Cold Overnight trip to Frontenac Park

[ggreaves]

On Friday night 4 of us did an overnight at site 11 in the park. The mercury read -20C overnight. On the trip were jimmay, who I met through the forums and also 2 soon-to-be hangers Tom and Steve who love to winter camp.

Although Jim loves to hammock, he also loves hot tenting in the winter. This turned out to be a new (and quite comfortable) experience for the rest of us as we moved the campfire and cooking and general lollygagging indoors where it was balmy.


My pulk with hammock, pad, pod, quilts all bundled up and ready to hang.


Tom coming out of the hot tent


Roughing it.

It's so nice to have a warm oasis out of the elements and we all enjoyed a hearty dinner and some mind lubricant for dessert before Steve and I retired to our cold camping beds for the night.


Toasty in the pod and canvas sock


Steve's abode.


Quinzee!




Packing up.


Jim's freight toboggan.

This is my 4th outing this winter and although you mn folks often go quite cold, this is the first time for me below 0F and I was quite comfortable. We're looking forward to getting out again in March. Now.. To find a canvas hot tent I can hang inside....

[Veto 65]

Looks like you guys had a great time. Thanks for posting

[Jcavenagh]

hey, greaves take a look...go to wawhiker's Utoob page and he has several vids of his setup

[BrianWillan]

This is my 4th outing this winter and although you mn folks often go quite cold, this is the first time for me below 0F and I was quite comfortable. We're looking forward to getting out again in March. Now.. To find a canvas hot tent I can hang inside....

You mean like this:



I have since gotten a new stove and use a DIY bridge hammock.

PM me if you have any questions about it.

Cheers

Brian

[Chard]

Nice report and pics.

Glad to see you managed to get out and do some hanging and those hot tents sure do look nice. Did anyone try sleeping in the quinzee?

[ggreaves]

Nice report and pics.

Glad to see you managed to get out and do some hanging and those hot tents sure do look nice. Did anyone try sleeping in the quinzee?

Steve crawled in to have a look around but nobody slept in it. The ceiling was pretty low. I think it had been there a couple weeks. It would have been interesting to try if you had a waterproof bivy to keep the bag dry. At -20, I certainly didn't feel like experimenting. The wiggy's bag in the hammock sock is more of a "sure thing" for keeping warm.