Winter camping for me in Wisconsin means camping in freezing temperatures that can easily dive below zero F. To date, most of my winter camping is done in free-standing nylon tents or snow caves or snow trenches.
This year, I want to bring a group of folks winter camping and cross-country skiing. We will car-camp at some of the state forests here that actually plow some of the sites for winter camping. My idea is to use big old canvas tents that are warmer than nylon and maybe have some catalytic heaters inside the tents to take some of the bite off of the cold.
My questions is: does anybody have any suggestions about using tent stakes in winter? I know about using stake alternatives like filled bags, logs, etcetera, but we will be in big canvas tents and I think that stakes will work a lot better.
My guess is that driving stakes in the frozen ground is going to be the first challenge and then pulling them out will be the second challenge. Does anybody have any suggestions, ideas, experience?
This year, I want to bring a group of folks winter camping and cross-country skiing. We will car-camp at some of the state forests here that actually plow some of the sites for winter camping. My idea is to use big old canvas tents that are warmer than nylon and maybe have some catalytic heaters inside the tents to take some of the bite off of the cold.
My questions is: does anybody have any suggestions about using tent stakes in winter? I know about using stake alternatives like filled bags, logs, etcetera, but we will be in big canvas tents and I think that stakes will work a lot better.
My guess is that driving stakes in the frozen ground is going to be the first challenge and then pulling them out will be the second challenge. Does anybody have any suggestions, ideas, experience?
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