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What s more, dome tents have a lot more stability in the high winds of winter than an A-frame. And today’s Gore-Tex tents are miraculously dry because warm air inside the tent actually pushes moisture out before it condenses.
If you are camping in snow, you are probably also skiing. This means you can use your skis to tamp down a flat base on which to pitch your tent. You can even use skis and poles to anchor your tent.
Obviously, a good stove takes on added importance in winter. Though wilderness campers are permitted to use fallen dead wood for fires in national forests, only gas stoves are allowed in Shenandoah National Park. Besides, you’ll have to carry something with w’hich to cut even that dead wood, and your enjoyment will eventually be enhanced in direct proportion to the number of pounds you have left at home.
Butane eartidge stoves are safe to start inside a tent and you can count on them to ignite. But a stove gets such a workout in winter camping — it is indirectly your source of water, from melting snow — that you can quickly exhaust a butane eartidge. And carrying several means more weight.
If you are going to be out more than one night, take a white gas stove. You will need one pint of fuel per day for a party of four.
Your first priority upon selecting a campsite is water, so you should have somebody firing up the stove and melting snow w hile the rest of you put up the tent. This is at best a long, slow process, but you can expedite it by using a wide-based rather than narrow pot. Pouring a little water from your water bottle into the pot before you pack in the snow will also speed things up and keep the water from tasting like a scorched pan.
Since you won’t have to carry more than drinking
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