Duane, No, I'm not a founder of wintertrekking. It is a Canadian site that I just found out about here actually. Rick posted the link in the thread on his hot tent. It is a really good site, the best I have seen on cold weather camping.

The articles are comprehensive, the trip reports are very detailed and the guys have posted a lot of pictures and tips. I have gotten very detailed answers to the questions I have asked. Cold weather camping (far sub zero) is all new to me, so I am just passing on what I read there.

The idea that they are camping in weather 100 degrees colder than it was today here in LA just boggles my mind. No that isn't a misprint either- +60F in LA today and the guys up North are out in
-40C/F (F & C are the same at -40 by a quirk of the math).

Thanks Kutenay. I know you love that Valandre bag. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />