Camping In All Kinds Of Weather
Camping is not just for summer anymore. Camping has become a year-round activity. While you usually plan camping trips with hopes of nice weather, severe weather is always a possibility ANY time of the year. However, you can still have fun if you're prepared. Prepare and enjoy what nature throws at you.

Camping When its Hot Or Cold
When you get ready to go camping, watch the weather. Remember that elevation can affect your trip. It is very easy to head out in warm weather and find yourself up a few thousand feet and freezing. You will find snow late into Summer on many mountains. We have gone from warm days to camping in snow at night in Utah, and Colorado.

Pack some long sleeve shirts, a sweatshirt and a jacket. Bring along an extra blanket. Several layers are easier to control than one super warm sleeping bag or coat. With multiple layers you can adjust to a comfortable level and still enjoy your camping experience. A hooded sweatshirt is most useful for it's warmth and the handy hood to protect your ears from a cold mountain wind, which you can encounter day or night.

Winter Camping Tips
Camping in the winter requires much greater preparation than in
the warmer months. Bring more blankets, sleeping bags, and
clothing than you think you will need—better to have too much
than not enough!

A heavy sleeping bag and insulated sleeping mat are essential
to winter tent camping, indoors or out! A sleeping bag rated
for below-freezing temperatures may be critical to your survival!
Not all sleeping bags can provide adequate warmth at low
temperatures. Bring extra bedding and be prepared to use it
over and under your sleeping bag to supplement its heat retention.
Also, whereas a standard air mattress becomes as cold and
uncomfortable as its surroundings, a closed-cell foam mat or
winter-specific air mattress will insulate your body from the cold
ground (or warehouse floor).

For added comfort, bring carpeting to line the floor of your tent.

Space heaters and camp stoves that consume
wood-based or oil-based fuel carry a serious risk
of fire, carbon monoxide poisoning, air pollution
and oxygen depletion. Do not operate any heat
source that poses a threat to you or other
attendees in a closed space. If you plan to burn
fuel in an enclosed space, use a combination
FIRE and CARBON MONOXIDE detector!