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Snow camping in the backcountry
On this page we will provide you with the basic knowledge you need to go snow camping. If you are new to snow camping you should definitely read this section and afterwards go to our links section for more info. Even if you are an experienced snow camper we hope you will still learn a thing or two from this page.
Bill's Snowcamping Site
This is a site about camping in the backcountry in the wintertime. You can get there on snowshoes, cross country skis, or by snowmobile. This website will tell you all you need to know about spending the night in the snow, whether you intended to do so or you just got stuck and are forced to stay the night.
Low Prices - Breakcamp.com
Camping Gear, Outdoor Equipment
Expedition Reports
Illustrated documentations of mountain expeditions to test new mountaineering equipment.
PlanetMountain
Italian magazine provides information about climbing, skiing, and mountaineering. In Italian and English.
Snow Shelters
What type of snow shelter to build for the night or for an emergency depends on the conditions and how much time you have.
Martin the Outdoor Fanatic's Website about the Outdoors
Outdoors fanatic Martin rambles on about camp stoves and related topics
Mountain Adventure Magazine
Online magazine covering the great outdoors. Features stories and latest news.
Climbing and Mountaineering in Alaska, Photos of Denali (Mt. McKinley),
If you plan on climbing Denali (Mt. McKinley) or Sultana (Mt. Foraker), keep in mind that climbing either of these mountains requires that all expedition members must register with the Talkeetna Ranger Station 60 days prior to the date you plan to climb.
Mountaineering
Mountaineering info
How to make an igloo
Instructions on how to make an igloo in case you get stuck in the snow overnight.
Snow shoeing daypack list
Even if you're just going for the day you need to bring all the items below with you. You never know what could happen to delay your return. You might have to spend the night out in the woods. If you are unprepared for this you are very likely to die or get frostbite and have your arms and legs amputated. Don't let this happen to you, bring all the items on this list with you every time you go out into the backcountry in the winter time.
Getting started with snow camping
Apart from basic backpacking gear there are a few additional basic things you need to get before you head out on your first snow adventure.
Outdoorreview.com
Customer reviews of outdoor gear
Ric Otte's Mountaineering Page
Rock climbing, ice climbing, mixed alpine climbing, and expedition climbing
How to make a snow cave
A snow cave is a great type of snow shelter if the conditions are right for one.
Mount Everest,Nepal Info Guide
Information on Mt.Everest from deaths,summits.expeditions and links to Everest merchandise with Himalayan mountain news and mountaineering Nepal
How to make a snow trench shelter
Instructions on how to make a quick snow shelter in case you get stuck in the snow overnight.
Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia
Here you can explore the world, and network with others who share your love for the high country.
Mountain Magazine Alaska
Alaskan Mountaineering Online Magazine
Camp Stove
Choosing the right camp stove for your needs is very important. You don't want to go backpacking with the wrong camp stove.
Outdoors gear selector
Take a quick quiz to see what outdoors gear is perfect for your needs.
A new invention for mountaineers
A back packing stove that never runs out of fuel, weighs less than any other backpacking stove, works anytime anywhere, costs less than most backpacking stoves.
Ed's outdoor gift ideas for outdoors people who already have everything
Every year Ed picks out one new product to be the unusual outdoors gift of the year so if you keep checking back once a year you will never be without a chrismas or birthday gift for that special outdoors person in your life.
How to make a snow mound shelter - Quinzhee
This type of snow shelter requires a lot of hard work but when it's done it's just as warm as an igloo.
Dale's Wilderness Survival
This is a site about how to survive life threatening situations in the wilderness. Everything here is based on many years of experience in the outdoors. Dale has been in some real bad situations over the years and has survived every time so far. Hopefully the information on this website will help you survive too. To guarantee your survival under the harshest possible conditions you need to have a few necessary items with you and possess a few basic skills, but mostly you need to keep your mind clear.
Bob's Mountain Survival
Wilderness survival tips from a guy who seems to know his stuff
Overnight snow camping pack list
These are the items you need to bring with you when you plan to spend one or more nights in the snow. This list contains all the items from the day pack list plus a few more since you have a bigger backpack. Make sure you at least have all the items from the daypack list otherwise you are very likely to die from cold or suffer very serious medical consequences.
Chris's survival story
A hiker's true story of how he survived two nights in the snow with a broken leg. If you are an outdoors person you should read this, it could save your life one day if something similar happens to you.
Camp stoves for snow camping
Choosing the right camp stove for your needs is very important. You don't want to go snowcamping with the wrong camp stove. There are so many sites covering gas camp stoves and there are hundreds of those camp stoves on the market so on this site we have focused on non-gas camp stoves.
How to make emergency snow shoes
A fast method of making makeshift snowshoes with things easily found in the woods.
Snow Camping Tents
Choosing a good snow camping tent is very important. You don't want to go snowcamping with the wrong snow camping tent.
Climb Utah - Mountaineering, Canyoneering & Hiking
Special Safety Considerations for High Altitude Mountaineering
High altitude almost always makes for low temperatures, therefore frostbite and hypothermia are issues.
Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF)
The IMF co-ordinates climbing in the Himalaya, organises national and international conferences, training/environment-cleaning camps and climbing competitions.
Alpex High Apine Expeditions
Dutch company organising small high alpine expeditions to the Central Asian region; trekkings and mountaineering ventures.
North American Mountaineering
North American Mountaineering The American Alpine Club
Mountain Climbing Guides - Ski Mountaineering, Rock Climbing
year-round mountain climbing and mountaineering courses, trips, Description: professional AMGA mountain guides school for rock-ice climbing, mountaineering, backcountry skiing
Tuan's Mountaineering Page
Lots of info on climbing in Yosemite, including trip reports and recommended routes.
How to get noticed by rescuers in winter
If you're injured or the conditions are too bad to travel you may want to stay put and wait until you get rescued. This assumes that somebody knows you're missing, so make sure you tell someone where you're going and when you plan to be back.
UK Student Hiking, Mountaineering and Climbing Clubs
Diary Photos Newsletters Hiking, Mountaineering and Climbing Clubs
Hartmut's Mountaineering Page
information about travel and mountaineering in some of these countries.Trip reports with images, from mountaineering trips in the Alps and expeditions in the Andes, Pamirs
Morrison's Hiking & Mountaineering Page
Statistical Graphics from Accidents in North American Mountaineering
Statistical graphics representing the accident data gathered by the American and Canadian Alpine Clubs. --
Nepal Mountaineering Association
The Himalaya is the greatest mountain system in the world. It stretches 1,500 miles from east to west, between Brahmanputra and Indus rivers. In an average a Himalayan peak is above twenty thousand feet in height and there are over a thousand of such peaks.
Bivouac Mountaineering Directory
A mountaineering information directory for Western Canada's (British Columbia and Alberta) coastal ranges and Rocky Mountains. Includes an online guidebook and trip reports as well as information about clubs, the weather and more.
Climbing, mountaineering, guides, worldwide
FIND-A-GUIDE worldwide directory of links and contact information for professional climbing and mountaineering guides
Somewhere Out There - California Mountaineering
bushwalking and mountaineering, tasmania
Site set up by local Tasmanian bushwalkers and mountaineers for a reference on all aspects on the sport.
OSU Mountaineering Club
The OSU Mountain & Rock Club is a student organization for anyone interested in backpacking, rock-climbing, mountaineering, mountain biking, and all outdoor lovers.
Oregon Mountaineering Association
Information on climbing in the Oregon Cascades, including many route descriptions.
Christian's Large-format Photography and Mountaineering
Personal homepage by Christian Sachs, including tourbooks, galleries and information about mountaineering in the Alps.
The Krummholz Zone
Read personal tales of backpacking trips to the Adirondacks and White Mountains. Offers links to gear suppliers and publications.
Glacier Mountaineering Society
The Glacier Mountaineering Society is a group of people motivated to experience, explore and protect wilderness landscapes.
Backcountry camping in the winter
Special edition for gottagoitsnows.com .
Ecuador's Mountaineering Source
Ecuador's Mountaineering Information Center.
How to make emergency snowshoes
Making a pair of emergency snowshoes to get to safety is extremely simple. It's surprising how many people try to get to safety in knee deep snow and drop from exhaustion.
Bridge to the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness and Rocky Mountain National Park
Some routes to Happiness are easier than others.... Carefully follow the path that seems like the most Fun
Selkirk Mountain Experience - Hiking, Climbing, Mountaineering, Ski
Climbing, mountaineering, and ski touring. At the Durrand Glacier Chalet based in British Columbia, Canada.
PALO VERDE TREKKING/MOUNTAINEERING
Palo Verde is a trekking/mountaineering guide company that specializes in adventure tours in the Andes of South America.
Mountaineering and Outdoor Education
Source for outdoor education in Colorado
Mountaineering
rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering, backcountry skiing, alpine climbing, alpine mountaineering
Martin Moran Mountaineering
Guided Mountaineering Scotland Alps India Himalayas
University of Cincinnati Mountaineering Club Home Page
Mountaineering in Scotland
Kootenay Mountaineering Club
KMC is a non-profit society based in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.
Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
An outdoor adventure club which hosts a range of exhilarating outdoor adventures most weekends
Reading University Mountaineering Club
Dingle Mountaineering Club
Dingle Mountaineering Club Cumann Sleibhteoreachta Chorca Dhuibhne
Metropolitan Mountaineering Society
MMS is a Philippine based, SEC registered, non-profit organization established to initiate, promote, sponsor, assist, support and conduct projects and programs geared towards the development and promotion of the various geophysical exploration concerns especially those connected with the field of mountaineering.
Shuswap Mountaineering Club - Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Construction Stories from the Mountaineering World Message from the...Cool Links Stories from the Mountaineering World Mountain of Mystery
Web-Chart Category: Mountaineering
Mountaineering Rock climbing and mountain climbing clubs,...
Hania Mountaineering Club
The Mountainering Club of Hania was established in 1930 and is a member of the association of Greek Mountaineering Clubs.
Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club (Dundee)
Description: This club, based in Dundee caters for all mountaineering activity, summer and winter.
Karabiner Mountaineering Club
Welcome to the KMC, Manchester's only centrally based mountaineering club.
Himalayan Mountaineering Club
HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINEERING CLUB SINGAPORE
York University Mountaineering Club
Vale Royal Mountaineering Club
Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland, Glasgow Section
Loughton Mountaineering Club
Sligo Mountaineering Club
Founded in 1974 the club now has over 100 members.
Slough Mountaineering Group
Slough Mountaineering Group (SMoG) is composed of a mixture of people who like mountain based activities.
MCI - The Mountaineering Council of Ireland
North London Mountaineering Club
London Mountaineering Club.
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