCF. I plan to get a half inner from HMG for summers because it features a DCF floor. HMG does not make a 4/5ths inner.

Locus Gear has superb workmanship, but you will pay an extreme price. I am not rich, but function, quality and comfort combined translate into great value for me. It should last several thousand miles.

Instead of cutting logs for fires, I use a Trail Designs Sidewinder gassifying stove which can very efficiently burn alcohol, Isbit, Dragon fuel or twigs and sticks. It is simply the best all-around stove in the world. I can just grab a dead branch and casually break it up to feed the fire with little effort. Yes, it can throw pretty reasonable heat.

It rarely gets below 0°F where I winter camp on the AT in Massachusetts and Connecticut, so I just use a UGQ 0° quilt combined with duck down puffy pants, down booties and a down puffy jacket.

I like your tip on laying a synthetic blacket over the down quilt to keep the quilt shell dry. I had recently tried using a Uco candle lantern to reduce condensation in my 3F UL Lanshan 2 in our wet fall this year, but it did not seem to help. And it is easy to bump the lantern with my head in most tents, spilling wax all over, though I am sure that will not be an issue in (tall) 4p mids or tipi tents. Maybe it will work in deep cold to reduce frost. It makes for a great nightlight, though, burning nine hours.

The only thing I dislike about the Khafra is that there is no way to hang a clothesline, lights nor candle lantern. So I just bought some Zpacks DCF stick-on guyouts to stick to the inside walls for only $1 US each. I will hang a line from one side to the other.

It is a large tent for one guy, but I am 6' tall, so I love the extra head and foot room and not having to worry about the footbox of my quilt getting wet from hitting a wet or frosty wall.

I bought a used, cheap down mummy bag for $30 and unsuccessfully converted it into a quilt. However, I turned the hood I cut off into a down hood-hat, so I ended up getting my money's worth.

BTW, I love those toothpaste tablets. They are so much better than paste in a tube.

Maybe the best thing about this set up is that I can use my Helinox Chair Zero and the wood stove inside my tent (if I leave the door flap open for fresh air). That makes the 4p so much better than the Khufu 2p by Locus Gear, IMO.

I love winter backpacking. No bugs. Never any full sites. Anybody you meet is a true backpacker, not a boozehound weekend poser, and they are eager to share a campsite and shoot the breeze. Also, I do not have to worry about bears if I want to eat inside my tent.

Happy trails to all and Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow ugly Americans.

[Mapleaple]

This was so clean and straight to the point. Lots of really good small videos to compliment the items you are showing. Amazing audio and great scenes.

[josephoconnor]

I love the MHW AMG 75 so much, I also bought the 55 and the 105...Best winter packs going IMO...

[brentmcallister]

That air mattress pump works get for get fires going too! Dual purpose.

[brianwalter]

I loved this video. I used to do a lot of winter camping, but I haven't gone for quite a while now. I really enjoy watching winter camping videos and I must say, your selection of gear comes closest to matching, in function, what I used. I've seen a number of videos where I really question what they are doing, not so with what I have seen with your videos.

I have one suggestion for you to try that I found helped with moisture control when sleeping. Try placing a small wool blanket between your sleeping bag and your mattress. It will absorb moisture, keeping your sleeping bag drier. You can dry the wool blanket out in front of a fire in the evening before you go to bed. The blanket only needs to go from your shoulders to mid thigh region, so it doesn't need to add much weight.

I love your collapsible pee bottle. If I go winter camping again, I'll have to get one of those.

[coolcatdj]

finally found the perfect channel that meets my requirements with my surroundings. keep it up bro. subd, liked, commented. good luck.

[JourneyWellness]

Getting prepped for my for FIRST cold weather trips in Nova Scotia this year and this was really helpful. I didn't think of keeping my InReach IN my coat but that makes so much sense. Also for us women, the shewee combined with the pee bottle would be perfect cause squatting the middle of the night is too cold at the best of times! Thanks again!

[Redsr]

Another thing Wich I found worked really well for a battery and light system is a millwukee m12 rover light . Bring 2 small batteries and your set and u can also hang it on rope or a nail and it charged devices really well to with a built in usv port . The way it’s designed to u can set it down and it stands up by itself really well

[ColinZwirner]

This is the most helpful winter camping video I have ever seen. Thank you!

[sheerwillsurvival]

Only channel I found that’s 100% that I agree with great channel and I have been trained in alpine and arctic and cold weather training for years 👊🏻also warming butt wipes in arm pit before use helps 😉. Also putting compression foam under air mattress 100%. Also having that beautiful woman with you like the one in this video will keep you real warm 😉

[littleteethkeith]

I’m gonna start winter camping this winter. I’m so excited.

[protoearth]

I can’t believe you fit all of that winter sleep system into your bag! Can ya show your packing procedure?

[ukeofdm]

If you are new to winter camping, don't forget. It may seem that he is spending a ton of money on comfort, but warmth is a matter of survival, not comfort in the winter. I live in the mountains in Colorado and have learned the hard way how important this is. Sometimes there are cheeper options than what he uses. But his are obviously the best option. Where as mine are the cheep/ replaceable option for poor people like me haha.

[Max-golr]

At 6:17, Damn 750l in a bottle, it is really comfort camping if you can bring a pool with you.

[Lv_o]

Pee bottle just might make the Xmas gift list. 😉👍. Actually, several good gift ideas.

[SuperdutyExplorer]

I'm doing gear testing now, I've watched this video may times... with what I can fit in a 65L pack I'm struggling under 10f... just started into learning backpacking, was a day hiker/truck camper before. Work summers n off winters in Wisconsin!