What are important things to know about snow camping? Dos and Donts?

Question

What are important things to know about snow camping? Dos and Donts?

Answer 1

If you're hiking, get the GPS locater thingy. Snow can come on fast and change a landscape completely. Always have something dry you can change into, hypothermia isn't your friend. Don't keep going in a storm ever ever ever, get shelter and wait or you're most likely to get lost. Know the terrain ahead of time and stay out of avalanche country especially as a novice. Layers are your friend, sweat isn't take it easy. Don't drink alcohol, you can't feel the cold and you get hypothermia faster. Take in everything, snow camping is beautiful and sparkly and fresh. It takes what you know and makes it alien, so have a camera or no one will believe you!

Answer 2

Snow is a good insulator, but the weight of it can bring down a tent and buckle the roof of a camper. Wet snow is heavier than dry snow. If tent camping, use nothing but body heat to warm the tent. Two bodies in a double bag are better than one. Put a pair of dry socks in your sleeping bag at night, you’ll be glad you did in the morning. Keep your shoes nearby. Drink very little before retiring, if you have to get up in the middle of the night, prepare for an adventure. Some people find that a ski mask is fun to sleep in; others can’t get to sleep in one (they prefer a stocking cap). Avoid too much sweets, but keep a chocolate bar or two handy.

Answer 3

Don't eat yellow snow.