Winter solo hot tenting

This will probably be boring to experienced winter campers who know all this stuff, but I thought that newbies to winter hot tenting, or experienced winter trekkers who are looking to go solo, might be interested in this video. I tested out my new solo winter camping hot tent rig, which is a canvas tent with woodstove. I am using a 2-man Snowtrekker tent, and their small woodstove. I am an experienced hot tenter, winter camping in Northwestern Ontario, but have always used larger tents with buddies. This was a shake down trip to try out the new solo gear, and see how heavy it is on a toboggan, ease of set up, take down, etc. The load is much lighter when "cold camping" using open fire technique, so it will be a tough learning curve to shake down the solo hot tent rig to be light and efficient. Good news right from the get go is that it uses far less firewood than cold camping style, so time and effort can be saved foraging for wood.

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• winter
• camping
• boreal
• forest
• trekking
• Snowtrekker
• hot
• tent
• woodstove
• toboggan
• snowshoe
• bushcraft
• axe
• fire
• wool
• canvas
• anorak
• backcountry
• ski
• skiing

[MrDerr32]

Congratulations! Great video.

[Wintertrekker]

@MrDerr32 Thank you!

[0623kaboom]

Decent vid .. gotta love the forest around thunderbay .. did you get lucky and find an area thats NOT forestry designated? .. every time I look up that way its all listed as forestry, or Indian reserve. .. now to check out a few more of your vids .. ;)

[Wintertrekker]

@0623kaboom Thanks Kaboom! That area was already cut over years ago, but they left a generous no-cut reserve around the lake, like most of the lakes here, so the forest near the lakes is full of old, dead standing firewood. The cut areas are back from the lake. The First Nation Reserves are small areas, well spread out, basically for a housing community. But the Treaty Lands cover most of Ontario, wherein FN people have extra rights and can hunt, fish and trap anytime. I am non aboriginal.

[mamanestas]

do you have a carbon monoxide tester? or is there a present danger of it?

[Wintertrekker]

@mamanestas No I don't have one. The stove draws air and sends it up the pipe, so the gasses "want" to go up and out. The tent's door is left open near the bottom for fresh air draw for the stove. And there are two open tube vents at each gable end. CO is heavy so if cool it will be at the floor. That's also why I leave the door open at the bottom. So there is circulation top, bottom, and the stove is taking air in from the floor and sending it out. So I am not worried about CO in this tent.

[Wintertrekker]

@mamanestas Good luck with the build! You will really like hot tenting! Check out my video on stove heat shields. Easy to make from aluminum repair roll from any hardware store. I recommend to everyone to use heat shields for safety, and it makes it far more comfortable too when the stove is blasting heat. Also set your stove up on a slight tilt, rear higher, and that improves the draw and less smoke when you open the door. Be safe! :o)

[mamanestas]

I really like you video , I am making a tent stove right now and would like to try winter camping for the first time. I as well live in Northwestern Ontario and can't wait to get out :)

[Wintertrekker]

@cybercicada Thank you! I might have gone downhill in voice and content since then from my first video. Have about 50 vids posted now! Its an addiction, or disease... :o)

[cybercicada]

Well... if this is your first video, then you are to be congratulated. I very much enjoyed it. You have a wonderful voice (some YouTube artists just don't have a good voice) and I did learn from your video. Thank you for taking the time to create this!