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By BOB NAYLOR
AiwM Nmwm Special Writer
After deer season closes, you can have the miles of national forest to our west pretty much to yourself. All you have to contend with is the cold.
Considering how unbearably steamy it can get in a •• tent in July or August and how buggy it can be in the spring, watching your breath steam skyward on a crisp winter morning does not seem like contending at all. And you see things in winter that greenery hides the rest of the year.
You see the real contours of the land. A cardinal flutters to the ground a hundred feet or so up the trail against a^ backdrop of grey branches and steals the show. He’s just another bird in a bewilderment of fluttering wings and foliage in May or June.
What green there is has form —the shapes of cedars and pines and hemlocks. And every sound is like a ervstalbell.
Full eryoyment .depends only on being fully prepared. So here is our advice to the winter camper or to the individual or family who might be contemplating at least a 48-hour escape into the pristine landscape of the season:
We assume that those of you venturing into the back-country between now and the end of February ow’n or will be acquiring a comfortable and sturdy pair of insulated boots and that you need not be advised of the advantages of layering comfortable lightweight clothing that will not restrict circulation instead of bundling up in heavy garments.
So we will move right along to some basic advice on gear that will prepare you for predictable weather conditions and minimize labor on the trail, thereby facilitating full appreciation of a snow-covered wood or the spectacle of a winter sky at night.
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