Love your tip about practicing skills at non critical times. Building a fire, especially in the winter with snow covering everything is no easy skill. Practice will teach you a lot and might save your life.
Late to the party with this video. Great presentation, I like your gear set up. Can I suggest a couple of things, which you might have covered or thought of yourself. 1. I always light a fire before setting up camp (you can put water on the fire to have tea when you finish putting up your shelter). Can't fathom folk that put their tent up first, then try to light a fire in the dark! 2. Try adding a survival whistle to the outside of your pack, I always have one on me and one on my pack. 3. If you carry a paper map you can use it in conjunction with electronic navigation aids ie., get a grid reference off your electronic and that will enable you to locate your position and the paper map will give you "the big picture". Using the two in combination can save a lot of battery life. 4. Regarding your gaiters; depending on the type of boot you wear you might want to attach your gaiters to the front of your boot, to prevent bootlaces becoming loose. By tucking them into your boots you might get snow/twigs/pebbles into your footwear. Please don't think I'm being hypercritical, you are obviously a very experienced outdoor guy. I'm offering this advice more for viewers who do not have as much outdoor knowledge as yourself. Happy Trails.
Good point about practising those basics like starting a fire or collecting water, especially in the winter. An important reality check on just how long those tasks take. Thanks for a great video.
Was night skiing a few yrs back, heavy snows so headlamp worthless to see tree blazes and blue paint trail markers. Got a bit turned around for a short bit-a small amount of panic then found the trail. I want to dig an emergency shelter in snow, trench,?luse skis and poles to build s roof along w fir bows, etc. But w a full pad and sleeping bag, see how it is..
Question pour toi , pourquoi les guêtres sous tes pantalons ? Et j'ai été surpris qu'un canadien pouvait détester les raquettes 😅 , moi je trouve c'est une formidable invention pour notre climat . Tu peux écrire en anglais si c'est plus facile pour toi , je le lis parfaitement .
I find that when I put gaiters over my pants deep snow goes down into the gaiter from the top. It then gets into my boot and and accumulates between my pants and gaiter, freezes up etc. Putting them inside my pants is like having very high boots underneath. Snow never gets into my boots and doesn’t accumulate at all. For the snow shoes I actually was expecting you to say something! It’s not snowshoes themselves that I don’t like, when you need them they are lifesavers. It’s the modern design - I think there is a lot of room for improvement. Maybe I’ll make a video about it?
@@KaneDoesOutdoors je n'ai jamais eu ce problème de la neige qui rentre sous les guetres , c'est vrai que je les serrent assez forts par contre . Pour les raquettes j'utilise 2 sortes, j'ai les même que toi , les MSR que j'utilise quand la piste est damée ou que je dois grimper pas mal , et les traditionnelles en babiches pas mal plus longues et larges pour le hors piste . Oui je serais curieux de voir plus en détail ce que tu n'aimes pas dans ce type de raquettes. Il n'y a pas de raquettes parfaites remarque , c'est un outil pour aider , ce qui ne se compare en rien avec la marche naturelle
Love your tip about practicing skills at non critical times. Building a fire, especially in the winter with snow covering everything is no easy skill. Practice will teach you a lot and might save your life.
Late to the party with this video. Great presentation, I like your gear set up. Can I suggest a couple of things, which you might have covered or thought of yourself.
1. I always light a fire before setting up camp (you can put water on the fire to have tea when you finish putting up your shelter).
Can't fathom folk that put their tent up first, then try to light a fire in the dark!
2. Try adding a survival whistle to the outside of your pack, I always have one on me and one on my pack.
3. If you carry a paper map you can use it in conjunction with electronic navigation aids ie., get a grid reference off your electronic and that will enable you to locate your position and the paper map will give you "the big picture". Using the two in combination can save a lot of battery life.
4. Regarding your gaiters; depending on the type of boot you wear you might want to attach your gaiters to the front of your boot, to prevent bootlaces becoming loose. By tucking them into your boots you might get snow/twigs/pebbles into your footwear.
Please don't think I'm being hypercritical, you are obviously a very experienced outdoor guy.
I'm offering this advice more for viewers who do not have as much outdoor knowledge as yourself.
Happy Trails.
Great ideas concerning winter himes and safety!
Yes, there is one thing better than seeing your car on return from a winter hike, that is, having the car start! Cheers!
You’ve got a good point there!
Good call calling it because there’s nothing worse than setting up camp in the dark. 👍🏼
Good point about practising those basics like starting a fire or collecting water, especially in the winter. An important reality check on just how long those tasks take. Thanks for a great video.
Absolutely stunning scenery my friend, shots are just amazing! Winter scenery looks absolutely incredible here!🔥🔥
This is where a COMPASS would have come in handy ! .... To help you keep your bearing.
Nice level-headed and informative gear & know-how training session. Thanks!
Jumped over on Justin’s recommendation from the trip you guys did together, great content! Looking forward to more 👍🏻
Thanks! I appreciate the feedback!
great tips. thanks!
Really important to have that turn around time.
And to stick to it!
Was night skiing a few yrs back, heavy snows so headlamp worthless to see tree blazes and blue paint trail markers. Got a bit turned around for a short bit-a small amount of panic then found the trail. I want to dig an emergency shelter in snow, trench,?luse skis and poles to build s roof along w fir bows, etc. But w a full pad and sleeping bag, see how it is..
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Question pour toi , pourquoi les guêtres sous tes pantalons ? Et j'ai été surpris qu'un canadien pouvait détester les raquettes 😅 , moi je trouve c'est une formidable invention pour notre climat . Tu peux écrire en anglais si c'est plus facile pour toi , je le lis parfaitement .
I find that when I put gaiters over my pants deep snow goes down into the gaiter from the top. It then gets into my boot and and accumulates between my pants and gaiter, freezes up etc. Putting them inside my pants is like having very high boots underneath. Snow never gets into my boots and doesn’t accumulate at all.
For the snow shoes I actually was expecting you to say something! It’s not snowshoes themselves that I don’t like, when you need them they are lifesavers. It’s the modern design - I think there is a lot of room for improvement. Maybe I’ll make a video about it?
@@KaneDoesOutdoors je n'ai jamais eu ce problème de la neige qui rentre sous les guetres , c'est vrai que je les serrent assez forts par contre . Pour les raquettes j'utilise 2 sortes, j'ai les même que toi , les MSR que j'utilise quand la piste est damée ou que je dois grimper pas mal , et les traditionnelles en babiches pas mal plus longues et larges pour le hors piste . Oui je serais curieux de voir plus en détail ce que tu n'aimes pas dans ce type de raquettes. Il n'y a pas de raquettes parfaites remarque , c'est un outil pour aider , ce qui ne se compare en rien avec la marche naturelle