-35° Solo Camping 4 Days | Snowstorm, Ice Fishing & First Sighting of ??? 

Get a lot of questions and some think I'm lying about the temperature (no, I never have). If the title says -30, it should go without saying that that's the LOW for the trip...the temp fluctuates, of course. So I made a video for the top 11 FAQs I get about winter camping: *1) If it's so cold, why can't you see your breath?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *2) If it's so cold, why is there slush on the lake?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *3) Why aren't you melting snow for water?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *4) What is the temp inside the tent?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *5) Why winter camp at all?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *6) Why aren't you wearing snowshoes?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *7) How do you poop when it's that cold?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *8) Aren't you worried about carbon monoxide from the stove?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *9) Aren't you afraid of animals attacking you? Where's your gun?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html8 *10) How you you power your devices?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html *11) Why don't you use a floor?* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a_nrGUte8dM.html Hope it helps clear some things up.

Bro I've been ice fishing my entire life and always took every precaution possible, until last winter I was off grid with snowmobiles at a lodge and went to get firewood down the lake because there wasn't much good jack pine close to camp. My buddy who was with me at the time didn't have a float suit and I did, he ended up going through an otters breathing hole it was late January as well, I turned around and he was neck deep and his legs were entangled in roots and sticks from the bank... Anyway lets just say he was lucky my adrenaline was through the roof because he weighed nearly 100lbs more than me not including the water soaking in his clothing, somehow I managed to yank him out without going in myself... Cheers stay safe :)

Jon, thank you so much for your content! Hope to see you review one of the tents manufactured by RBM Outdoors. Can't wait to see what you have to say ❤

Not sure if people realise the amount of work that goes into the planning and edits on this. I for one really appreciate it!!!

Filleting a trout with ice auger is the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😆 Good thing you had that auger multi-tool 2.0!

The best 37 minutes on the tube… -35not a big deal when you have prepared and understand how to survive in cold conditions.. well done Jon..

Hey Jon, I just feel like I owe you a thank you. I have been stuck in my apartment quite a lot lately due to health issues. But what I am craving is nature. I recently discovered your channel and have spent many hours watching you and Erin's adventures. The videos have brought me a lot of peace. Take care. Many thanks from NYC.

I just love that you thank the fish that you can eat him. Me as a hobby fisherman do this too.

This man deserves more supporters to pay back his effort put in his videos.

Dude im so glad you started doing thus full time, its hard to tell you how awesome it is when notification comes thru with a new lost lakes video, keep up all the awesome content!!!

Used to go winter camping in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta every winter in the 80's and 90's. Loved it. Saw amazing things and enjoyed every minute no matter how cold it was. Thank you for helping me rekindle my younger years!

Back in the late 1980s we were making a trail from one lake to another to build our camp. I was walking on the ice and went thru with a brand new snow ❄️ mobile suit on. It smelled like swamp water. Days before when were at the camp that we stayed in, the snowmachine went thru the ice at the bank of the creek. The ice auger in the carrier stopped it from sliding in backwards and sinking. I am to old for that crap now. The night sky shots were amazing. A wood stove is a man's best friend in the cold.

Very cool, so to speak. The cups of hot water, wow.

I can’t even express how you thanking the fish made me feel. I’ve been vegetarian for 7 years and the only meat I think I’d ever eat again would be via catching my own fish while camping. I could feel how much you appreciated it’s sacrifice and deeply respect the fish- so thank you for sharing that and being so genuine.

Filleting a fish with an auger. Nice!

Since the dawn of humanity man has wanted a sharp edge in their pocket. Bold choice for a couple of ounces. Thanks for taking us along.

All Hail the Pad Thai... such an awesome dish - done right!

Nice little outing. Love that big boy stove. That was a beautiful creature and a lucky encounter. Good stuff as usual Jon!!

Hi Jon, I love the way you take things in stride. No matter what the occurrence you seem to overcome all obstacles. Your confidence as a true woodsman is apparent but you also exude a peaceful mindfulness that is a great example for all of use. Thank you!

Coming from north country myself, I love the winter views. We are fortunate, that were born/live here. Not as cold here in Michigan, it rarely dips much past -15...except for the polar vortex winters back in 2012-2014 where we seen wind chills of -30's. It is a force to be reckoned with and carefully prepared for. Excellent video!!!!

A trout fileted with an ice auger blade is ingenuity at its finest! Bravo Jon 👏

Thank you again, Jon, for taking us along for the ride. I have to say your mood/setting shots are unrivaled in your genre, and did I detect some influence from the Xander school of video editing (quick cuts of wood stacking)? Nice to have an uneventful trip after last week, which just proves the universal constant: the wave corrects itself. You deserved that

I like these 'serious' adventure videos: not just 'parachute in'; take some footage and get home for dinner with the family.' The starry sky and illuminated tent frames were awesome. The feeling that a hot tent is still survivable (even comfortable) shelter for several days can't be conveyed on a day trip.

Nice enjoyment without borders. I'm looking at where you went through the snow ..it's hard for Moose .?? Hehehe ..All the best on everything as well as the wonderful video, stay safe buddy! Greetings from Alberta .👍🍁🌿🍷🍁👌

Nothing like a supply of fire wood. That stove just sucks you in. I truly love a fire. Those Naan calzones look so good!

Just beautiful. The pace was perfect. Watched on a big screen with the lights turned off, you get a real feeling of being there (minus the 55 or so Celsius degree difference between my living room and your surroundings). What's also really enjoyable is reading all the comments here ... quality people tuning in !

Thanks for taking us with you. The lesson on the big dipper was great. And appreciating the fish was nice

I appreciate you thanking the fish for its life to help you. Well done.

That is real Canadian winter scenery. The cloud of snow blowing across the lake. Fabulous!

Late night here in Sweden in the middle of summer and this video makes me longing for the long, cold and dark arctic winter. Thank you for doing this and bringing us with you.

I've found steam coming out of the ground a few times here in northern Alaska. I dug down and found spruce bows from forestry operations that had been buried. They had been breaking down (rotting) for some time which causes heat from a lack of O2. So I cleared out the other debris and made my bed there. Keep fairly warm that night. Basically like a compost pile getting hot.

My friends ask me all the time why I don't video and post on youtube. They only ask that because they have NEVER edited video lol. I have, and to me it's work. It used to be fun, 25 years ago, but now, it's work, so I'll watch your videos and enjoy your work, and I'll go outside and play :) As always, great video!!!

What I've always enjoyed about winter camping in Washington State on the clear nights is the meriad of stars like you've shown. It never fails to amaze me. It let's me know how small I am, but how strong my inner spirit is. Thank you.

Great Video! I consider myself an experienced outdoorsman, but I learned so much through this experience you shared with us. It looked cold as hell but stunningly beautiful, especially the night shots with the the unpolluted night stars! Even better ... You caught one of the worlds best meals, in my opinion of course.. Thanks for the insight. Catch you on the next video! Stay safe, calm, and cheers.

I grew up in a cold weather state myself (Illinois). I love camping in the cold weather. But you're taking this to whole new levels! You have my respect!

Everything in one..Perfect

Hey young fella, old man from Alaska here…….this takes me way back to the late fifties/ early sixties hunting and camping 😎🥶

I love winter's beauty! So peaceful in today's crazy world! Thanks for taking us along with you, Jon! Definitely looked like a pine marten.

The steam coming from the hole when you walked in might be a spring - I live in Mn. And we have many spring fed lakes - where the spring feeds the lake it usually stays open even in -40 weather. The spring water is warmer from underground.

Steam could be caused by compost breaking down (chemical reaction). People heat their greenhouses with this method. A small razor blade works as a back-up knife.

Really cold stuff makes interesting sounds!

Very peaceful video Jon, hope you are having a great winter 😊

Thanks for all your hard work to make these videos possible better than anything on regular tv

Every time....there's a little pause that says....see Scotty, I gotch you with me right here bro! Thanks bro. I absolutely love this!! Keep 'em comin' pal!!

That's real camping! Great camp, stove, fresh caught fish. Al you needed is man's best friend.

Great video, Jon! Terrific photography, as usual. Loved the footage of the pine marten! FWIW, I’ve seen several videos lately of people claiming to be camping at -30C that were clearly nowhere near that cold. As you point out, at -30 your hands start to hurt after very short exposure time, etc. Your authenticity shows! Oh, and I had a brief moment of envy when I saw all your firewood on the first night… there is nothing that can make a man feel richer than a big pile of firewood on a cold night!

Nice vid as usual Jon. There is nothing, NOTHING like being out in the frozen wilderness. Your nighttime shots were great! I've spent nights out on the northern plains where there was no black in the sky, just stars. I thought pine marten, too. The hot tents, I think, could use clear vinyl windows with built in covers, like on pop top campers.

Another great watch. Thanks and take care.

I can remember being on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire at -50F in an igloo. And as you said it was so quiet I could hear the snow flakes hitting on the snow next to me. Rough weekend at 50 below with 105 mile an hour winds, I believe that would be around 85 below wind chill. Oh the good old days. Thanks for taking me with you ...Cheers

Another amazing video, and fortunately in NH, USA we do not get the same temps your area gets. We are having an extremely unusual cold winter, thanks for making these videos. While I am warm in my living room comfortable. My cold weather camping days are over at 66, as I use to enjoy camping in any weather when I was younger.

That looked so peaceful. Cold, yeah, but with the right gear, so nice to get out and explore, and thanks for taking us with you!

Well done! Thanks for sharing.

It’s so pretty and dangerous at the same time. I really like these hot tent camping videos. This is my first video of yours but so far I’ll be watching more of them.❤

Love all of your videos...but these winter trips really make me wish I lived up north! Thanks Jon

agree its a martin what good luck to see it

Loving these solo winter adventures! Thanks for sharing! Hoping for a new one coming up with this crazy weather system right now. Lots of snow!

Wow! Absolutely beautiful location! Super interesting video. This is the first video of yours I have seen. I appreciate you thanking the fish for it's sacrifice. 💙

These videos are terrific. The amount of work on post production too is impressive. I've been binge watching them for a few days straight getting over a cold. They came up on my playlist after I was watching an interesting video on a family surviving winter in Yakutia! I have to say, I get awfully peckish while watching tho...the food you make looks so good, and it's fun to watch you appreciating it too! 😂

Thanking the fish. World needs more humans like u dawg

"Got to be careful on these (auger) blades. A slip could cut my hand pretty badly." That's why a good knife is the MOST important piece of gear you can have. I've never known anyone who didn't carry a knife. And to say "well, I've never needed one" is like saying "well, I've never needed an airbag or seatbelts".

My first time viewing your channel and it was very enjoyable camping with you via RU-vid 🙄 You have such a beautiful pleasant persona, and I love how much you respect nature and you even gave thanks for the fish 🥰👍🏾 Merry Christmas!🎄 Stay bless and safe

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Another amazing trip. The bush looks spectacular with all that snow. Cozy tent set up too. Thx

I absolutely love your videos! As a lover of the wilderness camping in all things outdoors and I don’t get enough time outdoors due to work and being a single mom of an adult child with multiple disabilities. I just want you to know that your videos after your injury were still so meaningful to me and profound and made me feel like I was participating alongside you by watching your adventures thank you so much and thank you for not giving up. .

Favorite wilderness channel and videos keep getting better and better!

Howdy Jon, just having a coffee before I head out for lakers myself this morning and it was a treat to see an upload from you, a great way to start the day. After 50 years on ice in Northern Ontario, I have seen many spring holes etc.. with some incidents in almost all ice conditions. I always tell people no ice is 100 % safe ice despite it's thickness. That's a marten, I have trapped them for many years and only seen a couple live ones. You got lucky, nice capture. Depending on the size of that void in the logs it's hard to say what animal could be denned up, it could be anything from a skunk to a small bear. I have seen some yearling bears den up in some pretty small root tip ups. Was cutting wood off a pile of logs left behind by loggers one spring and I rousted one out from under the pile. Scared the shit outta me. Anyway, those lakers aren't going to catch themselves. You guys keep doing what ya do and stay safe. I look forward to the next episode and I'll yak at ya when I am older.

Thanks for the upload.

Fun trip. Nice fish.

Great job shooting and editing man! Something so peaceful about being out on the frozen lake alone eh Subbed up, thanks for vids!

For some reason I am drawn to these camping videos, love this.. flowed nicely. Would love to see more Starry timelapses.. as an astrophotographer I appreciated that. New sub!

Cheers, Jon! Thank you so much for sharing your Adventures.

Could the steam at 0:40 have been decomposition? I saw at least a couple other spots steaming (not just log piles). Hard to imagine anything out there producing that warmth with so many nights in the -30s this winter.

Love the videos man, keep them coming. Going for a hike tomorrow with my son (10yo) for a hidden sledding spot at sandia peak, New Mexico. Low of -3f and a high of 21f.

Sometimes steam from undeground can be a bear nest! For an example bears can sleep under a big spruce, heard stories from skiers who stuck there skies in under a spruce and out ran a bear!

Thanks Jon!!

Epic John loved this one. Whiter camping is a mission. Great idea to have camp set up. What boggans are those ? They look easy to pack with enormous amounts of gear lol a downfall of mine... pretty wild someone going through the ice that heavy snow causing water to well up not good freeze up and possibly recent pressure crack may have been reason. But just wild this time of yr still. I have seen some really trash ice on super cold years however so you never know.

Wonderful as usual. Thanks, Jon. Would you share with us the current ice conditions you encountered when your buddy went through? I usually use a 50% rule in Minnesota, but now I’m reconsidering that. I assume the ice will be 50% thinner in some spots than what has been reported or what I’ve found to be the “average” as I venture out. So I won’t go on foot until there are 6” of quality ice, figuring that in some places there would only be 3”.

You’re living the dream Lost Lakes, thank you for this look into a stark and beautiful life.

I know you have a lot of canoeing videos but these....these snow camping are my favorite. And yes I watch them all. During my night shifts.

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Hey Jon, awesome video. I just wanted to know with temperature this could how do you ensure you’re car is still drivable once you end your trip. Are you not worried about a dead battery?

I like how you say thank you for the food you catch. I do the same and teach my kids the same.

That transition from the constellation to the melting candle was sickkk. Very nice 👌

Better to have a pocket knife and not need it, than not have a pocket knife and need it. Wouldn't you say?

That tiny bird showing us how resilient he is

This is literally an art!!! Make sure there are splakes they mixed between Laker and not sure what but they almost the same and many lakes has no size limit do the research!!! Good luck!!!

Real nice. Thanks Jon.

Thank you, that’s was a great video! I absolutely loved the stars! The best…

The feeling of frigid cold air on my face makes me feel so ALIVE! And hungry right Jon ?! Potatoes cooked in bacon fat oh YUMMY 💜

That countryside is so spectacularly beautiful with that show. And the shot of the stars created such a satisfying and relaxing mood for me. I’m way to old to be able to enjoy doing this anymore but what I’d give to be able to go back in time. Thanks for posting your vids. Oh yeah it would add a few lbs of dead weight but you would get more rest at night…and stay warm longer…with a little larger fold down stove. More wood capacity would give you longer burn time….and more heat.

It's possible there's some saw dust or mulch composting down under the logs generating the heat !

I know you don’t have a lot of views or subs at the moment but I hope you stick with it because I really like your video and found it refreshing. It may take awhile but you have a good channel. Don’t give up

The 32:00 minute shot was awesome. Thanks for showing the bathymetric chart. I'm a map nerd.

I love watching your videos. Totally inspiring!!

Thanks for taking me along on your trip.

That’s the first I’ve ever heard of a pine marten after I looked it up and saw the pictures it sure does look like one. Thank you Jon.

good video, always love to see the snow on the trees & bushes, very beautiful. In the winter it is much quieter and very peaceful, plus no insects.

Never have seen your videos before. Very enjoyable.i live in manhattan so this is a needed escape.your a really good spesker.so does it not really scare you to now drill into the ice now. Well. In New York you just kinda get used to it and not let fear control things.

Fantastic video, thanks!

Absolutely beautiful…the blue of the sky is unbelievable!