Winter Overlanding: Staying Safe and Warm in Extreme Conditions

[@JessesGarageAndAdventures]

Funny I watched this while camping not far from you. Except it's raining instead of snowing 🤣 Super thankful for the RTT in this rain.

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

I bet! 😀

[@EverythingOutdoorsAndJeeps]

I’m going on my first winter overlanding trip next month. I just bought a vevor diesel heater. I have a heavy duty sleeping bag as well in case the heater fails. Looking forward to going in my gladiator.

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

Have fun! Winter is great. The more you do it, the more prepared you'll be and the easier it gets too.

[@NorthologyAdventures]

Man, you and your close calls avoiding the pile-ups! Can't wait for Wisco Overland's Snoverland, hope to see you there. P.S..... Chequamegon-Nicolet = "Schwam-eh-gahn Nick-uh-lay"

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

Shwammeeegon Nicolay. Got it, :D.

[@NorthologyAdventures]

@@AllThingsOverlanding 😆

[@davidelliott400]

Plastic breaks easier in cold temps too. Thanks.

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

Good point.

[@Outdoor-Adventures]

Hater will always be hater, is my life, my money, I’m gonna do what makes me happy…

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

Nailed it!

[@seanwatson3790]

My issue with diesel heaters, and i have one, is they are notoriously unreliable here in colorado elevation. I have had my heater work literally once all night, and it took us a couple hours of messing with it to get a setting that it didn't just shut down 45 minutes later in. So I dont trust them. You have to get one with altitude adjustment but even still theyre iffy. If i cant trust it to work then there is no piint in bringing one. Plus i see my buddies ones fail a lot too

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

Yeah, that's a good point. I have an LF Bros diesel heater that's designed to run well up to 17K feet and so far it's been great. I always recommend that people bring redundancy though and to be prepared if it doesn't fire up for some reason or another. I've definitely heard of failures though so better safe than sorry.

[@seanwatson3790]

@AllThingsOverlanding that's why we tend to always have 0 or -25 degree sleeping bags with us. I am a bit bummed though cuz I bought the hcalory one I have for the same price as their newer one that has altitude adjustment, right before it came out and I didn't know it was coming out or i would have waited 🤷

[@lae52]

All good advice, although your footwear recommendation sucks. If you are out in the snow, do not even think about any footwear that has STEEL TOES. They are a huge heat sink. Chequamegon - Nicolet is just something you don't personally really want to learn to say., it's not that hard. Northology wasn't far off with their phonetic spelling. My only other advice is to stay off the ice with your vehicle if you don't know the lake. Anything with a current will be treacherous. Ice can vary a whole lot in thickness when there's snow cover to insulate it. One last suggestion, bring some variety of ice cleats with you. You'll appreciate them when you need them.

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

Probably right on the steel tors although I’ve been wearing them and they’re way warmer than the hiking shoes I wore previously. Agree to disagree on the WI Forest, 😂. Definitely never driving on ice unless the depth is known and it’s a creek or something. Good tips!

[@OutOfOfficeCamping]

Great Stuff as always! Nothing feels better than forced hot air from a diesel heater. We ❤ winter camping. No bugs, no people except our trail buddies. We've been extremely happy our Falcon Wildpeak AT3W on our Method Bead Grips. Looking forward to switching over to the AT4W. 🛻+⛺️=🙂! Mark (& Teresa) Hampstead Maryland • Purpose Built Adventure Rig © • Ford Ranger FX4 - GFC Camper V2 # 1919 • Kia Soulverlander • Nissan Xterra Off-Road •

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

Agreed! Let us know how the AT4W's do!

[@OutOfOfficeCamping]

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