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How To Survive IDAHO’S Brutal Winters // Local Tips & Tricks 

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How To Survive IDAHOS Brutal Winters - 31-Year Local Explains. Moving to Idaho you will have to make it through your first winter. It takes knowledge, preparation, and gumption to make it through some years. If you've never lived in a place that has winters like Idaho there are things you have to know in order to stay safe and alive. Driving in Idaho during the winter is dangerous but with the right equipment, precautions, and care you can do it safely and even have fun
Knowing the driving conditions in Idaho and how to react properly can make all the difference. But that is just one aspect of making it through winter in Idaho.
Winter in Idaho can wreak havoc on your mental health. Especially if you are relocating from sunny California, Colorado, Arizona, or another warm, sunny state. Having a healthy daily routine and exercising can make a big difference. And for some people like me, getting in the lake during the winter can help reset your entire system and help you make it through winter in Idaho, happy, healthy, and alive.
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0:00 Why People Move To Idaho
1:00 What LLNI is About
1:51 Idaho Isn't For Everyone
2:19 Most Idaho Winters Vs This Year
3:05 Prepping Your Vehicle For Idaho Winter
4:30 What Supplies You'll Need In Your Car
5:00 Equipment To Check on Your Vehicle
7:00 The Easiest Way To Prepare Your Vehicle
7:55 Why Have Remote Start Your Vehicle
8:45 Why Have An Ice Scraper
9:30 Driving Conditions in Idaho Winters
10:09 Slush Snow Driving Conditions
10:45 How To Get Out Of A Slush Grab
11:30 When To Stay Off The Road
12:30 The Scariest Driving Conditions
14:00 How To Get Used To Winter Driving
14:30 Stay Off Of Technology
15:25 Add Extra Traveling Time
MENTAL HEALTH FOCUS
16:15 Keep Mental Health In Focus
18:01 Positive Routines
19:05 Exercising
20:01 Supplements and Vitamins
20:54 Meditation and Yoga
22:01 Cold Lake Dips

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Комментарии : 113   
@ryanjones7392
@ryanjones7392 Год назад
Excellent video! Thank you for making this.
@scottcarl3086
@scottcarl3086 Год назад
I love living in Couer d'Alene! I live off grid with no power or water up in the mountains. It's definitely not for the faint of heart! And believe me these temperatures can kill you faster than you think! Be prepared!
@analyticalchick3064
@analyticalchick3064 Год назад
It doesn't sound like you live in CdA. It sounds like you live outside CdA.
@scottcarl3086
@scottcarl3086 Год назад
@Analytical Chick oh believe me I live in CDA!
@scottcarl3086
@scottcarl3086 Год назад
@@analyticalchick3064 I live on Mullan Trail Rd. That's still in CDA.
@Glen.Danielsen
@Glen.Danielsen 10 месяцев назад
What is CdA?
@scottcarl3086
@scottcarl3086 10 месяцев назад
@@Glen.Danielsen CDA is short for Couer d'Alene
@vinniecorleone62
@vinniecorleone62 Год назад
Excellent points on winter living Trent, quite enjoyable! I'm from Portland Maine so I am used to 72 below zero chill factors, moving from California to Idaho was a delightful move up!
@annam1969
@annam1969 Год назад
On another note, Major item left out SNOWPLOWS. 4 out of commission 1st week of Dec and 8 in Montana. Don't pass on right, don't go near, encroach a snowplow. Incredible how this seems to happen. Otherwise, good video.
@Realitytime2024
@Realitytime2024 Год назад
I've been here for many years. What I've done the last few years is check out and plan my spring gardening, flowers and veggies! When I get sick of snow, which is already, that's what I do. Looking at plants puts smiles on my face. Cold lake! You're nuts.
@gmariet1391
@gmariet1391 Год назад
I think you are such a good teacher Trent ! Thank you ❣️
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
Thank you @Gmarie T! Such a nice comment to read after putting effort in to a project.
@DelRBowlby
@DelRBowlby Год назад
Great Video...very helpful. Grew up here. (Lewiston.) My wife as well. Moved back from Central Cal 3 years ago. First winter back was a little crazy. Went up to an empty parking lot after the first snow and got my "snow legs" back. No problem now.
@johnfullmer7659
@johnfullmer7659 Год назад
All great ideas and wonderful experience with the cold plunge
@aribasmajian18
@aribasmajian18 Год назад
Good video I lived in cda for yesrs one thing left out of the video is the freezing rain that happens at least once or twice in winter there just keep the heat on in the car it works the lack of sunlight is normal for anywhere in the inland and Pacific northwest it's just not as wet as the coasts of Washington or Oregon winters in North Idaho can be rough like any other cold weather state. Further north like standpoint and bonners ferry it snows more cda and standpoint tend to get lake affect snow on occasion. Nailed it though.
@darrellhigley4523
@darrellhigley4523 Год назад
Block heater... Keep your engine warm at night but watch for animals before starting your engine Grew up there, still miss it during the summer, but don't miss the winter weather
@defenestrationfan
@defenestrationfan Год назад
Except for the cost (and the polar bear plunge) Idaho seems like a slice of heaven.
@NW_Ranger
@NW_Ranger Год назад
Additions for the road kit for some locations: Tire chains Road flares and compact reflective triangles. A full size axe (quality is very important, not a cheap box or chain store piece of crap). A wood cutting saw such as a 24” pruning saw, maybe add a crosscut saw at 3’ or 4’ and a few bucking wedges (if you don’t know what these saws are for and/or how to use them safely, get some training and experience with a pro). A chainsaw with fuel and bar oil is sometimes very handy, not always safe or realistic to haul around, in fact in any vehicle other than a pick- up truck (in the bed) it is a definite No-No. Never put this in the cockpit or a trunk of a S.U.V. or car (this could get you killed) A high quality compressible and compact snow shovel (just for snow) and military style shovel with a folding version is handy for storage in some rigs (for dirt, gravel etc.). Nylon tow straps (longer) and tree straps (shorter). Some kind of mechanical wenching/pulling, something a 1:1 and 2:1 capability such as a “Wyeth-Scott” with “Amsteel Blue synthetic rope” at the minimum (same advice as with the saws, if you how this stuff works, find a pro to train you. Axes, saws, wenching, towing, etc. can cause you in very serious physical INURY and/or DEATH. So get your act together way before this stuff needed.
@shawnm2405
@shawnm2405 Год назад
Hultafor axes are great
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
@N.W. Ranger Solid list. Definitely not needed for most but for those out a ways this is really good.
@Glen.Danielsen
@Glen.Danielsen 10 месяцев назад
Extremely helpful Trent. Thanks mammothly much!
@johneertwegh6261
@johneertwegh6261 Год назад
I just moved here from a small beach town in Southern California lived there my entire life. My wife and I bought a place in Rathdrum. Think we already have 3ft of snow on the property and it's not even winter. Other then no contact with people I m so far ok with it. Snow skied for most of my life so driven in snow quite a bit . One thing that might make it easier is I still have a rv in California. So if I do get sick of the winter I can head back down znd snowbird it for a month or 2. Anyway great video.
@807paperclip
@807paperclip Год назад
Good thing for the car is a candle also. keeps the car warm enough to survive
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
Not suggested for anyone that just ate Taco Bell. 💥 ☠️
@sleepoftranquility379
@sleepoftranquility379 Год назад
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho this reply is priceless! 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@EarthquakeBeats
@EarthquakeBeats 9 месяцев назад
Found it very helpful. Moving that way this month. Will be reaching out. That mental health tip was golden. I’ll be working on some music production during the winter. And lots of drums! Lol
@aaroncroddy1056
@aaroncroddy1056 Год назад
Always like your videos, good advice to people who aren't prepared. Newer to idaho (not from cali) another nearby state and glad to see a state where most drivers know how to drive in the winter.
@WhoWouldWantThisName
@WhoWouldWantThisName Год назад
Great advice and very thorough. In case you didn't say it another snow driving tip I have is simply avoiding hills as much as possible. Obviously you can't always avoid it but planning your route to stay on as flat a path as possible is a good idea. Where I live we don't get a lot of snow but it's very hilly and this is a challenge. The first time you slide backwards down a hill you won't want to do that again. Saying that I still tend to prefer driving up a hill than down one. Going up I just keep my momentum up but going down you only have so much control to keep your speed down and once you start sliding it's unlikely you will regain control before you hit something or go off the road. Oh and do your best to NOT STOP! My greatest pet peeve in snow driving is people stopping in front of me. Just slow and steady and keep your wheels turning. Lastly, like Trent said, 4WD and AWD won't help you stop. ALL the rules to snow driving apply no matter what you are driving. I grew up in the days of RWD and we often didn't even have chains let alone studded tires. Good sensibilities and skill, or touch, is what got us by. Now with AWD nobody should be stuck or wrecked. Any boaters may have an advantage because there is a similar feel to driving a boat on water. If your rear slides to one side simply steer into it (same direction as your rear is sliding in). Doing the opposite will just send you in a spin, and get off the brakes if your sliding. In FWD or AWD giving it a little gas can usually help pull the car back in line.
@nancykunkler7403
@nancykunkler7403 Год назад
My husband and I have enjoyed and learned so much from your honest and insightful videos. Tonight we are in Grants Pass, Oregon, on our way to our new home in CDA. I am doing 3 minute cold showers but 6 minutes in a cold lake? Wow! And if you like Whim Hoff you may also like Patrick McKeown of Oxygen Advantage. UTube video of him and James Nestor is a great introduction. Life changing for us anxiety sufferers👍.
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
Love it @Nancy Kunkler thank you for sharing and I hope you like your new home here in north idaho.
@gaming_ontaps3073
@gaming_ontaps3073 Год назад
Love your videos brother. Low key you turn the right type of people away lol. Meaning the ones we are trying to get away from.
@donnolan7319
@donnolan7319 Год назад
i was working as a nurse in st. maries and living up the st joe river. I had to park at the bottom of the hill, load up my arms with grocery bags and walk 1/4 mile up the driveway. my husband said i drove like i just got here from florida hahaha
@annam1969
@annam1969 Год назад
Great video.... lots of good points made that we should all know or brush up on.
@loraitsjustme5994
@loraitsjustme5994 Год назад
Love your low key but very informative videos! TY Trent 😊
@lesterolson5526
@lesterolson5526 Год назад
Add a spray bottle of rubbing alcohol. Alcohol freezes below 200 degrees below zero. It makes clearing frost and ice off your windows much faster and easier but remember as the water delutes the alcohol it will freeze.
@mandalyngarrett5390
@mandalyngarrett5390 Год назад
I've lived here for years and I still get help here and there when it comes to snow. I've even had the UPS lady help me unstuck my car, lol.
@juanestigarribia8714
@juanestigarribia8714 Год назад
Hi man, im going from south america to Idaho in a couple of weeks, pocatello. Your info makes me more confident. TY for the videos
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching them!
@jasonrowen8938
@jasonrowen8938 Год назад
Having owned 3 Raptors myself, they are definitely very good inclement weather vehicles, will most likely be moving to the CDA area next year.
@aliciacordova3088
@aliciacordova3088 Год назад
Wow! Thank you for explaining with so much detail. I always enjoy your videos. Have a Nice Day! 🤗🏔🌨⛰
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
You bet! Thanks for watching and commenting @aliciacordova3088
@therealmountainmanmike
@therealmountainmanmike Год назад
Great video. Some good tips for sure. Remote starters are definitely amazing and a nice comfort in cold winter areas. I will say swimming in the winter is all fun and games until your toes start turning black and purple. At least God gave us plenty of extra toes if we lose one or two.
@dmark6699
@dmark6699 2 месяца назад
Can't wait to get to Idaho.
@DevinDeVore
@DevinDeVore Год назад
Love it!
@nicko4384
@nicko4384 Год назад
Nailed it. 👍
@robertschimmick1698
@robertschimmick1698 Год назад
Trent.. Yeah when I get in a slump and need those endorphins stimulaperiod I have a little different routine. It's a Jacuzzi heated to about 101゚.. I get out feeling great..
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
To each his own. I just like being able to cut glass with my nipples when I get done. 😆
@presidentspilot
@presidentspilot 8 месяцев назад
Great info,Trent!! I lived in Rapid City, S. Dakota (Ellsworth Air Force Base's Helo pilot for Missile Crews) for 3 years, so I know your safety-planning story well,... and you did a SUPERB job in covering it!! One question: When stationed in Washington D. C., they ALSO had some snow, but as it turned out, they USED SALT on their roads, that totally destroyed my PRISTINE NEW VOLVO in 6 years. Does CDA, or the Boise area, use salt on their roads as well?..... Lord, I sure hope not!!
@debbieurias5151
@debbieurias5151 Год назад
Great video, I look forward to seeing them. Great advice.
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
Thanks @Debbie Urias
@Lazarusaffect
@Lazarusaffect Год назад
My old man said about driving in the winter and snow: 4wheel drive only means you have 4 spinning wheels instead of 2
@Strwbrrygrl22
@Strwbrrygrl22 Год назад
Thank you so much! This is very helpful!
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
You’re very welcome!
@miketilson4446
@miketilson4446 Год назад
The slush section was helpful. I saw a neighbor recently being pulled out of the ditch on our road and he commented that he got too close to the edge and the slush pulled him into the ditch, and I believe his car had all-wheel drive.
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
It really is no joke. I've had enough bad situations happen that could have been avoided had I known some of these tips. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@teresawright8615
@teresawright8615 Год назад
Studded tires
@wolfhunterv1
@wolfhunterv1 10 месяцев назад
We haven't had a good snow in 10years...
@gofamfun6951
@gofamfun6951 Год назад
Very informational. Thank you very much.
@roxannecarson2814
@roxannecarson2814 8 месяцев назад
Our nerve endings wake up. 😬😬🙌🙌⛄️⛄️
@MrRmeadows
@MrRmeadows Год назад
A dark colored road that is normally lighter. Might be black ice. Caught me once in an area that I don't drive very often.
@WardDorrity
@WardDorrity Год назад
1. Don't come up here with a 2 wheel drive vehicle. Just don't. 2. Don't even think about getting through a winter in one of those little eco-fart cars. People will drive by and laugh at you while you're high-centered on the ridge that develops between two lanes. 3. If you're rural, invest in a decent tractor. Equip it with a loader and a back blade at a minimum. 4. Develop skills with snowshoes and/or skis. Useful for getting around and it's great exercise.
@ericstowelljr.1340
@ericstowelljr.1340 Год назад
I’ve lived in Michigan my whole life 25 years in March of 2023 Any more Winters get to me now even and I’ve been driving since 18
@mrfirepm30
@mrfirepm30 Год назад
Awesome video thanks for the info. What about winterizing your home ?
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
Modern homes(90’s and up) are pretty well winterized. I always recommend having an hvac/insulation company come out and check the insulation. They can also bring a thermal imaging camera to see where the heat is escaping. Thanks for commenting!
@mrfirepm30
@mrfirepm30 Год назад
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho awesome thanks
@pamelagarcia365
@pamelagarcia365 Год назад
Very true Trent!
@russellbrown7024
@russellbrown7024 Год назад
How does the winters in Idaho compare with Utah, particularly northern Utah, Salt Lake area? I suspect they might be at least a little more severe due to being farther north, but your description makes it sound very similar.
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
I’ve not spent a ton of time in Utah but from what I’ve heard Salt Lake City is similar to Coeur d’Alene but the further you get towards Canada the more severe it is. Quite a bit more severe than Salt Lake City.
@stuartrinker
@stuartrinker Год назад
I grew up in SLC late 70’s and 80’s. We got a good amount of snow back then. We are farther north than CDA and average probably around 6’ a year. This year is kinda grim though so far only about 3’.
@patriciaellinghausen4365
@patriciaellinghausen4365 Год назад
We don’t get as much of the lake effect like Salt Lake. Lots of times it’s 4-6” at a time, then none for a while.
@EricAnderson-AKA-Norwedsh
@EricAnderson-AKA-Norwedsh 5 месяцев назад
Good video! Do you have one for new residents on how to prepare their house for winter?
@stealinghubcaps
@stealinghubcaps Год назад
great vid! you forgot to mention the most important things for your vehicle here in north Idaho:, a tow strap, and a chainsaw..
@lindamcconnell9441
@lindamcconnell9441 Год назад
Honey Black ice is very typical in Tennessee. We get much more ice than snow.
@MOBLILGfrs
@MOBLILGfrs Год назад
I drive a crown vic that’s real wheel drive threw the winter it’s not bad
@Kawika680
@Kawika680 Год назад
Anyone else got a 4WD Toyota 4runner(on Studded snow tires)?????....I prefer winter because of less traffic/tourists
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
Lots of those up here.
@HLZBORO738
@HLZBORO738 Год назад
I have used warm water to hot water on my windshield probably a hundred times it's never broken once I think the only time it will break is if there's a crack in it which there isn't but I think it applies just to windshields I don't know about the side windows..
@christopherschmidt4657
@christopherschmidt4657 10 месяцев назад
Hello from Germany I think I can live there being in Europe for a long time
@CatCambak
@CatCambak 5 месяцев назад
Yep very similar winters.
@kvt-2025
@kvt-2025 Год назад
From Kansas. Lived in the CdA area for 18 years, and I've never experienced weather here that scared me. Not brutal. Tedious maybe.
@MegaMalenas
@MegaMalenas 3 месяца назад
It sounds very stressful!
@pyrioncelendil
@pyrioncelendil Год назад
The other scary driving condition to get stuck in is a whiteout blizzard. They're rare, but I've been in three in my past seven years of living here. Particularly before the roads have been plowed, sometimes your only indication of where the roads are are when you start driving over the shoulder rumble strips. Basic protip here is don't try to pull out ahead of everyone else doing 20mph in this stuff unless you have snow tires, because you're just gonna launch yourself into the median.
@WardDorrity
@WardDorrity Год назад
Another pro tip from this north Idahoan - just because you have 4 wheel drive, you don't become invincible to road conditions.
@georgestreicher252
@georgestreicher252 Год назад
Should one really be taping brakes with ABS? Always take a shovel and sand or pavement deicer to get the vehicle going if stuck on ice or snow. Make sure your wipers are off or raised off the windshield when parking the vehicle. The wipers can freeze to the windshield and burn out the wiper motor very quickly. Been there done that.
@jenniferandrew3373
@jenniferandrew3373 Год назад
I add a shovel to the emergency list.
@geoffreymilke5176
@geoffreymilke5176 Год назад
Are you discussing winter of 2022/23...or 2021/22? This winter is starting out with a bang...but last winter was big too (at least it was in the Silver Valley)
@WhoWouldWantThisName
@WhoWouldWantThisName Год назад
I'm curious if there is a need for more snow trucks. I'm sure there's plenty of people providing this service but given the increase in population and new housing developments I thought maybe there is an increase in demand that a new resident could help fill if they wanted to start a new seasonal business or side gig.
@jonharper7930
@jonharper7930 Год назад
Winter in in North Idaho isn't brutal. It's pretty mild. Brutal is a good word to get clicks. Alaska has brutal Winters.
@CatCambak
@CatCambak 5 месяцев назад
This is a video for people moving here from California.
@jrollom
@jrollom Год назад
Isn't lake Coeur d'Alene a superfund site and full of lead, cadmium, arsenic and zinc?
@markw999
@markw999 Год назад
Don't eat too many fish out of it. Fine for swimming in though.
@williamkerr8836
@williamkerr8836 Год назад
This guy Costcos.
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Год назад
Every week without fail.
@huh2275
@huh2275 Год назад
💪👍🌿✝
@77Tadams
@77Tadams 10 месяцев назад
Apparently you haven’t been to Mudlake Idaho. The armpit of hell.
@nealfry2230
@nealfry2230 6 месяцев назад
January 23rd, 2024, Yesterday IT was below 0° in Livonia, Michigan and today IT was 34° with FREEZING Rain. STOP company about the Gem State or I'll stay in Pure Michigan. How's your Banking in Idaho? See ya soon Life Miss Sunshine. Apparently Idaho doesn't have Sunshine Hayden Panettiere. I'll Always Love you Hayden Panettiere Just ask Jesus Christ, I'm Neal Patrick Fry
@nealfry2230
@nealfry2230 6 месяцев назад
PS, Eye am Beyond half Blind.
@nealfry2230
@nealfry2230 6 месяцев назад
I've had my Life theatin' more Times than I can count because I'm a Kindergarten Drop Out.
@nealfry2230
@nealfry2230 6 месяцев назад
Are you a Used Car Dealership?
@nealfry2230
@nealfry2230 6 месяцев назад
All I have to do is Pay Taxes and Live Forever in The Holy Celestial Kingdom of Almighty God.
@nealfry2230
@nealfry2230 6 месяцев назад
Hay BOY, What about Idaho? You're Knot a Used Car Saleswoman!!!
@concernedrn2844
@concernedrn2844 Год назад
FYI the Earths atmosphere is approximately 78% Nitrogen anyways, so paying to fill tires with 100% nitrogen is just nonsense. Look it up.
@tomporterjr652
@tomporterjr652 Год назад
learn ice hockey :)
@josephgarcia9076
@josephgarcia9076 Год назад
Tip #1 Don't come here.
@margotstanhope
@margotstanhope Год назад
Why talking like we are six?
@dogmandan79
@dogmandan79 Год назад
Easy. Everyone watching this, Go Back To California!
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