Uploaded February 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For back country winter treks, the reality is that one has to shovel out a parking spot. Solo that is a lot of work! Then I haul in over unpacked deep powder hauling a heavy (too heavy!) hot tent solo rig. Then I have to deal with slush on the lake, which means scouting and packing a route, which means 3 times the distance traveled (over, back, over). All in a day's work for the sole trekker in deep snow. I have secret camp in the bush waiting for me with a cache of dry cut pole firewood. I am all set for a deep cold winter night. I cannot imagine a better way to spend time in the winter in boreal northwestern Ontario! :o)
For back country winter treks, the reality is that one has to shovel out a parking spot. Solo that is a lot of work! Then I haul in over unpacked deep powder hauling a heavy (too heavy!) hot tent solo rig. Then I have to deal with slush on the lake, which means scouting and packing a route, which means 3 times the distance traveled (over, back, over). All in a day's work for the sole trekker in deep snow. I have secret camp in the bush waiting for me with a cache of dry cut pole firewood. I am all set for a deep cold winter night. I cannot imagine a better way to spend time in the winter in boreal northwestern Ontario! :o)
