Our First Time Winter Camping in a Hot Tent 

Erin seems to be a wonderful partner in all your adventures. Beautiful relationship treasure it like gold ❤️

Erin is who I would like to be, with all the skills and mindset, when I grow up next time around. These two represent a wholesomeness that is physical, mental, spiritual and emotional. So grateful that I found this site and decided to explore its content. Now I repeatedly watch it to pick up on some nuance I missed. Great 👍🏿

I must sat Erin has the most obvious expressions when she sneaks an extra sip of the good stuff. 🤣

I think yours are my favorite videos - choices between Baird, Robinet, James and you and I chose to watch you (and Erin) You should have a million subscribers based on the quality of the content, keep it up and thank you.

Northern Ontario winters are the best, I’m so envious. You’re going to have a great winter with that set-up. Looking forward to living vicariously through Erin and your adventures.

Awee you two are awesome partners in fun....and probably in crime?!?! 😅😅 I love watching your videos together. I just found this channel and I have been watching the videos with the 2 of you trying to get pointers on camping with my boyfriend like you are doing! I'm starting to watch John's solo adventures and I enjoy them as well! Just truly love this channel! Thank you! 😍

What an idyllic spot with all the snow around! Erin is a beast! And I mean that in the best way possible! She never complains, chops heavy wood, no prima donna B.S. She's wonderful! You are very lucky Jon, and so is she. I love you guys! I've never seen anyone deep fry the bannock! That looked the best!!!

You kids are having fun. Thank you for taking me along.

Great adventure looking forward to seeing more

Thank you for the adventure! God bless.

You had me worried for a minute. I thought you were going fishing in the sled! 😃😃 Looks like it was a good weekend for it. Glad you had a Happy bday!

A nice test and overnighter from the dynamic duo.😊 Thanks for sharing the experience.

Happy birthday! Welcome back Erin. Hope everything went well with school and goals and such.thanks for sharing.

Welcome back Erin and BTW love the Archer expletives at the end... HA!!

Beautiful video. Erin’s smile showed how much she needed this. Love that the 40 year old sweater is getting some new adventures! Winter is wonderful when you’ve got good gear! A secret to keep from all those who think Canada is a frozen wasteland!

For years we use a canvas Wall Tent with a stove.Our stove pipe has a Cap keeps rain out sparks in.Our tent is stock canvas and we do not have burn holes after years of use. Flame proof can be bought .This style of tent is over hundred years old.A new one will last you a life time .Good Luck.

Love how beautifully photographed this is as well as the tips you offer. I am located in Maryland and we have not had any real snow this season so loved seeing the scenery and birds in snow!

Nice tent...A tip... point the stove pipe opening down wind and angle the pipe down wind (might need an elbow). Helps keep the smoke/sparks away from the tent. Happy b-day.

What a fantastic way to spend your birthday! Great to see Erin taking a study/work break to get out as well. Looking forward to some ice fishing adventures! Thanks for sharing!

Fun to watch the Grey Jay fly around you as you were setting up the stove

That was awesome. Erin sure is a trooper. Thanks.

I loved this video! I love to winter camp, and there are all kinds of learning curves. It was so nice to just see an honest video with you both enjoying and not making a big deal of the "learning curve". I hope you have many enjoyable trips---and remember, keep it simple. Thanks again, it made me want to be there, which is what these videos are supposed to do.

Loved the video and pleasant to watch self-reliance being shared in equal parts. Thanks for sharing.

Nice tent👍🏻 Aaron cut you wood same length as the stove. That bird was a Northern Shrike likes to eat small birds and mice. Their neat cause they like to hang their prey up in trees to eat later. Watch for them at your bird feeder if you have one you’ll know when the chickadees are nervous. Your not only feeding with sunflower seeds LOL.✌🏻

Thanks for this! I love the ax-cozy.

Great to watch you guys

Glad to see you had a lovely Birthday Jon. I've been waiting to see this video since you got the tent and stove. I could feel the heat from the stove from here;). Erin lovely to see "Erin cam" again. Beautiful scenes from you both. Thank you for sharing. Can't wait to see more. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! When collecting boughs for bedding - it is totally ethical to take entire trees from very crowded areas where the trees are locked in a battle to the death anyway. Small spruce that are only a few feet apart can be "thinned". While competing in this death match they are all weak and sickly allowing disease and parasites an easier target. Taking the smaller ones which will die in the fight , allows the bigger trees to grow more vigorously with better overall health and reduces the number of standing dead, which reduces fire hazard in dry times. The trunks then make good building material

Very nice to see couples out in the woods together...

yea Erin is back,!!! she is the one that we all look for! Great video .......Grad school and working ... WOW .... great vid wish that we had this type of opportunity where I live. Keep them coming cant wait for the next one.

Envy. What fun. I get rolls of felt. 40” wide, 120 feet long. Easily cut with scissors. Lightweight, washable, durable. Great for floors. Costs $150 with freight . Crawlspace material distribution has it. It is fantastic product. Once I put it in a crawlspace. I can wear jeans. I never get dirty again. Water will come through, but a tarp under it . Also the fire pipe is cheap. Seems like you could put a 45 in it and get it 15 feet away from the tent. Love channel

So much fun! You guys are great.

Erin is a heck of a lady. You are a lucky man to have someone to share your adventures as well as appeal to your mostly male viewers!

Just loving these video's keep em coming :)

Happy Birthday! Great looking hot tent campout.

Beautiful!

Nice, damp and Cold...Perfect camping weather 🤯

Whiskey Jack's are 1 of my favourite Canadian birds.

Oh yeah, happy b'day too!

Belated Happy Birthday! Love your videos. That bannock for breakfast looked so yummy -- together with coffee with Baileys -- couldn't ask for a better start to a birthday.

Just the way i want to spend my weekend after working all week. Looks nice and warm, i pass for a trip to Florida thank You....

Great video folks!

The Half Pace Home is a few days behind due to internet issues but here we are!!! Im pretty sure you 2 just helped me convince my wife on winter camping!!! Strong, Independent woman, got it herself!!! lol love watching you 2!!!

Erin's wood splitting reminded me of Charles Bronson chopping wood in the movie "The Magnificent Seven"

Looked like you had a great time, and happy birthday!

Glad you got out hot tenting. You'll be hooked now!

Well, you definitely got my interest in hot tent camping! That tent was awesome! The stove design looked great and like you I question the design of the stove pipe.I have seen some with bends in them and others that have outside pipe supports added. But all in all it allows one to enjoy camping in the winter. As always you've done another excellent outdoor video! Thanks again for sharing! And Happy Birthday! Rick

Those Canadian Jays are so cool! I've been camping near the Canadian border in January and they are the only living thing you see moving around. They are fearless and will land right on your gear and start poking around for food. Really amazing they can survive the winter.

Love your videos !! Thank you for sharing.

Sooooo cozy! Really like the hot tents. Best invention ever! Dinner looks sooooo good ❤️

Nice video! Enjoyed it immensely. Love the fried cookies! Keep up the good work!

Beautiful country really enjoyed your video!

I really enjoyed watching this! I haven't winter camped since high school, about 40 yrs ago, in a quinzhee- this looks much more civilized! Great video.

I’ve decided that I’m going to be your biggest fan. As such, I’m going to watch all your videos

Nice video! Happy Birthday Jon! Best wishes!

Erin the great! Way to go on that big ol' fat chunk of stubborn spruce lol. Looks like a great hot tent set up, so simple yet so roomy. Yup, 45 degree elbow with a bipod and baling wire to secure pipe to it and you'll be golden together with the pipe at least perpendicular to the wind. If you keep the unused firewood in lengths and cache them standing up so easy to retriieve for next trip. Have you watched Hoop from Thunder Bay on Wintertrekker channel? He has a wealth of wisdom and experience with hot tent camping. He always sleeps cold for safety reason and keeps a bundle of spruce branches and birch bark for the morning. Chuck it in, light it up together with a box full of firewood and get back in the bag until it heats up. Uses a -35C bag with a Goretex bivy to keep the frost off the down bag then just shakes all the frost loose from the bivy in the morning and ready for the next night. Happy Bday Jon!

Thanks, I enjoyed spending some time with you.

Looked like good times

Thanks for sharing

Wow guys, that looks sooo fun. I'd love to do that at least once in my life. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through you for a little while.

Happy birthday! Leaving for my own weekend adventure shortly but couldn't resist watching the 1st half. 2nd half a reason to return to civilisation.

Happy belated birthday 🎂! The video was great! It was funny when Erin asked if you wanted a drink of scotch and you were occupied so she took another drink. Lol you guys make a great Cpl. It's always fun to see your adventures!! Ice fishing soon I hope ! ❄️⛄😎🌲

Wow, that's just beautiful. I'd wager that tent/stove setup would be a good base camp for like a week-long fishing outing! Kinda wish I'd had that for the lake I went to last November. Anyway, Happy birthday Jon, hope you have a spectacular day!

I have a trapper hat. I love it. Keeps my head warm while trout fishing. Cool tent. Im glad it didnt catch on fire. 😦😦 you guys work so well together.

You two are amazing I love this video!

Nice winter camping 👍

incredible nature, that berries growing in winter

Well done hou two ! And bro your best one is a real trooper, and she made the hell out of those biscuits ,a very nice breakfast indeed and happy birthday

You guys made this look so fun!

Aww...you guys are the best. 👍🙂I hope you had a great birthday Jon. I think about 36 minutes in, I saw Gary spying on you on the lake. 😋🦆

Great video!👍

Happy birthday! And single malt is the ONLY scotch civilized campers savour😜🥃!

To steal a phrase from Erin, this video was bang on point. Cheers guy wonderful video!

Thanks! I kneaded this!

Awesome tent and adventure, great not to see Erin waste deep in freezing water.. You both make your videos fun... Cheers

Discovered your channel by accident. Really enjoying your camping trips. Beautiful scenery. Happy new year from Ireland

Happy Birthday, Brother!

Very cool

Great video! your fried blueberry biscuits looks delicious would love your recipe for it 😋🥰

Great video folks. Looked like you had a good time. PS Erin, be careful of that guy trying to stick things in your mouth when you're not looking 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Happy Birthday! Sweet tent. I think adding an elbow is a good idea too.

A live Q & A would be awesome for you guys and your followers!

My wife and I would do this if the tent had a floor, and it was already set up when we got there, and if we got a ride there on a snowmobile, and if there was room service… But it looks like you guys are having fun!

I know you eventually get a ring on that girls finger…cause dude. She is a keeper. Love ya two.

Jon’s birthday adventure. I am trying to get my playlist set up chronologically for binging labeled occasions. Crazy I know. But what an enjoyable treatment. 🥰

I watch these winter camping videos for the food/cooking lol now I’m craving Asian spiced pulled pork on a Kaiser bun so badly.

almost at 10k subs. I have heard that is the hardest milestone to get to. congrats and keep up the great vids!

You have done it again. Good job. Really enjoyed your vid. I didn’t catch what area u guys were in. Awesome.

Great video Jon! Nice winter camping set-up! @41:25 I believe that is a northern shrike nice sighting!

Fan video!! I watch from holland living tiny in gipsy wagon with my stove. Every fall i need to learn again how to use it!!!

Great video guys..looking to get into winter camping and I learned a few things from your video ty:)

Good film. Logistical challenges compared to a hammock camp. Good shake down. So much more entertaining than 90% of all media. Want to see that new rod in action!

Another great video, thanks for sharing. The temperatures seem... unimaginable. The worst I have camped in would be about -7 or so, but only at night/early morning. You were in -14 and speaking of -30!!! I can only imagine camp life takes on a whole other level of planning and prep. Keep up the great videos.

Happy belated birthday Jon! It’s already been suggested by someone I see (and you even mentioned it in the video) but get a bent pipe and prop the pipe outside with two crossed branches and the pipe opening will hang out past the edge of the tent. Should do the trick buddy. That sucks about the burn marks though. Look forward to more videos to take me through to next year’s canoeing season. Cheers dude!!

Haha another great video guys!! Can't wait to hot tent with you two this year!! Jon I bet you felt like paddling that sled haha! Also Erin I totally get the contacts/glasses battle. Sucks sooo much out there lol

Great video thank you. Might want to invest in a 45 degree stove pipe turn and offset the pipe outside of the tent. Can be supported by two little poles tied together in an x support under the pipe.

When I do my bannock I use 2 cups flour to one cup almost boiling water. I mix just till combined and cover for about 7-10 min then working the dough is easier. It allows the gluten proteins to relax and you get a more tender biscuit after it gets cooked. Just a thought you might want to try it’s not the perfect way but it’s another way love your videos you guys look like you had fun.

As I’ve come to learn Canadian girls really do kick ass 👍

Interesting gear selection. I have an REI FLASH All Season mattress with an R 5.2 insulating rating. Always seems to work with my -20 F. LL Bean down bag. A sled or pulk is necessary to transport a canvas tent AND wood stove into the woods. But the resulting warmth makes it worth it. I have a small camp axe like yours from Council Tool, NC, USA.

If I ever get the chance to come to Ontario, I’d love to go camping with you guys 💜