save up your money to buy an indoor or outdoor sauna, it makes cabin fever more bearable as well as getting rid of that cold feeling you get, when it gets in your bones and you can't get warm again. heated vests (milwaukee great brand) for under your jacket. i'm not into winter outdoor activities either, getting yourself a game room/theater room/vr room is more fun and a way to get your friends over.
BUY WOOL, any wool clothing that fits! Everyone talks about wool socks and how warm they are but for heavens sake, that's the only wool clothing they get. It's crazy, my best, thickest and warmest wool sweaters I got from Goodwill or another thrift shop for $10 or less. Merino wool undershirt and underpants are spendy but nice and worth it if you really have to live and work in the cold. If you get a true heavy duty pair of wool outdoor pants you're going to be King or Queen of the winter! The only thing wool is bad at is blocking wind, cold will blow through, any thin waterproof or windproof outer to stop wind with wool underneath is great, seriously, two $10 thrift shop sweaters and a cheap windbreaker can match expensive jackets, it beats Carhart by a mile. Tie your boots or shoes LOOSE, dont wear tight boots or shoes in the cold and buy large winter boots, movement of your foot in the boot is friction and warmth and tight slows warm bloodflow and squeezes the insulation so its thinner. Outdoor Research FireBrand mitts are like sticking your hands in an elephant's bum, warmest handwear I've used by far... I live on wood heat alone in an RV trailer in northern MN... I've tested some stuff and i love winter, we camp in it, kind of a tradition we spend the night out on the nastiest day of the winter.... P.S. wool clothing can be hand washed in water, just not HOT water, hand comfortable temperature is fine, use a light detergents, wool is sheep hair so I use an organic type shampoo. Hang dry it next to a heater or fan, DO NOT PUT THEM IN THE DRYER, they will shrink!
Sorry for being long winded, it's just my love of winter and MN nature. Cold and snow in many ways can make it quicker and easier to travel out in nature. If everything is frozen solid and snow covered all you need is something to travel on snow and you can go anywhere. You can snowshoe or ski over ponds and swamps, if the brush, fallen logs and tree branches are under 3ft of snow that means you can easily travel right over top of it, a backpack with camp gear is hot and heavy to carry in the summer with insects sucking blood and filling your eyes, even a heavy backpack is very easy to pull behind you in a sled in winter, a simple snowmobile can cross country and ground in winter like no other machine can in summer. And the sights...! I think snow and ice is beautiful, some of the most amazing sights I've seen are after freezing fog where every exposed millimeter in nature is covered with shimmering diamond crystal like ice, sleet storms turning to heavy snow where every exposed twig in the forest gets bent towards the ground laiden under 5inches of fresh snow making the forest some sort of amazing .... I dont even have words for it. Disliking cold is in your head, the human body adapts to it with exposure, exposing yourself to the cold over and over increases blood flow in the capillaries of your skin, you will physically feel warmer. Hiking in snow and getting cold also burns calories like crazy, I am very active in winter because I dislike bugs, mud and sweat in the heat so much. To stay comfortable in heat you must be slow and lazy, to be comfortable in the cold you must be active and burn calories, the end of winter is when I look the best...
Out state laughs... Scouts laugh... Good suggestions on cold weather gear. Wind proof over mittens help -- wear light to medium gloves inside the mittens.
What are some other tips for managing the MN winter?
save up your money to buy an indoor or outdoor sauna, it makes cabin fever more bearable as well as getting rid of that cold feeling you get, when it gets in your bones and you can't get warm again. heated vests (milwaukee great brand) for under your jacket. i'm not into winter outdoor activities either, getting yourself a game room/theater room/vr room is more fun and a way to get your friends over.
BUY WOOL, any wool clothing that fits! Everyone talks about wool socks and how warm they are but for heavens sake, that's the only wool clothing they get. It's crazy, my best, thickest and warmest wool sweaters I got from Goodwill or another thrift shop for $10 or less. Merino wool undershirt and underpants are spendy but nice and worth it if you really have to live and work in the cold. If you get a true heavy duty pair of wool outdoor pants you're going to be King or Queen of the winter! The only thing wool is bad at is blocking wind, cold will blow through, any thin waterproof or windproof outer to stop wind with wool underneath is great, seriously, two $10 thrift shop sweaters and a cheap windbreaker can match expensive jackets, it beats Carhart by a mile. Tie your boots or shoes LOOSE, dont wear tight boots or shoes in the cold and buy large winter boots, movement of your foot in the boot is friction and warmth and tight slows warm bloodflow and squeezes the insulation so its thinner. Outdoor Research FireBrand mitts are like sticking your hands in an elephant's bum, warmest handwear I've used by far... I live on wood heat alone in an RV trailer in northern MN... I've tested some stuff and i love winter, we camp in it, kind of a tradition we spend the night out on the nastiest day of the winter.... P.S. wool clothing can be hand washed in water, just not HOT water, hand comfortable temperature is fine, use a light detergents, wool is sheep hair so I use an organic type shampoo. Hang dry it next to a heater or fan, DO NOT PUT THEM IN THE DRYER, they will shrink!
Sorry for being long winded, it's just my love of winter and MN nature. Cold and snow in many ways can make it quicker and easier to travel out in nature. If everything is frozen solid and snow covered all you need is something to travel on snow and you can go anywhere. You can snowshoe or ski over ponds and swamps, if the brush, fallen logs and tree branches are under 3ft of snow that means you can easily travel right over top of it, a backpack with camp gear is hot and heavy to carry in the summer with insects sucking blood and filling your eyes, even a heavy backpack is very easy to pull behind you in a sled in winter, a simple snowmobile can cross country and ground in winter like no other machine can in summer. And the sights...! I think snow and ice is beautiful, some of the most amazing sights I've seen are after freezing fog where every exposed millimeter in nature is covered with shimmering diamond crystal like ice, sleet storms turning to heavy snow where every exposed twig in the forest gets bent towards the ground laiden under 5inches of fresh snow making the forest some sort of amazing .... I dont even have words for it. Disliking cold is in your head, the human body adapts to it with exposure, exposing yourself to the cold over and over increases blood flow in the capillaries of your skin, you will physically feel warmer. Hiking in snow and getting cold also burns calories like crazy, I am very active in winter because I dislike bugs, mud and sweat in the heat so much. To stay comfortable in heat you must be slow and lazy, to be comfortable in the cold you must be active and burn calories, the end of winter is when I look the best...
I grew up in Minneapolis. Now I live in Hilo, Hawaii. Aloha!
Get winter tires for your car while the high is 45 degrees or lower.
Fantastic video. Very informative
Out state laughs... Scouts laugh...
Good suggestions on cold weather gear.
Wind proof over mittens help -- wear light to medium gloves inside the mittens.
This year no snow 😢 thanks God
So….coming from northwest Colorado shouldn’t be a drastic adjustment 😜
3 to 6 months of winter? It’s 6 months most years.
I hope for 8 months every year!
@@RockKnocker17 you live in the right place then !🤠
Got here from Florida a week ago. Summer at the moment. This video will help
God help you.
@@davidwelty9763 I'm gonna kick Jack Frost right in his swedish meatballs. Bring on the -30s. I'm gonna snowshoe to work