Last updated on May 20th, 2021 at 04:42 pm
Reading Time: 2 minutesAh, backpacking! And that too backpacking in winters. When I hear this 11-letter word my heart beats faster and my mind immediately takes action full of the excitement that I should leave now for a trip. And I believe, the majority of you guys cases are like this.
HELL, YEAH you said.
But before leaving we should not take backpacking lightly and especially in winters.
Because we are heading to a place which will be too far from the home and we don’t want to end up buying that same thing which has existed in the home.
Make sense!
We will be focusing on the much-needed things while backpacking in the winters.
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6 things you should consider while backpacking in winters
1. Energy Drink
We tend to lose energy quickly in winters while we are on trips. The long walking and exploring takes all the energy and sometimes night too. Water also plays a perfect role. But energy drinks are very beneficial here.
Homemade energy drinks and very effective as well as suited according to your needs.
2. Body warming clothes
The first thing we all focus, is our warm clothes in winter. Not only packing warm but dressing in the case how many of us actually end up dressing warm in winters, that the clothes really sound like warm.
Hardly a few of them and ends up talking we had worn so many layers but why am I still feeling my body cold. It’s because of not wearing appropriately.
Also read, things to focus on for the first-time backpacker.
3. Winter Shoes
Now, shoes. The more we focus on our clothes while backpacking, the less we Pay attention to our shoes and that’s really important because of this we will make a strong grip on the ground and if there are snowshoes are damn handy!
4. Quality Backpack
Why not consider this?
When we are talking about things to focus on while backpacking in winters then why to ignore backpacks here. Would you like to take a not so good one? No Na.
These backpacks are the bone of travelers where almost anything related to travel can be found and uploaded in a backpack.
5. Warm clothes
Is this thing really existing in today’s time? Shockingly Yes. Lol. With the coming of new trends, socks are left alone with the shoes. But don’t do this in winters and especially if there is snow.
Keeping your socks dry is the most difficult thing in winters and snow comes in between to make you feel cold.
Winter socks are really helpful. Remember.
6. Thermal Flask
Thermal Flask keeps water warm. In the cold winters, this will bring relief from the conditions and you must include this in your backpack. Warm water in winters is like looking for water in the hot desert.
I think your bag must be full now.
Don’t make it full, then where you will be going to keep your medicines, camera, etc.
These are the things which I find most important to consider for winters while backpacking.
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Such great tips. I have always fancied backpacking it looks so fun! Xx
Thank you for the comment.Try it and you will love this and it will going to be your lifetime memorable too.
I never had the chance to go backpacking so I will keep these tips in mind for when I get the cgances to go! Hopefully soon!!
Thank you for sharing!!
Hey ,
Thank you for taking a time out in reading. This means a lot. Hopefully you will be going soon. Happy traveling.
Definitely going to pay attention to this if I ever go backpacking. I’m going on a long weekend to Spain but not sure that counts as Winter haha, although Ryanair make you take the smallest bag ever!
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Hey Megan ,
Thank you for reading. Have a happy and blissful journey to spain.
I also pack heat packs for fingers and toes. Good tips
Hey Pauline,
That’s amazing. Majority of us actually don’t do this so it’s good to hear from you. Thank you for reading.
Excellent tips!! I love travel but I have never been backpacking – I do love the thought of going travelling with only what you have in your bag. But as someone who struggles to pack light, I am not sure how well I could manage to fit everything in one bag. Hopefully I will do it one day – there are so many amazing places in this world, why stay in one place?
Hayley | hayleyxmartin
Absolutely Hayley, why stay in one place when you have so much to explore. Hope you will do backpacking one day and enjoy the experience. Thank you so much for reading and sharing your thoughts with me .
Great tips for sure! While we dont live in an area where it gets overly cold or snowy it’s a trip I would love to take the kids on some day as I grew up with snow and feel like they are really missing out in some fun! These tips will be more them helpful when the time comes!
Thank you so much. I also don’t leave in a place where it snows but whenever I feel that this is the time I leave for mountains and snow.
thermal base layers are a life saver! I always wear them under my clothes when in cold countries and they deffo do the job. Heat packs for your hands are great too as I feel like that’s where the cold affects me most! x
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Hey Giana,
This is a kind of fun in winters , wearing thermal base and long boots has its own charm. Thank you so much for reading.
Excellent Tips! I always afraid of traveling in the winter season because of winter season is so hard for travel. But after reading this article I am confident that I can travel in winter too
Yes, definately. You can travel at any season with precautions at first. Thanks for reading.