Solo Winter Camping in Snowdonia with the Hilleberg Unna | Strong Winds & Freezing Temps 

I just had to laugh when, at one point in the cooking process, the caption reads " simmer on a low heat for around seven minutes". That is the sort of thing you would hear on a Gordon Ramsey video in a fully equipped 5-star kitchen. And you are doing it in a space of about 2 square feet. On your knees!! With a bloody gale gusting inches from your flame . I absolutely love the cooking part of your videos. Awesome!!! Take a bow!!!!!

You forgot to make reservations for two. Can you bring me any leftovers? I'll bet none left. Lol. Great video.

That Fjallraven flat cap must be a pretty snug fit to not blow away in those winds. i got one myself after watching your channel and asking you what make it was in one of your other videos, theyre great little hats. so thank you. great video, great cooking great narration. Loving this channel👍

The videos are fantastic but when you start cooking in the comfort of your tent, I could watch that all day

Great video. I`v been in the swedish mountains for 40 years now.Mostly because i`m a flyfishing nerd. Many nights in tents..cooking and sleeping...Hilleberg is good stuff and Fjällräven and Trangia. If you are dry...warm and not hungry it`s a great experience to be in the mountains. Thank you for sharing. Cheers from a finn in Sweden.

Llyn Bach (small lake). A fantastic camping spot, and secluded and quiet too. Another wonderful video, have admired your filming style for a while. Simple and effective. Everything that's great about a great camping video; taking the time filming the location and getting a sense of the place, seeing your camp equipment, and of course; the food (no freeze-dried nonsense here!). Oh, and refreshingly no music! Well done, a joy to watch. Da iawn, dal a ti.

Thank you for adding Turkish translation to You tube, your videos are legendary, I'm watching them with pleasure, my friend.

Being watching old videos when you never spoke I much prefer you explaining everything now Another great video with amazing views Loving all the new gear 🙂

Oh man what a day it is when Going Solo uploads. I wish these Videos were a fortnightly thing, the production quality to subscriber count does not match needs to be a couple hundred thousand🏔⛰

Fantastic video, the production quality is excellent, seamless blend of both hiking & camping too. Love seeing your cooking too rather than a boil in the bag meal, spending that long at camp, why would you not want to take some decent food along! Seeing how you manage to get so much gear in the 45L bag makes me wonder what on earth others are taking with a 60-70L Rucksack. Really excellent content!

As someone who has Raynauds I feel your pain out there in the cold. Loved this video…..stay safe out there x

Double poled with standard AND 10mm poles! That’s one rock steady tent 💪🏼 Great area, snowdonia has a real wild feel to it. And I did not know the trangia gas burner sat in the triangle!! 🤩

fantastic spot!!

Absolutely blown away with the cinematography as always. Feels like I'm watching something filmed with a crew of 3 to 4 camera persons.

Love your videos man. Just found your channel. Love your cooking too

The amount of work that goes into these "solo" videos...the amount of setup and back tracking to make a coherent visual narrative is amazing and completely underappreciated. It's like 3X the effort of just going on the hike. Also, can we just say....how great is that Hilleberg "sand" colored fly? Okay sure...there are reasons to have a "blaze orange" tent....but that Hilleberg sand color blending in with things is just sublime!!

Just subscribed and I'm so glad I did, really enjoying your walks, wonderful to see landscapes that I probably will never see in person, many many thanks. ❤ for bringing the outside inside x

Loved the video, you’re a rockstar! Keep ‘em coming, you’re by far my favourite camping RU-vidr. 😃

Thats a fab set up with the Unna and the double poles, but the weight of 275g fro each extra pole brings the total close to the weight of a Nammatj 2. You are so right about changing the guy line angle as it makes such a difference. Picked up this video from your Instagram by the way.. Best wishes and thank you for a great video... Tom.

I hope the subs snowball on this channel because it's easily one of the best for camping in UK. Not a bag meal or cleavage in sight!

Great video, I've also added an extra 10mm pole and extra guys on my hilly soulo bl, it's like a limpet!!

That food looks great. That wind was absolutely horrendous and that sleeping bag looks fantastic. I lost bags because I did not put them on a pocket. Great video. Stay safe.

awesome filming techniques and technical details of safe wild camping illustrated, thanks for your video!

Nice! I camped in the roughly the same spot a couple of years ago. The temperature was a lot warmer, however we were attacked midges!! Think I would take the cold over midges. I was able to have a lovely view of the valley below whilst eating breakfast and the water was still, so I have a mirror picture of the rocks against the water 🙂

Absolutely an awesome trip brother 👍

Beautiful scenery. I love the mountains and these are spectacular.

Super nice video.

Your production and editing skills keep getting better! My favourite days are when either you or Simon upload a new vid! Keep trucking son, and keep adventuring!

Foodporn Alert! 👍

Fantastic setup that packs down beautifully into that 40l sack. Brilliant as always ❤

Brilliant, thank you for taking us with you. Your cooking is the best i have seen I think :) Happy New Year

Another awesome video, thanks for sharing..🤗👍🏻👍🏻 love the new sleeping bag, looked soooo warm..🔥

That was such a great camp spot. You eat better on a mountain than I eat at home. 🙂👍🏕️

I just stumbled upon your videos, and i love it! Been watching every videos you uploaded. Much love from Philippines. ♥️

Happy new year!! Starting off with a bang, great stuff as ever. Have been waiting for you to cook in the Unna “vestibule”, man it looks such a good tent.

It’s incredible to watch the cooking aspects of your videos - definitely next level. Thanks for the great content, really appreciate the efforts you put in with the videos 👍

You definitely brought your big brass set to this trip for sure! So gorgeous up there! Thank you so much for bringing us up there with you! Take care and Happy New Year! NQU

The view is beautiful and the food you cook look delicious but the wind is very strong.cant wait for another video.

Excellent video as always!

Man, thanks for this new video. I know how much discipline it takes to shoot when you are freezing and there's so much wind. Big kudos!! Dinner was next level!! What a bummer about the new sleeping pad, it is supposed to be a beast of a sleeping pad (very interested in hearing new developments on that). The sleeping bag bit was really funny. You, the elegant autumn palette guy looking like one of the Teletubbies 😊. Oh and nice couple of camping hacks, btw!! Thanks again!!

Very nice and cold adventure my friend, In these extreme conditions we see how much quality equipment makes a difference!

Great video, beautiful scenery. The double poled Unna behaved very decent in those gusts. Kudos for the fresh cooked dinner. Often I'm so knackered after a long hike that I'm pleased I only need to boil water to rehydrate a meal. Still, a big difference between eating food/fodder and thoroughly enjoying food... Looking forward to the next hike.

What a beautiful hike and video! I hope, someday I can hike in these mountains!

Well done Todd.That is a hard trek in good conditions.Clogwyn y Person,a classic scramble was the other side of the lake.Your filming is second to none.Food as always AMAZING.Stay safe .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

What a phenomenal presentation my friend! Shots and editing are phenomenal!

Let’s goo new vid👌

A very well made and presented video my friend. Loved the narration along with the scenery, sometimes ppl just get it right and this is a prime example... youve earned yourself a subscriber

The transition from a backpacking RU-vidr to a rock climbing RU-vidr was seamless. Soon, this guy’s going to hang with Alex Honnold.

Found your content 2 days ago. Best thing!

Hiking up that icy incline, my only thought was "how the h£ll is going to get back down?!" Always entertaining and such beautiful scenery. Thank you as always for sharing your adventures.

Wow you have some gorgeous places to camp. The climbing would be too much for myself because of injuries from a fall off my horse’s head. I couldn’t go off the side, I went all the way over her head. Then 3 years later I fell and broke my hip and femur. So it’s flat ground for me. But that’s why I watch Thanks

Made feel very cold ha ha but what an amazing video thank you so much .

Glad I found your channel...have really enjoyed the videos I've watched so far❤

I had to stop the cideo and comment on the cooking. It looks like youre feeding an army! Crikey. Looks delicious tho. Sadly ive never been bothered. Ive just used dehydrated meals with a cup of rice as back up. The double poles is a brilliant idea and incsn clearly see the huge difference that it made. All very enjoyable to watch!

This is fantastic thanks so much for this, I wild camp in the Chilterns and so its rather more tame.

Quite invigorating winter camp. Your audio is great, but there is always a place to improve. Have you ever thought about a two-day camp and have the opportunity to make it happen in this hectic everyday life of all of us? Stay safe and healthy you and your love ones and all the best.😊

The Hilleberg Unna! During my last trip I slept 115 nights in it. Almost every night I pitched it in another spot. Absolutely love that thing! Very well made video and story telling, loved it.

Video! Damn thumbs

Hungry 😋

That was a serious scramble up. Buff Headgear is something worth considering, multiple configurations for covering neck, ears, head, cheeks, nose - it's a piece of gear is always have with me summer or winter. They make lighter/thinner fabric Headgear for summer which can be wetted to provide evaporation for cooling, heavier/thicker fabric for warmth in colder temperatures. A partial - full face balaclava configuration would be ideal for the cold/wind you experienced on the way up. 15:10; I would have looked for & placed big heavy rocks atop the tent pegs. 20:00 You just now donned your Buff Headgear just around your neck. To this day I prefer center/top zippers on a sleeping bag instead of right side or left side zippers. 35:45; I see you added some big heavy rocks atop the tent pegs. 45:45; repacking my backpack is always a time consuming & challenging task. Hilleberg has thought of everything when designing their tents - sleeves large enough so the shelter can be double poled. Warm Regards from Reno, Nevada

Thanks so much for another great video!You have me shopping the Fjallraven online store lol.

Great vid. As usual. Loving the non snowy landscape. As I text it’s -40 c here with wind chill near -50c Thx

Great vid 👍

Superb video. Have a nice weekend ❄️🙂👍

Ahhh this time last week I was on the pier at Beaumaris looking over to the snowdonia mountains and wondering if it was cold up there… now I know 😊. Beautiful scenery and that curry looked delicious 😋 Back home now in Cheshire but I do have a wonderful view of the Clwydian range to enjoy everyday.

Man, I wouldn't sleep a wink in that damn wind!

This is a great area. I've camped lots in the Lakes but not in Snowdonia yet. I've gone up that way many times to scramble the Clogwen Person Arete. I normally stay closer to the waterfall on great rock. You've tempted me to go. Looking on Google previously, I wondered about pitching the mountain side of the Llyn above the rock?....... Great film again ( and food ) . Loved it.

Cant believe how well your new sleeping bag packs down.

You are insane, my man! I wouldn't climb up that cliff for a million dollars! Well, I'd try, but I couldn't carry the pack, it'd take me hours and I'd need a helicopter rescue to get down. I'm loving all these videos. Be safe.

Man, your rucksack is like a Tardis!! Impressed with what you get in there. Thanks for the videos, been really enjoying them. 🙂

Quality video, funny I've been experiencing the same with mats lately. I was looking at those winds thinking I'd be sleeping through the my Nortent, shame you didn't like it. I tarp a lot and use a lanshan so used to the challenges of a single skin even the way the PC copes, it's not perfect. Looking forward to your next adventure. 👍🏻

gods this is a delightful video. lol i cant deal with temps below like. 60F and you're out there hiking in below zero! its beautiful though. I must say you also eat better out there camping than I do at home, and I'm taking your recipes lol. i love that you make that a part of your camp, a good home cooked meal instead of those expensive hiking meals.

I like how the zip goes, it's like jacket, rather than side zip, nice sleeping bag.

Gourmet food, holy shit dude! Well done 🙂 That Thermarest bag is on my list, it's an absolute killer product, enabling adventures to very inhospitable places! You're not the first person to report issues with the "8.5 R value" Tensor. Thermarest X-Therm is unbeatable, and combined with that Polar Ranger bag, you can pack for Antarctica. PS. What are those gloves? They look awesome!

That is a gorgeous site to camp.

Wow quite the old mountain goat 😅

Wow, someone that likes Fjällräven just as much and me. LOL

Amazing country and backpacking meal at 27:20. Lamb coconut Curry with rice is nice!

That sleeping bag looks hilarious 😆. I was thinking getting back down would be a bit on tricky side. I got sent some Grfiti X bands from a friend in the US they are perfect for keeping your Trangia stuff together also lids on on things, they work a whole lot better than single elastics 😊

Great camp out That cold you feel on your legs can be avoided . Its the strength of the cold in the ground

like all your videos dude, so awesome... 😃

Awesome video! I wonder if the sleeping bag might be easier to get into the compression sack if you left the arm zips open? It looked like they were closed and were trapping air? Have you thought about anything from UGQ in the States? I got a custom made quilt with 950 fill. Absolutely incredible bit of kit. Not sure if you ever travel back there, but you’d save on Import Duty if you brought it back with you 😉

Your videos are alway's awesome. I am amazed that you could bring all your extreme winter gear in such a small pack ! Maybe you should consider a balaclava in your pack to help protect your face from the fierce winds on the mountains . Thanks for the video !

Really nice video thanks, with some useful tips. Had my BeFree freeze a fortnight ago so having ordered a new filter. Hadn’t thought of inverting my water bottles! With the Unna I do find it really difficult pitching just at the moment when the poles go into their cups and the tent arches upwards - very vulnerable to a gust of wind. I never open the zipper from the bottom, but half way up - I step through into the tent. It saves having door fabric swirling in the dirt or needing to furl it.

And he's a Michelin star chef 👨‍🍳 10-10 for meal never mine the camping location 😋

Unna mesh inner in stock at Hilleberg mine arrived today

Looked an amazing spot to camp.ive got the hilleberg niak and i swapped to the 10mm poles it makes a massive difference im just waiting for the unna to come back in stock in the sand then i think i will get it and definitely get some more 10mm poles not sure I'll double pole tho i think for most occasions the 10mm will do.

Another great video. I'd love to see you experiment with a coffee brewer like an Aeropress, if you're a fan of coffee like that! I appreciate it adds a bit of bulk and weight, but for me it would be one of the luxuries I'd bring on a camp.

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Спасибо! Поздравляю! Мне очень понравилась система для сна

rucksack like the tardis!

Just brilliant as always! The way you explain each step of your trip in such a simple yet educational way is excellent. Thank you. PS - apologies if you have already been asked but what gloves are they that you are using?

What are these scallions you speak of, they look just like spring onions! You'll be cooking with zuchini and cilantro next! Love your camp cooking mate and as a veggy, quite a few of your dishes would still be delicious if you took out the meat. I've just taken delivery of a Trangia Mini set which I've been testing in my kitchen, it's far to bloody cold for me to venture outside yet!

You kind of resemble violet Beauregard in that bag but that bag is so well thought out

Good sir, I just started following your videos and love the inspiring hikes you share. I used to hike a lot in my 30s in Switzerland and would like to start again. I am looking to do more alpine camping and wondering what your favourite tent is so far? A few that I am thinking about are: Hilleberg Unna, Hilleberg Nallo 2, Hilleberg Nammatj 2.

Ey up me duck. Tis always a pleasure watching your hiking and camping videos but I'm a little disappointed again, chuck that Hilliberg and use a Fjallraven tent, lol 😉 Ay a good'un me owd 🙂👍

Great video ! Thanks 👍

Another great video! Just recently got into your channel and love it so far. I'm looking into purchasing a new set of durable gloves and yours look really nice - whats the brand and model youre using? Keep up the good work! Cheers from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

That pesky north-easterly! Fair play. Considered Snowdonia, decided against it.

Another awsome vid ! Stunning spot awsome food loved it. 👏👏👍 If you had to only have hilleberg tent what one would you have ? Cheers Graham