WINTER CAMPING EQUIPMENT
CLOTHING:
	OUTER LAYER
____ WARM JACKET
____ WATER-PROOF SNOW PANTS
____ SCARF
____ WINTER GLOVES or MITTENS and glove liners (Polypropylene or silk liners, extra gloves and liners)
____ 2 WARM HATS (One for Sleeping ONLY-Sleeping hat should be designed to stay on at night)
____ STURDY, INSULATED WINTER BOOTS (Rubber is much better than leather. Leather will freeze at night)
	MIDDLE LAYER
____ POLAR FLEECE JACKET (if not “built-in” outer jacket)
____ WOOL SWEATERS or POLAR FLEECE SWEAT SHIRTS 
____ LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS/PULLOVERS (Wool or synthetic fiber for good insulating quality & quick drying)
____ POLAR FLEECE SWEAT PANTS
____ ADDITIONAL SWEAT PANTS & SWEAT SHIRT (for sleeping only!) Change ALL of your clothes, including your long underwear, inside your sleeping bag when you go to bed)
	INNER LAYER
____ LONG UNDERWEAR (Inner-layer. If buying new, look for 100% synthetic or polypropylene fabric, NOT "waffle pattern" cotton blend)
____ extra sets of UNDERWEAR
____ HEAVY HIKING SOCKS & Liners (Wool or synthetic socks, polypropylene or silk liners.) Make sure your boots are NOT TIGHT!)
____ SLIPPERS (Optional: goose-down with sole to wear in sleeping bag and going to latrine)

EQUIPMENT
____ BACKPACK (and/or large Sports Equipment Bag, and/or Duffel Bag) Place all clothing items in zip-lock plastic bags)
.	____ PLASTIC BAGS (newspaper or bread wrappers, or plastic grocery bags to go under socks in case of wet leather boots).
____ WINTER SLEEPING BAG 
____ SLEEPING PAD(S) 
____ "BLUE" 5'X7' TARP or other Plastic Ground Sheet.
____ WHISTLE on neck chain.
____ POCKETKNIFE and Totin' Chip
____ MESS-KIT (BOWL, CUP, FORK, SPOON, PLATE -- heavy-duty plastic is warmer than metal).
____ WATER BOTTLE(S), filled ("Agene" Bottles can be filled with hot water for inside sleeping bag)
____ FLASHLIGHT & EXTRA BATTERIES
____ SMALL FIRST AID KIT 
____ PEN, PENCIL, SMALL NOTEBOOK, BSA HANDBOOK 
____ COMPASS with a BASEPLATE, in a Zip-Lock bag 
____ MATCHES in a Zip-Lock bag.
____ TOILETRIES KIT (Small Hand Soap, Small Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Comb, Floss, Fast-Drying Camp Towel)
____ TOILET PAPER (Half a roll in a Zip-Lock bag)