Haha, OK, I guess that technically speaking I've spent a few winters in my bag Most of those winters were in places like Hawaii, or the Central California Coast, neither of which I consider "real" winter. I spent a couple of winters in the Arizona dessert, which was terribly cold, but nearly snowless. I've snowshoed a good deal, but have only pitched my tent on snow a handful of times.

I've never camped in conditions where I couldn't get my GAZ Turbo 270 cannister stove to work, albeit sometimes with coaxing, so I still feel like a winter novice!

(For better or worse, it looks like I won't be able to use the trusty GAZ much longer, as canister distribution is disappearing in the U.S.)