Two Nights Camping in the Snow in Freezing Conditions

[Applause] so uh so so uh [Music] so [Music] let's so oh kind of happy with how this thing turned out last week when i went out i made the plow point shelter where the peak extends all the way up but i burnt some more holes in my tarp so whoops maybe the fire's a bit too big i burned some holes in my tarp this week i wanted to try something different so i can bring the fire a lot closer to my shelter i'm hungry for dinner potatoes sausages olive oil oregano and garlic powder salt so you'd think i'd learn from my mistakes at this point but the wind is coming from the south and it's actually being backfilled into my tent and it's bringing all the smoke with it so it's coming around the tent grabbing the smoke and pushing it into my tent i did this last year i think i would have learned from my mistakes but uh here we are it's not so bad at this moment but a second ago is really bad this is why i don't often use snow it depends on the type of snow but this is completely packed full of snow and let's just see how much it creates oh yeah look at that barely even a quarter full the sausages have seen better days [Music] sour cream honestly doesn't eat it but we got it okay let's try the potato everything's gonna be all right thank goodness this is the second best part of the day the best being getting the fire going yeah it's too smoky in here with the fire going i'm gonna put the fire out fix the shelter a little bit and uh crawl into bed currently about negative 15. ah what so so here's my sleep system i got a mektala negative 30 sleeping bag therm-a-rest z-light corrugated sleeping mat c to summit ether light xt extreme sleeping pad which should have at our value of 6.2 usually i have this underneath but what i've noticed on my last on my last trip in this trip is that my back gets really cold like really really cold and when the corrugated sleeping mat was underneath the cedar summit pad i was absolutely freezing absolutely freezing i was wearing only merino wool base layers and last night i also had a bottle of boiling nalgene in my bag with me so it should be more than enough to keep me warm but honestly my backside was cold until i put the corrugated sleeping pad on top of my see the summit pad so mind you i'm probably doing something wrong i like i i'm not opposed to that fact i'm probably doing something wrong i was actually thinking about staying up for two nights this trip but i um i don't want to be cold and tonight's going down to negative 25 so so i figured this out i'm uh good just gotta take it easy so i would have really liked the shelter if it wasn't for where i put it lesson learned again right on life is good so i think the plan is i'm gonna stay for another night i'm gonna switch spots and uh hopefully find a nice comfortable place to camp i know my sleep system is kind of giving me troubles but this will uh really put it to the test i guess yeah it's like five to ten degrees outside which is crazy because it's a 26 degree difference from yesterday and it's supposed to go down to negative 23 tonight which is uh pretty remarkable and then those clouds over there don't look very friendly if that's rain that's uh bad news bears yeah really bad so i'm just gonna do a really simple triangle shelter today because my sleeping system is kind of cold and i want to make sure i have optimal conditions in order to test it tonight at negative 20 negative 23. so i'll leave it like this for now and then tonight i'll take down these two poles peg in the front and make a tent [Music] [Music] [Music] so hmm hot chocolate delicious last night was pretty cold and i was wearing only my merino wool base layers and honestly i didn't think i was damp whatsoever but who knows maybe i was so i'm going to take them off completely and just swap into something else maybe that'll do the trick tonight we'll see [Music] so for second dinner just doing one of these alpine pre-made meals i'm not even that hungry i just want to make sure that my belly's full for when i get in my sleeping bag tonight because having a full belly helps warm your body as you sleep [Music] i'll play [Music] captain's log it's cold as heck out and my new sleep system ain't doing me no good the three nights i've used it so far i've woken up an ice cube which is real bummer of course i could be doing something wrong i guess at some point i should probably take responsibility for the bad stuff that happens in my life [Music] but it sure as heck ain't happening today xander bander out i'm just using my ground sheet to give myself another wall because the wind is kind of coming from this direction [Applause] i feel like i'm gonna have a good night's sleep tonight i'll see you guys in the morning good night good morning it's freezing [Applause] about negative 23 to 25. so last night in the middle of the night i started to get cold so i added the sea to summit fleece liner it helped a little bit but this morning my toes were freezing and my i think my whole core temperature was just absolutely super low so it's bitterly cold out and i'm heading out my sleep is far from ideal last night i had moments where it was pretty decent this morning i was absolutely freezing not as bad as some other nights but not as warm as i'd want to be given the type of sleep system i'm trying to set up but i'm happy i stayed out for a second night because i feel like i'm one step closer to dialing in my sleep system i know i got to work out some kinks but i feel like i'm getting to where i want to be i love being outside i love the winter but i hate sleeping cold anyways i hope you guys enjoyed the one as much as i did thanks for watching have a great day it's getting close to negative 30. yeah it's about as cold as i've ever camped

Channel: Xander Budnick

Views: 858,697

Keywords: snow, camping, winter camping, xander budnick, survival, cold, deep cold, snow camping

Id: Eu53zGEIxKo

Length: 20min 30sec (1230 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 24 2022