How to Stay Warm in a Tent?

Do you ever wonder how campers’ breeze through their camping in bitter cold? Do you want to know? Here are some easy-peasy methods of warm camping.

So, spending on a few best items can make camping fabulous and comfortable. Still temperature that may drop outside after sunset and if your tent doesn’t support you may end up shivering. In this case right gears, sleeping pad, thermal pillow and a right tent plays a vital role in making a camping trip warm.

Next, investing all in your tent is not a wise decision. Eh! A tent cannot keep you warm therefore, don’t rely on it instead invest in other items. If you don’t want to limit camping vacation. Cover your tent’s inner with a windproof blanket or nylon trap. Anchor it with a tent and tie it around. Besides, you need to focus on maintaining temperature inside the tent.

If your temperature is below zero degree then facemask can help you; they work well in cold windy conditions mostly when a blast of cold air hits your face. And I will recommend you keep warm stainless-steel bottles inside your sleeping bed but don’t drink it. Moreover, you can walk around, do some squats and do whatever to make yourself warm but don’t sweat.

Tips and Tricks for Staying Warm in a Tent

Because not every item is perfect for everyone, therefore, I have listed my favorite things and methods that can save your life in frozen nights.

How to Stay Warm in Winter Camping?

A dazzling winter camping begins with warm gears. Seeing it essential to stay warm in your tent in winter, I am sharing a few tips that can sizzle your camping. Therefore, before you get out on the adventure make sure to pack all warm clothes, a heater and insulator to keep your tent warm. Keep an extra coat for unexpected temperature droppage.

Likely, at night time during autumn or in mid-winter temperature falls some western countries often be cold or snowy–don’t neglect that it would be fair weather. Hence, always take an extra blanket or prefer thermal blankets just in case of cold and chilly nights.

How to Choose a Location for Winter Camping?

Avoid camping on the highest place where climate might be harmful. Wisely choose your area before you plan camping or hiking.

• Avoid snowy covered forest zones.
• Choose a location near running water.
• Instead of camping at valley floor areas find windbreaks like small hills.

How Can Gears Help You?

Hot water bottles may keep you warm on the trail-use stove or kettle to warm bottles, take steel material bottles and heat them for night, and don’t go to bed cold. Start a campfire in the evening warm up your body before going to bed. It will help you to have a peaceful sleep. You can use a heating pad and tuck it right by your belly. It is a solid way to keep the bed warm.

What Kind of Nosh Can Warm You?

Eat healthy and hot food. Enjoy your adventure with savory cheesy pizza gobble it without any guilt. Yes, it’s necessary to eat high calorie food on winter camping. Eat butter, cheese to keep your body warm enough in winter when you set out for hiking. Your body may need 6,000 calories per day if you camp at high altitude. Also, take a coffee for chilly nights.

Pitch-up Your Tent Properly

Above all Wisely choose your tent. Sometimes it is needless to buy a big tent, but it doesn’t work in winter due to the large space. However, a big tent like a tent with a chimney hole works better as these tents have a stove jack opening at the roof, a stove pipe with a flame-retardant panel to keep your tent warm while cooking.

Otherwise, take a small tent for 2 persons for hiking but it should have many layers like ground layers and fly layers to keep the tent warm. In fact, these layers act as insulators and reduce moisture inside the tent. On other hand, large tents are comfortable for family camping. With more people the space remains warm on the contrary, a big tent with fewer will be cooler. Choose a Canvas or Polycotton tent as they are insulated and better for winter or autumn.

What to take, What not?

1. Don’t pack stylish pajamas. Instead take simple and warm clothes.
2. Arrange zip up hoodies in winter.
3. Thermal undergarments and/or an insulated jacket would be best for cold nights.
4. For your feet choose boots rather than shoes.
5. Winter can be sunny and would burn your skin if you put on many clothes. Make sure to use some lighter jacket and other stuff on those days.

Right Kinds of Bed are Necessary

Buy the right kind of bed on a chilly night because you wouldn’t be able to sleep in a cheap sleeping bag save them for summer. It must be an insulated one besides, see its season rating. Also, a compact mummy bag is a best selection as they are designed to keep you comfortable and warm during cold nights.

Buy a Tent with Insulated Ground Floor

Canvas and polyester are best. They are designed to keep tents warm and most preferable for winter. Its walls and floor have insulation properties so that you don’t need rugs or carpet. On other hand, cheap carpets and rugs can work as an insulating layer and keep the groundsheet warm so that you won’t step on cold floors.

Use Technology!

Winter camping should be worth the investment! Innovative synthetic sleeping bags are supper at trapping heat- the best choice for luxurious family camping. Portable electric heaters are available in the market but you have to be cautious in using them. So, just follow the instructions.

Don’t worry they are designed to use inside the tent only. Generally, every type of heater should be turned off while sleeping as you can’t turn it on for long hours. Here you have to do the same as it is recommended on the label: shut it before you sleep.

Take a Portable Toilet

It’s good to empty your bladder before sleeping and take a portable toilet for remote areas. Full bladder will distract your sleep for this, use pee bottles inside your tent.

Hand Warmers

Bring hand warmers to keep your hands and feet warm.

How to Stop Condensation?

Ventilation! It sounds silly but there is a reason for it. You may not realize but your close tent at night can be the reason for condensation. our body heat and breathe may damp your tent interior. If you sweat on cold nights, you become chilly. Surely, you won’t die on the adventure but probably caught up cold. Thereby keep ventilate and dry your tent to avoid this trouble. It helps you to stay warm throughout the night.

Best Insulation Methods

Heating rocks is another method to insulate your tent. Heat some rocks till they become hot, let them cool not more yet warm, wrap them in a towel and put them at the bottom of the sleeping bag. Moreover, you can set them in middle of tent but avoid this trick if you are new camper or with kids.

 WARNINGS! 

1. Don’t go Bed Cold

Eh! Invest in thermal blankets. Grab an extra blanket when the temperature drops at night. But don’t go to bed, it will take longer to warm up your body. It can ruin your sleep. Do some squats to warm up your body.

2. Don’t Buy Massive Tents

For solo or couple camping never use massive tents. With few people, space remains cooler.

3. Don’t Cover Your Face in Sleeping Bag

Cover your whole body and head in your sleeping bag but not face. It can create moisture.

4. Avoid Moisture

Keep your tent moisture free. Put your moisture clothes and boots out or wrap them in newspaper so that it can absorb moisture.

Final Thoughts

Finally, I have put all different ways to stay warm at camping. Possibly you have tried some. But if you are going for the first time these tips will help you on the trail and are paramount to a best tent camping experience.