Overview:

For the hardier outdoor adventurers, this course teaches you to camp comfortably in the winter.

Purpose:

To prepare participants to plan cold-weather overnight outings with confidence and safety. Teaches the special concerns of cold-weather camping and snowshoeing fundamentals.

Topics:

• how to select and setup winter camping gear,
• clothing and footwear,
• winter camping and sledding,
• water and food requirements in sub-zero temperatures,
• how to construct quinzees (snow huts), and,
• how to travel by means of snowshoe. 

Special consideration will be given to the problems faced in sub-zero temperatures, such as hypothermia, food storage, water procurement, travelling in deep snow.

Duration:

• 4 three-hour evening seminars, or 2 seven-hour Saturday sessions, plus,
• a weekend backpacking/ snowshoeing trip to a wilderness area near Georgian Bay.

Misc:

Students will plan and carry out a winter camping trip to a remote wilderness site.  Partial outfitting is available. Participants are responsible for their food and transportation.