Winter Camping & Trekking
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Winter Camp at Tucker Lake412 viewsWhile camping in the Forest at Tucker Lake, the lowest temperature recorded was -48 degrees. Throw water up in the air and it froze before hitting the snow.
The fishing was good. The food and company was great.
Traditional handmade snowshoes and toboggans were used for snow travel.
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White Juan395 views160 cm of snow in 24 hours. WoW!!!!
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317 viewsHere's my 8x10 set up with a rope for a ridgepole. I used a 4-part tackle (from a sailboat) for stretching it taut. As you see, no matter how tight you pull, some sag remains.
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Other side view of Tobbogan542 views
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Toboggan2194 viewsHere's a profile of the UHMW toboggan. The brown is a MEC guides tarp that worked out well to wrap the load.
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Toboggan1255 viewsAnother view of the UHMW toboggan. Those bungies I got for Christmas sure came in handy!
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Stove #1-5126 viewsSweet! Notice this puppy is hot!
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through the cattails162 viewsdog pulls twelve foot UHMW toboggan along narrow trail in Algonquin Park
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296 viewsTackle used to tension wall tent ridge-line. 4-times amplification.
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Stove #1111 viewsMy first winter stove.
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Stove #1-2122 viewsNo really , it works too!
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Stove #1-3112 viewsreally, the whole shebang!
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Stove #1-4202 viewsDistant shot of my first made winter camping stove.
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snowshoe patterns173 viewsfrom Paul Provencher's "I Live in the Woods" (Brunswick Press Ltd., 1953)
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slush tracks153 viewscrossing the Amable du Fond, Feb 2004
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ski sled front view188 viewsshows bottom of sled from front. Note all wood parts sealed with 3 coats of varnish
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Sled123 viewsThe sled is made with some old skiis, 1x4 rough spruce and 1/2" plywood.
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ski sled bottom view165 viewsskis attached with 3 carriage bolts through 2 x 4 risers, 1/4" plywood deck and 3/4 " x 1'' gunnels. Also used several 2 1/2 " deck screws through ski into the risers.
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Sled162 views
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Sled178 views
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Siglin Sled, packed, side view 2.186 viewsSiglin Sled pulk, packed for a solo cold camp for 2 days. Note curved up sides and bow and stern construction on pulk. Bow and stern cut with several tabs, sqeeezed and bolted to create upturned shape.
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Siglin Sled, packed, side view.189 viewsSiglin Sled pulk, paked for a group cold camp for 4 days. Note curved up sides and bow and stern construction on pulk. Bow and stern cut with several tabs, sqeeezed and bolted to create upturned shape.
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Secret spot, solo trip.215 viewsSiglin sled, packed for a cold camp, 2 day trip.
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145 viewsshort legs, loved snow
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Frontenac Park218 viewsFrozen beaver pond in Frontenac
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Frontenac374 viewsOut for a winter hike in Frontenac
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OK, so it's not a canoe. But it IS winter.243 views
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my pyramid tent last winter360 viewsUsed "deadmen" to hold the guylines as my steel spikes wouldn't drive into the heavily iced ground. Changed my bazooko stove chimney to 4 inch as the size and weight of 5 inch was way too much.
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The Snowshoe Man's Address178 viewsFor those interested..
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