This style of camping may not be in everyone's realm of UL camping, but, might I suggest this: Is UL camping done with minimal gear or gear of minimal weight. I think we can agree that it is a combination of both. So, if a person wishes to use a 'hot tent' for their winter adventures and their base weight, regardless if they pull it on a pulk or carry it on there back, is, say, thirty to forty pounds, this is UL by my standards. Certainly not mainstream, especially on this forum, but non the less a style of camping that is practiced my many. The delicate balance between safety and weight has been discussed here before and is always a challenge to achieve when winter camping.
Indeed. Poke my winter list on my name Tom - I don't consider it light, well, because
I actually carry it and compared to what I carry when it isn't winter - well, it's not light <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
OTOH, when I do go out in the winter, I do try to go out keeping gear to a minimum and weight to a minimum, but by the time you are melting snow for water and keeping warm in serious temperatures - ya just need a lot of stuff! (I still don't take the expresso machine!)
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