Post by laxhixe on Oct 16, 2018 19:25:04 GMT -8
Greetings, everyone!
I am coming to you all as someone who has no winter camping experience whatsoever. Although I've been on many long backpacking trips, they've all been in the spring or summer. My friends and I are college students who have never really had the time or proper gear to do a winter trip. However, over the past year, I believe we've finally scraped enough stuff to give it a go. I'm talking a four-season tent, 0º sleeping bags, snowshoes, the works (hopefully).
We're looking to give winter backpacking a try, and being from Wisconsin, we'd like to try to stay close(ish) to home. After all, we do get plenty of snow, and cold temperatures of course!
Our goal is to find somewhere in Wisconsin or Minnesota that we could do a 3-4 day (20-30 miles worth of trail?) trip in mid-late December. While it'd be nice to see some cool stuff along the way, we understand that we are beginner hikers in this season and that our lack of experience might prevent us from accessing some of the really cool places there is to see.
I know I'm being pretty vague here, but I'm hoping that will keep more options open. I should mention that while we've never backpacked/camped in the snow, we are all pretty experienced snowshoers.
If you need some more information before you can give a suggestion, feel free to ask me any questions you may have! I'm excited to hear your thoughts, and any tips you might have for a bunch of novices.
Thanks,
KK
I am coming to you all as someone who has no winter camping experience whatsoever. Although I've been on many long backpacking trips, they've all been in the spring or summer. My friends and I are college students who have never really had the time or proper gear to do a winter trip. However, over the past year, I believe we've finally scraped enough stuff to give it a go. I'm talking a four-season tent, 0º sleeping bags, snowshoes, the works (hopefully).
We're looking to give winter backpacking a try, and being from Wisconsin, we'd like to try to stay close(ish) to home. After all, we do get plenty of snow, and cold temperatures of course!
Our goal is to find somewhere in Wisconsin or Minnesota that we could do a 3-4 day (20-30 miles worth of trail?) trip in mid-late December. While it'd be nice to see some cool stuff along the way, we understand that we are beginner hikers in this season and that our lack of experience might prevent us from accessing some of the really cool places there is to see. I know I'm being pretty vague here, but I'm hoping that will keep more options open. I should mention that while we've never backpacked/camped in the snow, we are all pretty experienced snowshoers.
If you need some more information before you can give a suggestion, feel free to ask me any questions you may have! I'm excited to hear your thoughts, and any tips you might have for a bunch of novices.
Thanks,
KK
