Winter Camping

Winter camping is a more extreme hobby that I’ve taken up over the past few years, but I’ve had a lot of fun on the trips I’ve done so far! You’d think I would have started with hut camping and transitioned into snow camping, but I went all in on snow camping and have only recently decided to start checking out some winter huts. Check out my Guide below to learn more about what to expect and how to prepare if you are thinking of trying snow camping, followed by my posts about some of the winter huts I’ve visited.

Guides

How-To
A girl guide walks next to Elfin Lakes with a large backpack in autumn when the ground is covered with a fresh layer of snow and beautiful sunny blue skies in Garibaldi Provincial Park in British Columbia
Where-to

Snow Camping

Pipeline Road
Elfin Lakes
Keyhole Springs
An orange 4 season tent is set up in a large hole buried in the snow, with the snowy mountains and forest in the background near Artist Point in the Mount Baker Wilderness Area of Washington State.
Artist Point
A group of hikers have set up a snow camp in a clearing in the forest, with a 4-season tent and snowshoes and shovels around at dusk. There are many snow covered trees on the mountain in the background at Lightning Lakes in E.C. Manning Provincial Park in BC.
Lightning Lakes
A female backpacker smiles at the camera from the door of her big orange 4-season tent, and she snow camps at Zoa Subpeak, surrounded by snow and mountains in Coquihalla Summit Rec Area in British Columbia, Canada.
Zoa Subpeak
An orange tent is set up in the snow for camping with snowshoes and shovels outside the tent and a large snow covered lake and snowy trees in the background, on a sunny blue sky day at Poland Lake in E.C. Manning Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada.
Poland Lake
Photo of a snowy winter scene, with snow covered trees and mountains in the background, taken from Ottomite Peak in the Coquihalla Summit Rec Area in British Columbia, Canada.
Ottomite Peak

Winter Hut Camping

A group of Trex from Girl Guides of Canada, posing in front of Hollyburn Chalet with backpacks and winter clothing in the snow, with the snowy forest and log cabin behind them. Hollyburn Mountain in Cypress Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada.
Hollyburn Chalet
Three female skiers pose in front of the Elfin Lakes shelter on a sunny day in winter with the hut in the background and snowy trees in Garibaldi Park, BC.
Elfin Lakes

Group Campsites

A small log cabin at Lone Duck II Campground covered in a fresh layer of snow on the ground and cabin, with tall trees with the sun peaking out behind the trees, in E.C. Manning Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada.
Lone Duck
Mount Seymour Group Campsite on a sunny day in Winter with snow on the ground and the warming shelter and picnic tables in Mount Seymour Provincial Park, BC.
Seymour

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