By Christina|2017-12-12T18:08:04-05:00December 12th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, camp, Campers, camping, camping tips, Canada, cold, DIY, education, glamping, homemade, hot tent, inspiration, learning, Muskoka, Nature, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, solo trip, tent, tentcamping, toboggan, true north, Up north, winter camping, winter camping tips, winter Wonderland, winterglamping, winterinthewild|Tags: @explorersedge, #adventure, #backcountry, #backcountrytent, #camperchristina, #camperchristinasbchottent, #camping, #canada, #diy, #fabricland, #homedepot, #hottent, #madeitmyself, #ontario, #ontariowintercampingsymposium, #princessauto, #sew, #sewing, #staywarm, #weldingblanket, #winter, #wintercamping, #wintercampingtent, #wintertrekking, #woodstove, #zipper, homemade|
In November 2015, I built a DIY Tipi hot tent. It is awesome and I love it dearly, but unfortunately, the tipi is not made for the backcountry. I took it on a few small trips last year and very quickly realized it weighs a tonne. I hadn’t realized how much until I had made a statistics sheet about it for winter in the wild and was amazed to see that it weighed about 65 lbs and with [...]