5-Day Couples Winter Camping - Heavy Snow, Hot Tent 

I am First Nations Mi'kmaq from Nova Scotia Canada, that is a powerful medicine, chaga is a blood thinner be careful not to give it to women on their time or pregnant women. Great video guys.

Frankly, I don't care what your logo is or what you call your channel, I just love the channel. My wife and I take similar trips, so as much as I enjoyed the solo stuff(I do that also), we both enjoy having Erin in the videos. We have 20 years on you two, so are slowing down a bit and don't do winter trips, so you guys keep us entertained when we cannot be "out there", especially in the winter. THANK YOU, and keep up the good work!

I have watched this episode several times. The editing and shot composition makes one feel as if we are in the story with you. Greatest element of survival... a great travel partner. Thanks again.

The wind blowing across the lake has got to be cold. My legs ache watching you guys snowshoe through deep snow. I love the solitude and stillness of winter camping. The snow dampens the sounds of life. Nice to see you two living life to it’s fullest. Love you guys!

Another micmac old school trick is to use spruce bows place over the watering hole or icefishing holes to prevent it from freezing on really cold nights.

I come here for the adventure. I stay for the laughter and smiles. Erin and Jon make a great team!

It is wonderful to watch a couple on such a adventure trip.

Erin hiking back to car was better than Hollywood video. The sound of the wind and sled was perfect! 1:10. 41sec.

I appreciate that you haul in the gadgets as then I get to see what works and what does not in a realistic setting. Saves me money and saves my back!

Dear Erin & Jon, I hope you had a Merry Christmas and wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. I can’t thank you enough for your videos and the joy they bring me. With the past year and all of the negativity associated with it you have made an incredible contribution to my ability to cope with it. I am physically unable to do the things you do and live vicariously through your adventures, I hope you know the happiness you bring to so many of us, keep up the good work, stay healthy and continue to explore. Many thanks!

It’s so beautiful there. You’re living the dream.

So love the camping with your spouse. So romantic and adventurous. Thanks for sharing.

Another great addition to your adventures! One of the things I appreciate about your videos (and is why I subscribed around 600ish) is because you talk a lot about how being out in nature effects you along with environmental and conservation issues. I get tired of the weather updates and narration of the day to day tasks at camp or tripping. Your videos were/are different! Finally, someone speaking from the heart about what it means to be out in nature! Please don't be offended or upset by this comment. I have thought about not writing it. I feel like this aspect of your adventures is slipping away. I wonder if the pressure of having to publish a video a week (or whatever it is to stay relevant and on top of the RU-vid game) is making it harder to express yourself. Your filmmaking skills are the bomb-diggity! You're content is 100% visually. I can see by the b-roll that you still pay attention to the little things that matter and catch your interest when in the wilderness. This is missing from so many other people's videos. B-roll, b-roll, b-roll! I'm super excited for you and your channel. I just miss your humour and thoughts on your experience while adventuring. This video felt very instructional. But it was great, don't get me wrong... but instructional and a lot of narrating of what you're both doing. It's easier to talk to the camera doing that, I know. Anyway, sorry. Just missing that component of some of your more recent work.

I LOVE WINTER CAMPING 👍. There is nothing like being at a perfect location with scenery ! Having camp set up 100% and knowing you can enjoy several days/nights with little hard work ahead gives you the precious time to just chill with your lips thinking about the thick sirloin you’re having for dinner ❗️ Potato’s grilled on a fire in a cast iron skillet are MY FAVORITE !! If you’ve planned right you have a rechargeable radio to enjoy you’re fav music ! WISH I WAS THERE ‼️😎

That was an amazing trip.The scenery was breathtaking. Glad you finally got to your lake.Who cares if the tents a mess, your on vacation. Thanks so much for sharing. It was pretty cool with that underwater camera😘

For the mental wellbeing of us locked down in TO.......pls keep the winter travels going. Seeing the Algoma country is a big help !

Ahhh man, five days winter camping, sooo fortunate! Glad you both had a great trip, it surely was a wonderful spot. I couldn't believe myself that it went so fast! I thought, five days can't be up already. Thanks for sharing. :):)

Much better! The team is back. Thank you very much!😀

I envy your team work and how you both enjoy the outdoors. NIce camp arrangement!

Love watching you guys. At 70 years old and minor camping days gone by I so love watching winter camping

The shots with the sun coming through the trees are magnificent. It’s all glorious but there is just something about those that warm my soul. Thank you!

you two are great! I'm so glad you tied the knot. you both captured keepers! Bee well my friend!

Love this video! From taking safety precautions with the carbon monoxide detector & ensuring the ice was thick enough to walk on, to the new gadgets like the Jackary solar system & the G-Stove, to gourmet snow ice cream & German potatoes. Erin is right about the anti-allergenic properties of honey! Did not know snow fleas existed! A little bit of everything with amazing videography!

You guys work so well together. Making memories is the best. I enjoy your videos so much. Relaxing and takes me in an adventure.

The formatting of the videos on the Eyoyo camera is odd so pardon the aspect ratio and glitchy looking edges. The recording quality is low and the camera is extremely difficult to aim (by twisting the wire). However it was a ton of fun to film down there and this is something that I'll work on. FYI, it doesn't record audio...that was added from footage I have of using GoPros underwater.

Thanks for that. It's been a long time since I've been winter camping. so it was great to go along on your trip vicariously.

Beautiful photography on this trip especially on the lake when the snow was blowin

What a beautiful sight - 'water water every where' snow snow glorious snow. Total peace & serenity. So a truly magnificent sight to behold (@8.07 into video. At 11minutes into video - so amazed at the snow covered rock mountain sides just enormous but a mesmerizing sight. The fluffy black n white Woodpeckers are so gorgeous - their colouring so precise in pattern. A great tip to keep a water hole open - so important I think. Gonna sit back & watch you two have fun & share your wonderful surrounds that only Mother Nature will put on display.. thanks 4 sharing & Cheers

1st tree wet. Likely not quite dead/drained. Easy fix though. Just turn it all into kindling, & then dry it out by stacking it on an outdoor coal bed - then bring it indoors, (dont dry indoors as moisture will escape into your tent. Yuk). Deadfalls aren't always drained of sap and moisture. No biggy. More than one way to skin a tree. Just a matter of a calm and measured approach. Nice vid. Keep 'em coming.

I love the BWCA and the Quetico in Winter. I love it even more when we do day trips in, then stay in a 4 star cabin with a fire place and a hot tube.

The more I watch you channel the more I appreciate lake superior. What a beautiful lake

Always liked using Goretex gloves when filling up canteens on a lake or from a river in freezing climate. Love the stove.

Scenery looks so similar where I camp (Colorado), I really enjoy your videos guys. You are positive all the time under hard situations and I think that's important. Thank you! 🍃🌲

Ahhhhhh to be young and healthy again. I would have done so many things different. Kudos and congrats to you both for making the most of the beautiful country/province we live in. Northern Ontario is a truly special place...you showcase it so well! Many thanks...

Nice visit to the woods, thank you. Those sausages looked fabulous.

I love how you guys make videos like this. I like the way you dig the snow and fish the most. That's what I love watching your channel.❤️❤️❤️

Even dead wood requires some drying time. Wood is basically a sponge, and holds a certain amount of moisture until it has been cut and stacked. Wood does not dry much in the winter, especially up where you are, because the moisture freezes and stays frozen until the thaw. Sorry if I sound like I'm pontificating, but I have been involved with wood and logging for 45 years. Anyhow, too bad you didn't get any fish.

I have to say wow!!! These scenary....the winter has you in it's grip, and most people will stay inside...but you are forcing the elements and doing fun things outside, and enjoying your time together with lots of treats... Can only love it....🥰🥰🥰 Keep on the outdoors!!!❤❤❤

Those cliffs and the winter scenery are so awesome, looks like a great time!

Wow great winter village think 💭 good enjoy your style god bless

I just love your girl! She’s a badass she does all the heavy job without complains.

It is definitely true about locally sourced honey being a cure for allergies! My nephew suffered for years with terrible allergies. A few years ago he and his wife became beekeepers as hobby and within a very short time of consuming their honey (a tablespoon every night) he noticed that he wasn’t having the allergic reactions any more. He looked into it and also read the same thing you did about this benefit. Thanks for sharing your story!

Amazing environment. You guys show the season super well. Thanks for sharing

I am really enjoying your trips. The honey and allergies is true. It's what I use for my daughter. And it helps a ton!

Don't even have to watch, quick thumbs up!

The sound of frost takes you to another world. A great video!

Love the drone shots! You really captured the raw, untamed beauty of the forest. Gorgeous!

That first tree was wet Take the splits and put them on that aluminum sheet you have under the stove ,it will dry out. I like the carbon monoxide detector great Great safety precaution

Nice! The grate works Great!! If I could make a suggestion about the battery and solar panel. The panel generates electricity even in low light, but not as much. But the battery/charge controller won’t work in low temps. If you keep the battery in the tent and the panel outside you might be able to charge in those conditions. Hope this helps!

Love the video, yes 👍 family camping trip every year except for the last two years I love all the tech got to have the tech be safe!!!

Another awesome adventure, hope you have many more

Amazing to experience such wilderness living.

I enjoyed that. Really cool trip. I'm praying for snow so I can get out the snowshoes and sled for a trip like this. I like to camp at the same spots or areas I go to and the trip before becomes the next trips prep. The older I get the more work I do for the old guy coming down river the next time. lol.

What an epic adventure! Wow! Beautiful forest and lakes. Thanks for sharing it with us.

The ending shot looked like a heal of a foot. Scenery is amazing. I’m freezing here in Florida and I feel like a wimp watching you in blustery cold, peeing outside, weather and I’m originally from Ohio, I know what cold is. 😊

Absolutely monumental. Look at that SNOW! Wishing we had more in VT. Another great trip

Always a joy to join you on a trip virtually when im not out there myself. 👍

I really enjoy working through your older videos. I cant get enough of your winter camping videos lately and am looking forward to more hot tent videos now that winter is here! Keep them coming!

This was so nice to see.. when two are equally yoked, it is a wonderful thing❤️

So beautiful; thanks so much for sharing the wilderness with us.

Thanks, you made our Saturday night again 👍🏻

Awesome scenery & video! Cozy hot tent and tone foes fly when you keep busy!

Hi Jon and amazing Erin, you both make us feel as we were there ourselves... so cool... what at adventure... great sweater Jon...

Chili and garlic toast for the win! Yes, love it for cool weather camping too. That pudgy lil vole was super cute camp visitor. We usually only get to see chipmunks which are equally adorable and fun to watch.

Awesome video as always guys! I've found that going back to just sleeping under a tarp or in a "cold tent" is somewhat liberating after hot tenting...The amount of time and energy spent processing firewood can be so exhausting (I typically go solo for up to 8 days). It's a real trade-off I find. The hot tent is so nice for those really cold nights but man I find it a ton more work. I also realized after watching this that I need a better saw!

Great video I love camping. This brings back many memories of camping with my brother

That was nice. Drone shots, great landscape, underwater shots ... attention to details of nature... very nice storytelling of your time together. .. your videos keep getting better and better.

I had to put my sweater on to watch this; it's been cold here the last couple of days: 20 degrees ( like -5 for you Canadians, and the rest of the world, lol). I would never willingly go out in that cold and stay the night, but I appreciate the beauty of you two doing it. Thanks, stay well.

Oh my! That toasted croissant with eggs looked amazing!

you guys have total respect for each other , priceless

Another great adventure. Thanks, Jon and Erin. 👍🙂 I loved the underwater shots too. 📸😁🛶

Your call on burning with dry wood sounds correct to me! Wet wood in a small fire box could be difficult!

Looked like lots of fun. Thank you for the great entertainment.

Needed this video pulled tendons in my arms.... Sniffles... Can't wait to get back out there! Love the journeys.. All of them thank you both! 💕

30% off steak.... You're making Dad proud!!! Love the homemade ice cream too... so cool!

Love your show. You two compliment each other so well . congrats.

Great looking trip. Erin's battleaxe is boss. Surprising how time seems to fly in the winter but you made the most for sure, glad you made it to your secret lake.

It is spooky how much this guy looks like Christian McCandless. New sub. Love the video!!

Yay. First. Excited to see a new video

Love you guys love winter camping

Always great stuff ! ** run some 3/4" PVC pipe over your sleigh's tow ropes , easier to control going down hill , no more heel bumps or side stepping :) I think that the Sculpin was a Log Perch , cool footage Man ! :)

Super fun video. Camp footage is the best.

i got to say that was a very nice video and looks like a wonderful trip. i have to try that ice cream trick

I'm going through a curious phase of watching snow camping. It's fascinating to watch. I enjoyed seeing your adventure and discoveries. Forests in winter are beautiful. The sound audio recording is really clear and your shots of the scenery are really excellent. Thank you.

An easy trick with the stove is to surround it (about 10”/25cm from edges) with the wood you plan to burn next. The heat off the stove bottom will dry out your wood in just a few hours.

Snow anchors work as weĺl as stakes and are less labour cool video look forward to future videos

Another great video and the smokies looked very tasty,

Thanks for another great video - very inspiring!

Some thoughts regarding the difficulty you had with the stove: The wood you cut on your first day may well not have been seasoned, but another possibility is moisture absorption into the cut and split wood while stored in your tent. Snow sublimates, which is a physical state transition from solid (snow crystals in this case) directly into water vapour. This happens not just in mild weather, but even in deep cold conditions. Normally that moisture doesn't accumulate, being blown off in air currents, but inside a closed tent, that moisture builds up, penetrates the fabric, and everything that is permeable (including wood), and then recondenses. This is almost certainly why the inside of your tent was dripping wet once the stove began to heat up. Your cut and split wood will also have drunk in that sublimated moisture and frozen hard while it was stored there for several days because dry, split wood is hydrophilic (i.e. : water-permeable and absorbant), especially since there was no air movement in the closed tent for that moisture to vent out into the open air. Split wood has far more area of open porosity than unsplit wood, so could absorb lot of moisture. This, I suspect, is at least part of the reason why your wood didn't burn well, even if it was seasoned well when it was harvested days earlier. There's a simple solution though for the next time you want to prepare and leave wood at your site ahead of time: cut your wood to stove length, do NOT split it, and store it OUTSIDE the tent, preferably under a conifer (in case of rain, freezing rain, or very wet snow). And to prevent moisture from accumulating in the tent canvas itself, leave the vents open and the door partially unzipped from the top, so as to permit air flow in and out of the tent and the moisture with it. Don't leave the door wide open though as a large wind gust could parachute your tent loose. I'd be remiss if I didn't say how excellent your video production is. This was beautiful to look at. 🙂 Hope this helps, - Martin

Finally, a trip where you don't catch lot's of big pike and/or lake trout! I was beginning to think you are The Fish Whisperer. But then again, you do talk to the fish after you catch them, so maybe you are.🙄 Nice video. Fun to watch sitting in my nice warm home.

Cribbage! My favorite card game. Nice trip.

You are a smart and beautiful couple. So I am not surprised at how awesome your video is. Honestly...I felt blessed to have gotten to watch it...Thanks! SUBSCRIBED

Once again...perfect...you are setting standards ...and following your work I see them...I was inspired to watch "Leave Behind " once again!...you have arrived where you both are integral to your story...your solo trips inspire me so much..the way Erin compliments them make them more heartfelt..and her own perceptive has become an integral part of the story...a request would be a video on the fundamentals and explanations of the rigorous work involved in making such excellent work...many questions here...not a newbie here but your results are spectacular...in a most natural way...I would love to talk about this ...if not publicly...thank you so much for the work/pleasure you so perfectly relate!...and is that not what you do each time you present us with these glimpses of your lives?...thank you both...from the bottom of my wild heart!

Brilliantly done, good experience for us of non known of this situation. Thank you Guys, a great help.

Great video, looks like you two had a blast!👍 Stay warm out there!🔥🔥

Your lady is very productive and funny. Cool video.

Had some time to watch another episode and met Erin on this adventure, your very lovely and very able companion! Nice to "meet" you Erin! Made great work of that first tree. She is spot on about local bee's honey as it introduces your system to the pollen around the area which gives your body a DNA "fingerprint" of the antigens in your area and allows you to develop DNA specific antibodies with perfect efficacy to the pollen in your area. Love the equipment you guys use, esp. that stove with fan, grill and features! Eyoyo, underwater cam! That is a game changer and takes out the guess work of "wonder what's going on down there" jiggle bait 300x. That lake and icefall was a magnificent hike! I love making natural snow ice cream. As always, mad respect to your respect to nature always in all ways!

I'm pretty used to the outdoors but have never done a winter overnight. When I watch any outdoor channel, I always think no problem but not when I watch lost lakes. I think, I could never do that 🤔😅

That vole was cute as hell, never seen one of them so close up before. Great video!

Didn't knew Canada uses MKS unit system...Well nice