Traditional Winter Travel Camping with a Snowtrekker Tent & Toboggans

Traditional winter travel and camping are a lot of hard work! On this short 3 day trip, you will see techniques of traditional winter camping and travel across frozen lakes in Algonquin Provincial Park. This style of traditional winter travel and camping has been adopted from Indigenous peoples and when done correctly it makes the sometimes harsh winter season extremely enjoyable and livable.

Join Alec and Paige as they haul their handmade toboggans loaded with gear, a Snowtrekker canvas hot tent, and a wood stove. Using traditional style snowshoes to travel 25km through the wilderness, navigating ice-covered and sometimes slush-covered lakes. This route is a modified version of the popular Canoe Lake Loop in Algonquin, an area they know well in open water seasons but have never experienced in the winter.

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[dwrivers]

LMAO with your stache! Awesome trip, very nice winter setup. I didn’t know you were both Algonquin guides in your past, that explains your extensive skills and stamina.

[donthomas]

The best part is the hot drink, warm tent and blazing hot partner. Winter camping is for close friends only.

[bonpecheur]

We dont see that too often that kind of video where the hot tent is move everyday up to the next spot, such hard work to do everyday, even more so with the deep snow and the slushy lakes, my god ! It takes a lot of determination to wake up each day, pack everything, open the trail, and reset the camp each night 😵‍💫, so the only thing I can say to you guys is " chapeau " like we say in french,
Thanks for the video,
Sylvain, Québec

[FreakofNature]

Beautiful! Nice to see that area frozen over.❄️☃️ You guys are machines, the ending says it all 😂 thanks for sharing🍻

[alexs]

Can't believe you've found a woman who would do this 3 day trip let alone 2 weeks in Quetico. Paige is a real trooper.

[jaysway]

Love the ice stache. Very rewarding but winter travel is hard.

[sarahdownes]

What an incredible adventure! the sound quality and snow crunching was SO good ❄️

[ianmacrae]

You two are endurance athletes to pull that off! Well done. Enjoyed the video with the scenery and your experiences along the way. Keep adventuring!

[jacqueline]

What a wonderfully challenging trip, excellent training for your next adventure for sure! With Paige's good cooking there will be no worries, lots of good food for energy! That was one crazy stache, too funny! Thanks for sharing. :) :)

[stevefrompeterborough]

Great trip video. Love the ice stache.

[jimhanson]

Wow, ready for bed.. well done guys..truly awesome

[nicholaspeterson]

Super cool. Love your videos. Would you be willing to share the brand of your black Anorak?

[coffee-deet]

Pretty cool video - thank you for sharing. Absolutely like your winter setup with the snow trekker tent. Looking forward to the Quetico experience - hope you share some videos from there as well.

[subarcticgrizz]

Great video. Where did you pick up your 3" stove pipe?

[dougmacrae]

Impressive once again. I’ve done a few hot tent trips and have yet to move once never mind every day. You two are hardcore.

[acutter]

what is the strap that you use to pull the toboggan ? where did you get it ?