1. Winter Overnight Tips Use daylight efficiently Keep a clean camp
Rehydrate and eat for warmth
Stay warm and dry
Enjoy the long night

2. Use Daylight Efficiently
Put on headlamps before dark
Do your “business” while you can still see
Make camp before nightfall
much easier to pitch tents; prepare food
allow 2 hrs daylight to build snow shelter
Consolidate small, dense, and white objects

3. Keep a Clean Camp Imagine your camp after a 2 foot snowfall
Put things away before you lose them
Practice Leave No Trace
Don’t get sloppy with human waste

4. Rehydrate and Eat for Warmth
Melt ice or snow for following day
consider two stoves for a party of 3 or more
fuel usage is 6 person*meals/quart or more when melting
Start and finish with a hot beverage
cocoa or (herbal!) tea with sugar
tea bag or snow cleans your cup
hydrate or die!
Thick, hearty soups are great
starch base (pasta, couscous, instant rice, potato buds)
add protein, fat, and flavor (beans, meat, tvp, cheese, butter)
Take food and drink to bed

5. Stay Warm and Dry Keep busy, don’t stand around
Poofy down jackets rock (keep dry)
Get in tents/shelters ASAP
Don’t sweat in your sleeping bag
Sleep with boot liners and water bottles
Fergodsakes get up and pee!

6. Enjoy the Long Night Catch up on sleep Books, playing cards are great
Keep track of your headlamp
Candle lanterns rock (careful with fire)
Get up early and start the day