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How cold is too cold for a winter campout for Priests?
jrifkin48
1/24/23 8:15pm
Who’s in charge?
kotacoug
1/24/23 8:17pm
Laurels 😈
Nat Gas Man
1/24/23 8:18pm
I’d send my kid. Have done colder for Klondike.
Squirt
1/24/23 8:17pm
We’ve done as cold as -10 degrees with scouts, but priests are wimpy.
Hawk in the 303
1/24/23 8:18pm
That sounds miserable.
FootBackwards
1/24/23 8:18pm
Way back when I was in Scouts
Cougrrrs Roll
1/24/23 8:18pm
Depends on equipment. I have seen kids woefully unprepared for Winter camping
Hoopster
1/24/23 8:19pm
Right. I would do a gear check before letting them in the car and telling them nope if they don't have enough.
P-Boy Squad
1/24/23 8:20pm
A gear check is not enough for cold winter camping. You prep for at least two or three weeks with training on how to
Baron
1/24/23 8:36pm
As a teenager I went snow camping. We snowshoed then dug out snow caves to
rivercitycoug
1/24/23 8:21pm
That was one of our best campouts. It was a blast
crimedog
1/24/23 10:14pm
If you're prepared, and they are, it's fine. I've camped at even colder. The preparation is key, though
jdub
1/24/23 8:22pm
I guess I hacked Hoopster above.
jdub
1/24/23 8:23pm
What skills do 13 yr olds need that winter camping provides?
kotacoug
1/24/23 8:37pm
Resilience. Apparently the youth are in short supply of that.
Baron
1/24/23 8:39pm
Probably the biggest one is how to stay warm in adverse conditions. Every winter I read about people driving
jdub
1/24/23 8:49pm
I’ll never have my kids do a winter campout after what I experienced as a kid.
Dangerous
1/24/23 8:22pm
Same but I don't let my kids go to movies or date redheads. Bad stuff as kid. Can't let it happen again.
Baron
1/24/23 9:11pm
Camping between October and April should be illegal in the church
DKN
1/24/23 8:24pm
It’s cold for the adults but the boys love them! I hate them cause I’m a
Atama
1/24/23 8:30pm
what does your drunkenness have to do with it?
SingleStrapBackpack
1/24/23 8:47pm
They say the alcohol warms you up
jdub
1/24/23 8:56pm
I wonder if his bishop knows he's a wino
SingleStrapBackpack
1/24/23 8:59pm
Was supposed to say “wimp” 😏
Atama
1/24/23 10:22pm
figured but did you really expect me to pass that up? 🙂
SingleStrapBackpack
1/24/23 10:34pm
No. On CB, nothing should be passed up! Any opportunity to make people laugh
Atama
1/25/23 8:19am
A good sleeping bag, layer up with clothes and they'll be fine.
SoValleyCOUG
1/24/23 8:26pm
We’ve done a winter camp out around 12 degrees. The boys loved it. Just
Atama
1/24/23 8:28pm
I went on the ole Klondike camp out as a kid and it sucked but mainly because I had a terrible attitude.
cougarfanatic
1/24/23 8:29pm
Cold camping blows. What are we trying to prove? Hated it as a kid and hate it
Mr. Rumsfield
1/24/23 8:31pm
What are they going to do when they're not huddled in a tent or snowcave?
vagabonder
1/24/23 8:32pm
We have done -30. One parent made her kid sleep in the cabin. Kids mocked him appropriately.
Baron
1/24/23 8:34pm
Have camped with scouts in 10 below. Good gear and good food = good times.
AFAlaskaCoug
1/24/23 8:34pm
60
Count Cougar
1/24/23 8:35pm
That’s nothing. Try Klondike at Bacon Park in the Uintas in February.
RdF3
1/24/23 8:37pm
Oh the memories this brought back...loved making and racing sleds there!
Brute66
1/24/23 9:43pm
Haha I figured someone on here would know what I was talking about.
RdF3
1/24/23 9:51pm
Totally fine if they have decent gear.
Gunga Galunga
1/24/23 8:40pm
That is totally fine.
trueblue04
1/24/23 8:42pm
That's not even cold.
dmatt
1/24/23 8:44pm
A few tips for making winter campouts more safe and enjoyable
jdub
1/24/23 8:47pm
Retort meals and bring your own are the easiest especially if really cold and want to minimize dishes.
Baron
1/24/23 8:51pm
What about that dumb noisy space blanket my parents always had me put in my bed roll?
RdF3
1/24/23 8:52pm
Yeah, those are great.
jdub
1/24/23 8:53pm
#4 is huge. And you can tell the boys that over and over. And then the next
bluesloth
1/24/23 9:31pm
We took several trips to Strawberry with the scouts
Paysoncoug88
1/24/23 10:10pm
Winter camping is miserable. No useful purpose in the year 2023.
shoganai
1/24/23 8:51pm
This was my view as a kid. I went with a group who did it right and it was a blast and the kids love it and
Baron
1/24/23 8:52pm
There is no correct way to sleep outside in the winter.
shoganai
1/24/23 8:54pm
Not surprising at all.
Baron
1/24/23 8:55pm
RE: Winter camping is miserable. No useful purpose in the year 2023.
jdub
1/24/23 8:52pm
We had -5 one year and everyone cheered when they heard the temp in the morning.
ochobeeguy
1/24/23 8:51pm
Advice on Winter Camping from hydrologist and cold expert Randy Julander…
Billie Ruben
1/24/23 8:55pm
8. Camp next to a lodge, where the leaders and the freezing boys can end up
Florwood
1/24/23 9:48pm
Is someone in the group experienced with snow camping, caving? If so, possibly, but not on a whim
Bob Vance
1/24/23 9:13pm
Probably shouldn’t go off the low is lower than 40
Skeptical Optimist
1/24/23 9:17pm
Last weekend we took the deacons
eyebleedblu
1/24/23 9:22pm
We've done snow forts with the young men for the past few years
volleyjiver
1/24/23 9:25pm
Some of my fondest memories from Scouting are snow cave camping
HandwovenBox
1/24/23 9:39pm
75°
scootsy
1/24/23 9:41pm
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