9 Winter Camping Tips and Tricks to Stay Warm and Dry Winter camping is rewarding and lets you access the backcountry in a whole new way. If you don’t plan ahead and prepare accordingly, you may have a cold and miserable experience. Use these tips to help you plan accordingly and make your first winter camping trip a good one! 9. Change your socks (a lot). The socks you wear for […] Brains Dominic Gawel | January 7, 2021 2 Comments
Wet Dreams in the Hida Mountains: Tateyama Dreams Turned Nightmares A lot inspired the namesake of this saga. Constantly dreaming about getting to ski these towering mountains played a factor, however it wasn’t until a deluge of rain for two consecutive weeks that the literal sense of being in a wet dream set in. Like most wet dreams, things got weird. When not used to the confines and time constraints that come with what most consider normality, there’s only so much down time one can tolerate before feeling a little unbalanced. Thankfully, before the Gary Busey level of sanity set in, the promise of fair weather returned. […] Zach Paley | May 26, 2015 0 Comments
Trip Report: Snow Camping in the Lyngen Alps of Norway | Photo Tour: (editor’s note: Zach has been living and working on and skiing from a boat in Norway’s arctic circle all spring. Check out more great photos and stories of his adventures on his blog: Zach Paley) It’s as if May is Lyngen’s month. Clear and calm weather after Jotunheimen coupled with no sunset meant ski days long past my threshold. I finished my time in Lyngen camping with friends new and old. The impalpable sensation of hiking, skiing, and camping amongst these fjords was finally shared with others. Much like last year, we ate when hungry, slept when tired, and skied constantly. […] Zach Paley | June 6, 2014 0 Comments
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