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Backcountry Cookfires: Overview and Techniques for Cooking Over an Open Flame

Wilderness Skills March 19, 2008

Bill Stadwiser explores the practical and emotional rewards of cooking over wood in the backcountry.

Ultralight Gear and Techniques on the Edge of Winter with Backpacking Light’s Wilderness Trekking III Program

Wilderness Skills February 13, 2008

The gear chosen by the Wilderness Trekking III course participants and leaders

Take the Load Off: Using Pulks to Travel Over Snow

Wilderness Skills January 30, 2008

Pulk techniques for winter travel over snow

Igloo Building for Fun and Shelter, Part 2 – Using an Igloo as a Backcountry Shelter

Tips, Tricks, and Hacks February 14, 2007

Tips for igloo living and interior climate graphs to show you why you want to camp in an igloo.

Igloo Building for Fun and Shelter, Part 1 – Technique

Tips, Tricks, and Hacks February 7, 2007

Igloo building is a fun wintertime activity to share with family, friends, or Scouts. Build a warming hut in your favorite skiing or snowshoeing area, construct an igloo for a backcountry base camp, or design your own hut system! The Grand Shelters Icebox Igloo Building Tool does a lot of the work for you, but you’ll still need to master some essential techniques.

Ultralight in the Icebox: Post-Trip Report

Tips, Tricks, and Hacks February 7, 2007

Andrew Skurka talks about his cold weather tenets and ultralight gear kit following a 385 mile, 19 day backpacking trip in northern Minnesota in the dead of winter.

Taming Those Large Flexible Foil Windshields

Tips, Tricks, and Hacks January 16, 2007

Learn the tricks and techniques required to make a stable windshield out of floppy metal foil.

Groovy-Biotic Cooking: Quick, Healthy Meals with an Ultralight Cook Kit

Tips, Tricks, and Hacks January 10, 2007

All the details you need to plan backcountry vegetarian meals that are nutritious and tasty.

A Lightweight Guide to Backpacking in Sustained, Cold Rain

Wilderness Skills December 27, 2006

Techniques, gear and clothing to keep your pack light and a smile on your face during continuous days of rain.

Sipping the Waters: Techniques for Selecting Untreated Backcountry Water for Drinking

Tips, Tricks, and Hacks September 20, 2006

Drinking untreated backcountry water can make you sick - but choosing your drinking spots intelligently can greatly reduce that risk. Here, a doctor shares the methods that have kept him healthily "sipping the waters" for the past 20 years.