Winter Emergency Snowshoe Camp-DUAL SURVIVAL SHELTER -20c CANADIAN WILDERNESS

We're getting there. Oh yeah. So we've come off the old ski trail, on to some powder, it's a bit harder going, but not so bad. Nice fluffy stuff. Boosh, why don't you tell the people what's going on today, what are we doing? Well today, we're on the Voyager Trail, and we're snowshoeing in on top of about four feet of snow, and we're going into a nice lake to spec some, fish some speckled trout, and just have a camp and have some fun. do you think the duration of our hike is till we get to our camp spot I figure we have at least another hour maybe hour and a half we've been going for what half hour not even half hour 45 yeah so we got some tarps obviously we both have our sleds and we're relying on fire for cooking and warmth tonight we'll set up some tarps near a rock hopefully a big rock outcropping I'm hoping so yep that'd be ideal we've got some shovels so we can dig out some snow beds or benches and dig down to the ground should be a good time it's negative when When I was driving here in the car, it was negative 20. What was the height today, negative seven? Negative seven, yeah, that's how it's gonna get. And then tonight, it's supposed to be around negative 20. So we're decked out, we got good enough sleeping bags, everything will be fine. Boosh, how tall do you think that staff is you're holding? I'd say this is probably about four feet. Right, let's show the people what the snow situation is. Oh. No joke, eh? What you doing? being graceful oh man we have to uh this is on the uh quote unquote trail we're supposed to be following so we got to clear that off before we get there with our sleds see them fling up funnest thing ever yeah i think we that's probably pretty good yeah i think so we could just skirt skirt on through there neat indeed good job this used be a tree right here i did open up quite a bit yeah keep coming to this it's just been like ice storm after snow storm as you can see there's little twigs with huge amounts of snow on them delicious snow never eat snow don't eat snow snow bush we got deep we got deep got deep oh it's fun it's a nice frosty oh no well there's like bushes under here or something i might be able to go first and packing. I might not push through. That'd be cool. You're a little lighter. Yeah, well. Did that work? Hey, nothing. No, nothing at all. Dust off your shoulder. There you go. A little prop stick. Million uses for a stick. Just did mine. Oh, look how much snow I'm carrying. This is no joke. It's 2 o'clock now. We came in here at like 10. Getting there though. This is what's in front of us. We're at the top of a big old hill. No shortage of snow. It's taking us a lot longer than we thought that was gonna take to get into here. We've been going all day It's just turned three o'clock Have sun at the most until six or have light vague light until at the most till six and we still have to go back down and get bushy sled like you just saw Let's get get mine up here 500 meters to lake. What was that? About that and the 500 meters going the way we've been going takes a while, you know breaking trail knocking Ice off trees so we can get through the trail So it's going to be a mad dash for wood The ice fishing is probably going to be Like holes drilled after we already set up Or well before we set up And just leave the rods there Because we don't really have time for much We'd snacking along the way But water, my mouth doesn't really want to work too much Water is a necessity It's a lot of work, got to get going Can we have to get going, we're running out of time So we obviously didn't make it to the lake We had to make an executive decision How far did you hike down and still didn't see it? Probably another 500 meters, 600 meters, something like that. And by our calculations, we should be there roughly around that time. You still didn't see it, so it's 10 after 4, we're losing light, there's just no option. We can't head back, it's way too far, we can't find the lake, we can't explore for the lake any further because we're not gonna have any time to A, dig down, make a camp, and B, collect enough firewood to cook our food and at least warm us until it's time to go to bed. Like I said, we both have adequate gear to keep us warm. We could literally stop on the side of the trail, set up our stuff, and be fine. We have bivvies, adequate sleeping bags, everything. But what fun is that? Wanna be able to sit by the fire and cook some food too, right? So that's why we're stopping where we are. We really should have done this trip in a two-night adventure, two-night timeframe, because the first day could have been getting there. The first day was trying to get there, right? We took the whole time hiking and pulling these sleds. big difference when you're when you're hiking or when you're snowshoeing or when you're snowshoeing pulling a sled full of gear so anyways we're making progress on our little dugout here dig down maybe set a tarp up maybe even not depending but we have a back rest we will have a front fire reflector a spot down here to have our fire so it doesn't just like my last video kind of grow out and then you'll have to deal with it after but there's a lot of dead firewood dead uh dead firewood there's a lot of dead hardwood so it should be all right yeah shovels here and i can't we can't have it too close if we have synthetics maybe just make a little kind of a bay there we have the fire there tuck back in here yeah back in here i might just leave it a little more so you can lay lengthways yeah maybe that's what we'll do too then and then uh it's almost half quincy right now like if we put one on top my other one's really big we could just lay lay it in here beyond this and we won't have to worry about any of the snow or anything. Put a tarp on down and just kind of trap the heat? Yeah. All right. We'll have the knee walls here. Well, you want to do this? I'm gonna go get wood. Sure. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. All right. I saw, there's a wicked one right next to the lodge between the two live trees there standing. No bark on it or anything. Okay. I saw that. All right. That sounds like it makes sense. All right. All right. Divvy up the chores. I'm going to get my tools and get some firewood. Bush is gonna continue digging this thing out. It's frozen. All peace. Don't knock my camera over. Cracked on the dome. While I was out collecting firewood, Bush was nice enough to set up this large tarp shelter. Gonna have lots of coverage down in that pit he dug. So we're gonna have a fire pit there. It'll wind itself out, but that's a good three, four feet there. And we got sleep front to back, head to toe, I mean. So I got for firewood, that stuff on that side, which is not really that much, but then over here. All these guys. So it's time to cut these up in about three, four foot pieces and see if we have enough. Looks decent and we don't have that much time until the sun's down, so. Should be pretty good. Nice and cozy in there though, man. Once we have the fire, like, look at that. That all needs to be tucked up still, obviously, but lots of protection and then the heat should funnel in underneath the tarp and keep us extra warm. We've been having crows fly around us all day. You keep hearing them, different noises. Noises my car this that might be a little too much. Let's see a little shorter to start out Okay, I'm sure we'll get bigger as we go a piece of soap after we have a good fire It's already warmer down here 20 degrees So all of our firewoods all cut up it's time to get out the sleeping gear And if we still have some time after this I'm gonna put the snowshoes back before it's dark and put the snowshoes back on and hike around for a little bit more wood But if not we have enough and we can make it last But I thought I'd show you guys just what we brought to stay warm in these cold temperatures now moving all day We did create sweat. We didn't fall into the snow quite a few times So I know personally my back back of my legs where the snow is getting kicked up and getting stuck Here is all wet from it melting. So Boosh has got ice all over it everywhere So it's a good idea to be able to get warm again right and be dry So having the adequate gear in this time and time of year is probably a pretty important thing. All right, what do you want there? Okay, I'll take this side so we can use our sleds as a little bit of like a sidewall for wind or even a Something to sit on or a back brace lots of options I chose to bring my gear in a duffel bag, which I normally do when I'm winter camping it It's easy access, it holds a lot. My sleeping pad, right? Brought my sleeping pad. Brought my sleeping pad. You're really tight too, guys. Pulling a joke. So, for myself, for sleeping gear, we're both using Therm-a-Rest. I've got a Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XTherm, and Bush is using my Therm-a-Rest NeoAir. That one I've had for like 10 years, and she's going strong. It's like a R-value of five or something like that. Put everything inside, for me, I have a bivvy. This is an old REI bivvy, a minimalist. Grabbed this for like a hundred bucks, maybe, I don't know, four or five years ago. Doug had it for a while, but he bought his Cocoon of Death bivvy, and now I have this one back. What sleeping bag you rocking? Let's see. I got a Chinook. Chinook, I'm not sure what it is. It's rated negative 10. And then I got a cheapie from the States that's rated negative 18 Celsius. And you stuff them inside each other, maybe in a bivvy sack too. and that's the same thing I'm doing I have my negative 20 and then I have like a negative like two or three here what is this one negative two the Phantom Spark from Mountain Hardwear, so again stuff them inside each other and then that rating goes through the roof will be more than warm in this stuff pulling a sled lets you carry like this stuff's not all heavy right like it's all down but it's very bulky so pulling your stuff in a sled you all your gear in a sled is helpful for the winter time except for when you're trudging uphill all day both ways four feet of powder you didn't break trail most of the day though I appreciate that all right and I got a pillow can't leave home without it all right we're gonna get camp set up I'll get back with you aha too soon all All right, we are losing light big time. You can see the sun behind, or the moon behind me maybe. It's full moon, so we'll get some good moonlight tonight, but sun is a-done. We were able to get a couple more big pieces of wood, which is great, and got a bunch of dry stuff to start the fire. We got some of these balsam firs that are wide, but at the bottom, we're a little dodgy, so we're gonna put them at the bottom of the fire as our platform, which will build it up quite high and give us a good head start. Peek-a-boosh. Hello. I'll start bringing our firewood over here I guess we don't have to walk to the store. You want me to just get this thing lit? Yep. Yep, sounds good. Knackin', don't go a-knackin'. What? Snowshoes off is about the second best thing I can think of doing right now. First is eating some food. Ah, eating some food that doesn't come in bar or nut form. Freakin' cheap. It's not gonna roll, I got it. Just put out the whole fire. If you put this, like, slide, put it all over my head, I just give up. Oh, ----. My hard work. Oh, yes. Ho, ho, ho. Ho, ho, ho. Ho, ho, ho. Ho, ho, ho. Make some galette. Class in, en français. Ho, ho, ho. Nylon on the ground. Call it home. Ho, ho, ho. Joby Nimble, Joby Quick. Okie doke. So, to start off tonight's feast, we got some good old Amy's Organic Soups. This one's a vegetable barley. She's low in fat, vegan, non-BPA lining. I thought it said low BPA lining. The best of the best. But anyways, I've been eating these soups with no bad repercussions. Actually, I feel pretty good. I've been having some healthy regular things going on. So no need to put water in that one. Has the pop top, nice and easy. I do have a bunch more food, but we're gonna pace ourselves and eat over the course of a couple hours here before I go to bed. I'm just gonna throw this on get a slow cook on that and then yeah nibble have a little nibble on that I got some onion and garlic and Bruce brought some potatoes Got a small steak that we can split. I'm not gonna have too much of it, but it's organic Grass-fed steak as well. So all is well and for the morning. This is what I've been eating in the mornings Kia quia. I'm not sure how to say it. No sugar or salt added, you sweeten it to taste. I had fruit I had blueberries. Oh, yeah. I just had this on the last trip I added apples to that, but normally I have blueberries or banana and the 36 grams of whole grains per 38 grams serving That's crazy. I'm done. You got some soup on too or you don't wait Yeah, I got some soup going Right yeah, she's done nice. Oh, ho ho how did it come out round like that was it it? Oh, there's one of those. What's that? It was in there like one of those soup bowls, and then I same size that cups I just threw it in there right through the soup bowl Only took a couple minutes nice got a good fire going gonna melt some snow after I eat this I still have like maybe a tiny bit of my Nel gene I did better on drinking water today because we were moving a lot we needed to I was eating snow along the way quite a bit Too actually, I know they said don't do that. But I think if you only do a little bit don't rely on it It's not too big a deal. I'm pretty comfortable. Are you cold at all? No, no The only thing I'm cold is my toes, but I didn't switch out my boots Or my socks yet I did put on long johns when we got here I didn't want to hike in them I didn't want to sweat But I do have extra socks to change into And this sleep system tonight is going to be heavenly man I know it I'm excited It's going to be so warm So this isn't what we had planned But I'm having a lot of fun This feels like real camping to me Now we know that that lake is much farther Or much harder to get to Maybe we can come back and do a day hike there Break the trail And then if possible If it's not so far come back with the sleds another day That doesn't because after how long we only were on a trail for I want to say like one quarter of this hike Not even and then we were breaking trail the whole way so much longer than winter than the summer right anyways It's good. I'm fun feel uh feel at home now You're here this thing makes a huge difference Got some water boiled up have my lentil soup didn't rinse it out cuz you know it froze in there this waters this This water bottle's a little frozen on the sides. So let's add the gray water to the clear Nalgene. Oh, look at that, some despair from my next little melt. Not so bad, a little lentley, a little lentley. Oh, look at it. It's all right, it's winter camping. But bam, Doug, this thing's gotta be done. I just flipped it, but she's standing. Yeah, it's done, eh? Oh, it's still frozen. Very tasty, especially right next to the bone. Got a nice char. Personally, I like the crispy bit. Our fire is rocking, dude. Oh, yeah. Oh my. Smelt some iron. Really so good. Let me show you this fire. Look how nice and relaxed we are. Chillaxin'. We got steak, tea, soon to have garlic, potatoes, onions not too shabby well boosh well it's 10 o'clock it's about that time I think we're gonna just organize our stuff and head to bed we're both beat from hiking in here all day pretty warm from the fire it's doing its job definitely these sleeping bags are calling our names nice and warm in there and comfortable I will get with you guys in the morning we will get with you guys in the morning. Have a good night. Think warm thoughts. Good night. Brr. Brr is right. How'd you Well, how'd you do? Not too bad. Stayed warm. That's good. Yeah, I stayed really warm too. Eight in the morning, so we definitely slept in. I slept hard till three. Got up, peed a couple times. Boosh said he felt something walking in the snow behind us. Decently heavy or what? Yeah, kind of sound like almost human tracks or something. You can feel the snow shaking little thing beside it I'd rather it not be human for sure yeah cold cold cold cold my hand is numb touching the camera the fire did its thing it warmed us up it melted a big old pit there my stuff stayed completely safe yours too I'm sure no spark holes no burns no melts the tarp above us got a few spark holes but Boosh is cool with that that's no big deal You know he says So the agenda for today, it's family day, so we have to get home to our families we Definitely and did not anticipate it taking this long to get into even where we are now We thought we would have been at it somewhere to camp what like an hour or two hours into the hike yeah, and it was So but we did break trail and we're hoping that the way out the way up the way in was all uphill right Like 90% uphill We're coming up into the hills to go down into the lake And we broke trail uphill So now we can just kind of slide downhill Is the General consensus So hopefully we get out in maybe two-ish hours But I'm really glad Like last night I was like man let's just bail You know what I mean let's come back for our gear Whatever and Boosh sensibly talked me out of that And we set up and it was fun I'm glad we did If I was by myself I would have bailed And come back, but I'm glad I'm glad we stayed I had a fun time This is like a really cool shelter you whipped up We really busted our butts he got into gear when we got to when we when we you Bush came back from that hiking that like 500 meter hike or whatever looking for the lake and when he came back And then find I was like we seriously need to talk now and he's like yeah I know it's like we either need to bail or build shelter and when we decided this is the spot We're gonna build the shelter. We really really stepped it up Bush got his shovel on and I got all that wood and yeah man this is the most one of the most comfortable winter nights I've spent what about you I think I think it is for sure besides maybe that one time your snow tracker but that was much earlier yeah all right guys well I hope you this was a an interesting video for you I know it wasn't the length that I normally do and it wasn't really the most in-depth thing but you've seen all that before and this is definitely different different for me this is an impromptu unknown shelter spot unknown camp uh overnight so yeah could have been uh if we didn't have as much gear as we did to have to stay luxurious we were saying last night could have been a survival situation yeah like you're literally in a survival uh bivy right now but we did pretty slippery but we did have our gear and we we we had i know we had more than enough adequate gear to stay uh warm and good and that's that's the key so i'll probably film a little bit walking out but i think this is mainly the end of the video if you want to stick around and watch our antics trying to get on out of here it might be a little amusing um a couple things go check out my instagram i stay very active on there i have lots of cool fun stuff on there more family stuff humorous stuff I have merch I have new mugs out so I'll put the link in the bio go check that out please and I'm gonna be doing a series a shelter build series where I go almost every day and build some like what a half an hour long video and and put it up pretty pretty currently pretty what's the word my hands burning from touching this put it up in succession pretty quickly it's not gonna be on my property it's gonna be out in the middle of the woods alright guys thanks for watching say bye boosh goodbye oh my goodness we had to get this warming fire going packing up touching the cold material really does a number on your hands so this little warming fire ah I'm roasting a melt trying to melt my Cliff Bar it's working anyways this is doing a lot for me at least for Morel. Almost all done. Look at the size of that footprint we made. Oh yeah. She's decent. That back wall is legit. Two man set up.