Geeze Tom. That's a winter wonderland or disaster depending on how you look at it. To me it looks like great day to spin circles in my car, NOT on the freeway!!!The 0 deg F is a wee bit chilly but with the right clothing it's all doable. Here it rains a little bit (insert sarcasm) so we just wear old fashioned RUBBER rain gear when salmon fishing and it's no place for GoreTex and other groovy fabrics.
Nice ice cleats there Tom. Wish I was there to see it all. Rain here.
Tom,Glad you got out for a hunt. We keep catching the rain here like your getting the snow... i’m about ready to trade some of this rain. You’ll get em next time!
Quote from: ranchibi on February 04, 2021, 12:49:45 AMTom, you definitely are prepared for any circumstances that may occur in the wild! You and your son are one and the same when it comes to wilderness preparation....wonderful hunting and survival skills!Hi Randall.Winter preparation is essential ....that is... if one plans on making it back home. The old saying that...the devil is in the details is quite true.I've had a few mishaps while out in the woods in winter...but nothing that I could not overcome.The WIND speed can be a big concern. A strong Wind can do a person in real quick if one is not prepared for it.My son Jason has some Real Interesting Stories to tell about his 20 odd years that he spent guiding big game hunts in Alaska.I have told him, more than once, that he should write another book and tell the "back stories" about those experiences.I am talking about things that he did not publish in his first book, Kodak Kings.He has sold the guiding business that he had and he is not guiding anymore.It is hard for me to realize that he turned 50 years old last October.He was just getting too old for some of the real "Hard Core" things that he was doing.I can understand though. I gave up mountain & ice climbing at age 50 myself.My little jaunts out into the woods are pretty mild in comparison.I have a photo album full of pictures about all the Canadian wilderness canoe trips that I took Jason & his two brothers (Matthew & Brian) on when they were growing up. I started out with the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area in the US, then worked progressively North, year by year, from there.Thank you for your reply Randall.Best Wishes - Tom
Tom, you definitely are prepared for any circumstances that may occur in the wild! You and your son are one and the same when it comes to wilderness preparation....wonderful hunting and survival skills!
The coldest I have experienced was -46 F on February 1st 1996.It hit -62 F that day in the areas north of Duluth.
Quote from: A.K.A. Tommy Boy on February 04, 2021, 01:00:13 PMThe coldest I have experienced was -46 F on February 1st 1996.It hit -62 F that day in the areas north of Duluth.Jan-Feb. 1996 I think was the worst winter for us here too. Besides the extreme low temps, it snowed every 3 days for a couple of months with a few storms that dumped 1-1.5' ft. of snow. I remember there was 4' to 5' of snow all around the house for weeks and felt like we were trapped and buried in it. I remember it vividly because we had closed on the house on Nov. 1, 1995 and I was totally unprepared with only 1 shovel (for an 80ft double-wide driveway) in my possession.
The heavy snow began falling across east central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin during the late afternoon hours of October 31. By midnight, the Twin Cities had already recorded 8.2 in (20.8 cm) of snow. This not only set a record for the largest amount of snow on that date, but also for the most snow ever recorded in the Twin Cities during the month of October. As the storm system pushed its way northward, more communities in eastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin began to experience similar conditions; and thundersnow occurred as far north as Duluth.Snowfall totals for the Halloween BlizzardOver the next two days the snow continued to fall, leading to additional snowfall of one to two feet (30 cm to 60 cm). By the time the snow ended on November 3 the storm had dropped 36.9 in (93.7 cm) on Duluth, the largest single snow storm total in Minnesota history at that time. The Twin Cities received 28.4 in (72.1 cm), setting a single-storm record for the metropolitan area. In all, at least one foot (30 cm) of snow fell in a swath approximately 100 mi (160 km) wide from south central Minnesota, northeastward into northwestern Wisconsin and into the Minnesota Arrowhead. A more narrow band of 2+ ft (60+ cm) of snow fell from the Twin Cities to Duluth and northward.
Love the pictures Tom and glad you had a great day outdoors.
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